Global in-cloud production of secondary organic aerosols: Implementation of a detailed chemical mechanism in the GFDL atmospheric model AM3

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Junfeng ^a   Horowitz, Larry W ^b   Fan, Songmiao ^b   Carlton, Annmarie G ^c   Levy, Hiram ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALDEHYDES; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE MODELS; OLIGOMERS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

AMBIENT AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; BOREAL FORESTS; CHEMICAL MECHANISM; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD PROPERTIES; COUPLED CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODEL; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GLOBAL RADIATION; GLOBAL SOURCES; GLYCOLALDEHYDES; GLYOXAL; GLYOXYLIC ACIDS; LIQUID CLOUD; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MASS PRODUCTION; METHYLGLYOXAL; MIDLATITUDES; OXALIC ACID; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; SOUTHERN CHINA; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC SPECIES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOREAL FOREST; CLOUD COVER; OXIDATION; RADIATION BALANCE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TROPOSPHERE;

AMAZONIA; CHINA; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84864863361     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017838     Document Type: Article

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