Development of an online radiative module for the computation of aerosol optical properties in 3-D atmospheric models: Validation during the EUCAARI campaign

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 553-564

  Aouizerats, B ^a   Thouron, O ^a   Tulet, P ^a,b   Mallet, M ^c   Gomes, L ^a   Henzing, J S ^d  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SCATTERING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CABAUW; NETHERLANDS; UTRECHT;

EID: 80755182698     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-3-553-2010     Document Type: Article

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