Time-varying changes in the simulated structure of the Brewer-Dobson Circulation

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1313-1327

  Garfinkel, Chaim I ^a   Aquila, Valentina ^b,c   Waugh, Darryn W ^b   Oman, Luke D ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EOS; GREENHOUSE GAS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE DEPLETION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 85011048573     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-1313-2017     Document Type: Article

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