Canadian Aerosol Module: A size-segregated simulation of atmospheric aerosol processes for climate and air quality models 1. Module development

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Gong, S L ^a   Barrie, L A ^b   Blanchet, J P ^c   von Salzen, K ^d   Lohmann, U ^e   Lesins, G ^e   Spacek, L ^c   Zhang, L M ^a   Girard, E ^c   Lin, H ^a   Leaitch, R ^a   Leighton, H ^d   Chylek, P ^e   Huang, P ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air quality; Atmospheric aerosols; Climate; Modeling; Sectional

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE MODELING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0347269076     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd002002     Document Type: Article

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