Evaluation of simulated aerosol properties with the aerosol-climate model ECHAM5-HAM using observations from the IMPACT field campaign

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 7709-7722

  Roelofs, G J ^a   Ten Brink, H ^b   Kiendler Scharr, A ^c   De Leeuw, G ^b,d,e   Mensah, A ^c   Minikin, A ^f   Otjes, R ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITRIC ACID; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CABAUW; NETHERLANDS; UTRECHT;

EID: 77955928329     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-7709-2010     Document Type: Article

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