Modeling dust as component minerals in the Community Atmosphere Model: Development of framework and impact on radiative forcing

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 537-561

  Scanza, R A ^a   Mahowald, N ^a   Ghan, S ^b   Zender, C S ^c   Kok, J F ^d   Liu, X ^b,e   Zhang, Y ^a,f   Albani, S ^a  

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

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^f FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DUST; MINERALOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 84921329740     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-537-2015     Document Type: Article

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