The impact of ozone-depleting substances on tropical upwelling, as revealed by the absence of lower-stratospheric cooling since the late 1990s

Journal of Climate

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 2523-2534

  Polvani, Lorenzo M ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Aquila, Valentina ^b   Waugh, Darryn W ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variability; General circulation models; Ozone; Stratospheric circulation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; TEMPERATURE; TROPICS;

BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; LOWER STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MODEL INTEGRATION; OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS;

OZONE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CHLORINE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 85015812900     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0532.1     Document Type: Article

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