Comparison of two different sea-salt aerosol schemes as implemented in air quality models applied to the Mediterranean Basin

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4833-4850

  Jimenez Guerrero P ^a   Jorba, O ^b   Pay, M T ^b   Montevez J P ^a   Jerez, S ^a   Gomez Navarro J J ^a   Baldasano, J M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRY DEPOSITION; EMISSION INVENTORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POINT SOURCE; PREDICTION; SEA SALT; SEASONALITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WET DEPOSITION; WIND VELOCITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 79958111377     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-4833-2011     Document Type: Article

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