Sensitivity of aerosol radiative effects to different mixing assumptions in the AEROPT 1.0 submodel of the EMAC atmospheric-chemistry-climate model

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2503-2516

  Klingmuller K ^a   Steil, B ^b   Bruhl C ^b   Tost, H ^c   Lelieveld, J ^a,b  

^a CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE MODELING; MIXING; RADIATIVE FORCING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SULFATE;

AFRICA; CHINA; INDIA;

EID: 84913529210     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-2503-2014     Document Type: Article

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