Aerosol analysis and forecast in the european centre for medium-range weather forecasts integrated forecast system: Forward modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Morcrette, J J ^a   Boucher, O ^b   Jones, L ^a   Salmond, D ^a   Bechtold, P ^a   Beljaars, A ^a   Benedetti, A ^a   Bonet, A ^a   Kaiser, J W ^a   Razinger, M ^a   Schulz, M ^c   Serrar, S ^a   Simmons, A J ^a   Sofiev, M ^d   Suttie, M ^a   Tompkins, A M ^a,e   Untch, A ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d Air Quality Research Finnish Meteorological Institute ^*  (Finland)

^e ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; DUST; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AEROSOL ANALYSIS; AEROSOL EVENTS; AEROSOL MODELING; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL TYPES; ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; BLACK CARBON; DATA SETS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; FORECAST MODEL; FORECAST SYSTEMS; FORWARD MODELING; HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION; INTEGRATED FORECASTING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL DEPTH; ORGANIC MATTER; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PROGNOSTIC VARIABLES; SEA SALTS; SULPHATE AEROSOL; SURFACE OBSERVATION; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TRAJECTORY INFORMATION; TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DUST; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; PLUME; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAJECTORY; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 66449121063     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011235     Document Type: Article

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