Improving our understanding of the processes connecting the Antarctic stratosphere to

the global stratosphereGreg Bodeker, Adrian McDonald, Helena

Södergren, Stefanie Kremser, Malte Meinshausen, Markus Rex,

Jared Lewis, Alexander Schwertheim, Kathleen Cooper, Hella Garny, Sam Dean

Presented at the 2015 Antarctic Science Conference 1 July 2015

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Interactive stratospheric chemistry

Semi-empirical equations

ISCMInteractive Simple Climate

ModelIncorporates interactive stratospheric chemistry into a simple climate model.

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SCMSimple Climate

ModelAggregates globally or over large regions of the globe.Simplified interactive carbon cycle.Radiative forcing based on global energy-balance equation.Used in IPCC assessment reports.

CCMChemistry-climate

model

Interactive stratospheric chemistry

Incorporates interactive stratospheric chemistry in a GCM.Used in WMO/UNEP ozone assessments.

The table with three legsGCM

Global Climate ModelDiscretizes the equations for fluid motion and integrates these forward in time.Contains parameterizations for processes on smaller scales.Used in IPCC assessment reports.

SH equatorial

SH mid-latitude

SH polar

NH equatorial

NH mid-latitude

NH polar

RCP2.6RCP8.5