Intercomparison of aerosol climatologies for use in a regional climate model over Europe

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Zubler, E M ^a   Lohmann, U ^a   Luthi D ^a   Schar C ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AEROSOL EFFECT; AEROSOL INFORMATION; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURES; CLOUD FORMATION; DATA SETS; DESERT DUST; INTERCOMPARISONS; LAND SURFACE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MICROPHYSICS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 80051733007     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048081     Document Type: Article

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