The development of a new dust uplift scheme in the Met Office Unified Model™

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 445-460

  Ackerley, D ^a,b   Highwood, E J ^a   Harrison, M A J ^c   McConnell, C L ^a   Joshi, M M ^a   Walters, D N ^c   Milton, S F ^c   Greed, G ^c   Brooks, M E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DODO; Dust; Met Office Unified Model (MetUM); Middle East; Sahara; Size distribution; Vertical profile

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DEPOSITION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

DODO; MIDDLE EAST; SAHARA; UNIFIED MODELING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

DUST;

AERONET; AEROSOL; CLIMATE MODELING; DUST; EMISSION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; MINERAL DUST; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATION BUDGET; SATELLITE DATA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; SAHARA;

EID: 70749120081     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.141     Document Type: Article

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