Sensitivity of mesoscale modeling of smoke direct radiative effect to the emission inventory: A case study in northern sub-Saharan African region

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Feng ^a,b   Wang, Jun ^a   Ichoku, Charles ^c   Hyer, Edward J ^c   Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Ge, Cui ^a,b   Su, Shenjian ^d   Zhang, Xiaoyang ^e   Kondragunta, Shobha ^f   Kaiser, Johannes W ^g,h,i   Wiedinmyer, Christine ^j   Da Silva, Arlindo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^j NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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Author keywords

air quality; fire emission inventory; mesoscale modeling; Sahel and northern sub Saharan African region; smoke radiative effect

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRES; SMOKE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURATE QUANTIFICATIONS; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS; FIRE EMISSIONS; MESO-SCALE MODELING; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS; SUB-SAHARAN;

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EID: 84905187295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/7/075002     Document Type: Article

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