Re-analysis of tropospheric sulfate aerosol and ozone for the period 1980-2005 using the aerosol-chemistry-climate model ECHAM5-HAMMOZ

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 9563-9594

  Pozzoli, L ^a,g   Janssens Maenhout, G ^a   Diehl, T ^b,c   Bey, I ^d   Schultz, M G ^e   Feichter, J ^f   Vignati, E ^a   Dentener, F ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^e FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^g ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE MODELING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SULFATE; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER;

EID: 80052871366     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-9563-2011     Document Type: Article

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