Investigations of climate-ozone connections with coupled Climate-Chemistry Models (CCMs): Another step forward

Abstract

Beside the analyses of data derived from field and laboratory measurements, results from numerical models are useful to better understand the thermal and dynamical structure as well as the chemical composition of the Earth’s atmosphere. In the recent past Climate-Chemistry Models have been developed to investigate mutual effects of radiative, dynamical and chemical processes, in particular to examine the connections of atmospheric chemistry and climate change in detail. These models also provide a basis for prognostic studies of the future evolution of atmospheric dynamics and chemical composition, for example to assess the timing of the recovery of the stratospheric ozone layer.