The MESSy aerosol submodel MADE3 (v2.0b): Description and a box model test

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1137-1157

  Kaiser, J C ^a   Hendricks, J ^a   Righi, M ^a   Riemer, N ^b   Zaveri, R A ^c   Metzger, S ^d,e   Aquila, V ^f  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICLE SIZE; PARTITIONING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SIMULATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84927636437     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1137-2014     Document Type: Article

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