The Mineral Dust Cycle in EMAC 2.40: Sensitivity to the spectral resolution and the dust emission scheme

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1611-1627

  Glaser G ^a   Kerkweg, A ^a   Wernli, H ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DUST; EMISSION INVENTORY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POINT SOURCE; POLAR REGION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; WET DEPOSITION; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; SAHARA; TARIM BASIN; THAR DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84857170633     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-1611-2012     Document Type: Article

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