Implementation and initial application of new chemistry-aerosol options in WRF/Chem for simulating secondary organic aerosols and aerosol indirect effects for regional air quality

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 716-732

  Wang, Kai ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a   Yahya, Khairunnisa ^a   Wu, Shiang Yuh ^b   Grell, Georg ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Air Quality and Environmental Management ^*  (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol direct and indirect effects; AQMEII; CB05; VBS SOA; WRF Chem

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; METEOROLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIATION EFFECTS; SOLAR RADIATION; TUNGSTEN;

AQMEII; CB05; INDIRECT EFFECTS; VBS SOA; WRF/CHEM;

AEROSOLS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONVECTIVE CLOUD; METEOROLOGY; MIXING RATIO; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEEDBACK SYSTEM; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84926161331     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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