Importance of deposition processes in simulating the seasonality of the Arctic black carbon aerosol

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Huang, L ^a   Gong, S L ^b   Jia, C Q ^a   Lavoue D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOG; GEMS; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL ALGORITHMS; AIR QUALITY MODELS; ANNUAL BUDGET; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; ARCTIC AEROSOLS; BELOW-CLOUD; BLACK CARBON; BLACK CARBON AEROSOL; CANADIAN AEROSOL MODULES; DEPOSITION PROCESS; DRY DEPOSITION; GLOBAL AEROSOL; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MULTISCALE MODELS; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; NORTH ATLANTIC; PARAMETERIZATIONS; QUALITY PROCESS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SURFACE CONCENTRATION; WET AND DRY; WET SCAVENGING;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BLACK CARBON; PARAMETERIZATION; SEASONALITY; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 77957558612     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013478     Document Type: Article

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