Understanding the changes of stratospheric water vapor in coupled chemistry-climate model simulations

• Main Authors: Luke Oman, Darryn, W. Waugh, Steven Pawson, Richard S. Stolarski, J. Eric Nielsen
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Cold Point; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.610.5895; http://www.jhu.edu/~dwaugh1/papers/Oman_etal_JAS2008.pdf

Past and future climate simulations from the Goddard Earth Observing System Chemistry–Climate Model (GEOS CCM), with specified boundary conditions for sea surface temperature, sea ice, and trace gas emissions, have been analyzed to assess trends and possible causes of changes in stratospheric water...