Emulation of a complex global aerosol model to quantify sensitivity to uncertain parameters

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 12253-12273

  Lee, L A ^a   Carslaw, K S ^a   Pringle, K J ^a   Mann, G W ^a   Spracklen, D V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 83055179229     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-12253-2011     Document Type: Article

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