Global modeling of tropospheric chemistry with assimilated meteorology: Model description and evaluation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D19, 2001, Pages 23073-23095

  Bey, Isabelle ^a,b   Jacob, Daniel J ^a   Yantosca, Robert M ^a   Logan, Jennifer A ^a   Field, Brendan D ^a   Fiore, Arlene M ^a   Li, Qinbin ^a   Liu, Honguy Y ^a   Mickley, Loretta J ^a   Schultz, Martin G ^a,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MODEL VALIDATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0034761947     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000807     Document Type: Article

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