Effect of aerosol-radiation feedback on regional air quality - A case study with WRF/Chem

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 53, Issue , 2012, Pages 202-211

  Forkel, Renate ^a   Werhahn, Johannes ^a   Hansen, Ayoe Buus ^b   McKeen, Stuart ^c   Peckham, Steven ^c   Grell, Georg ^c   Suppan, Peter ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Feedback; Indirect effect; Online coupled model; Semi direct effect; WRF Chem

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL EFFECT; AEROSOL PARTICLES; BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHTS; CENTRAL EUROPE; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD WATER; COMMUNITY MODEL; COUPLED MODELS; FULLY-COUPLED; GLOBAL RADIATION; INDIRECT EFFECTS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; NEAR-SURFACE; NORTH ATLANTIC; OZONE MIXING RATIO; PM10 CONCENTRATION; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY; SEMI-DIRECT EFFECT; WRF/CHEM;

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

OZONE; RAIN;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD WATER; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; MIXING RATIO; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; RAINWATER; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLOUD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EUROPE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; METEOROLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER CONTENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 84860590704     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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