Aerosol optical depth assimilation for a size-resolved sectional model: Impacts of observationally constrained, multi-wavelength and fine mode retrievals on regional scale analyses and forecasts

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 10425-10444

  Saide, P E ^a   Carmichael, G R ^a   Liu, Z ^b   Schwartz, C S ^b   Lin, H C ^b   Da Silva, A M ^c   Hyer, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DATA ASSIMILATION; GEOSTATISTICS; INTERPOLATION; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886715745     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-10425-2013     Document Type: Article

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