A new chemistry option in WRF-Chem v. 3.4 for the simulation of direct and indirect aerosol effects using VBS: Evaluation against IMPACT-EUCAARI data

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2749-2776

  Tuccella, P ^a,b,h,i   Curci, G ^a   Grell, G A ^c,d   Visconti, G ^a   Crumeyrolle, S ^e,f   Schwarzenboeck, A ^e   Mensah, A A ^g,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^f Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^g FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^h CS 60242   (France)

ⁱ ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^j Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AMMONIUM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD WATER; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; DIURNAL VARIATION; DRY DEPOSITION; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; OZONE; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE DATA; VERTICAL PROFILE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84924731478     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-2749-2015     Document Type: Article

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