U.K. HiGEM: Simulations of desert dust and biomass burning aerosols with a high-resolution atmospheric GCM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1636-1659

  Woodage, M J ^a   Slingo, A ^a   Woodward, S ^b   Comer, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ANNUAL MEAN; ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; BIOMASS-BURNING; BOREAL WINTERS; DATA SETS; DESERT DUST; DIURNAL CYCLE; DUST AEROSOLS; DUST EMISSION; DUST STORM; ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOW LEVEL JET; MINERAL DUST; MODEL VARIABLES; NEW HIGH; NORTH AFRICA; PARAMETERIZED; RADIATIVE BALANCE; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE MODELS; DUST; STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATE MODELING; DUST; DUST STORM; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATIVE FORCING;

BODELE; CHAD; SAHARA;

EID: 77953725314     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2994.1     Document Type: Article

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