An improved dust emission model - Part 2: Evaluation in the Community Earth System Model, with implications for the use of dust source functions

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 13043-13061

  Kok, J F ^a   Albani, S ^b   Mahowald, N M ^b   Ward, D S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; DUST; EMISSION; MODELING; OPTICAL DEPTH;

EID: 84916880765     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-13043-2014     Document Type: Article

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