WRF-Chem simulations of aerosols and anthropogenic aerosol radiative forcing in East Asia

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 250-266

  Gao, Yi ^a   Zhao, Chun ^b   Liu, Xiaohong ^a,c   Zhang, Meigen ^a   Leung, L Ruby ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic aerosol; East asia; Radiative forcing; WRF Chem

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; SCATTERING;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; EAST ASIA; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; WRF-CHEM;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

AMMONIA; BLACK CARBON; NITRATE; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BLACK CARBON; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIATIVE FORCING; SCATTERING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); JAPAN; KOREA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; MONSOON PRECIPITATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER; WRF CHEM MODEL;

CHINA; GANSU; JAPAN; KOREA; YANGTZE RIVER; ZHANGYE;

EID: 84899558661     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.04.038     Document Type: Article

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