Simulating emission and chemical evolution of coarse sea-salt particles in the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 257-273

  Kelly, J T ^a,c   Bhave, P V ^a   Nolte, C G ^a   Shankar, U ^b   Foley, K M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

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EID: 77953962125     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-3-257-2010     Document Type: Article

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