Chemical climatology of the middle atmosphere simulated by the NASA Langley Research Center Interactive Modeling Project for Atmospheric Chemistry and Transport (IMPACT) model

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 17, 2004, Pages

  Al Saadi, Jassim A ^a   Pierce, R Bradley ^a   Natarajan, Murali ^a   Fairlie, T Duncan ^a   Grose, William L ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

General circulation model (GCM); Middle atmosphere chemistry; Middle atmosphere composition

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; OZONE;

EID: 9144219625     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD004354     Document Type: Article

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