Decadal simulation and comprehensive evaluation of CESM/CAM5.1 with advanced chemistry, aerosol microphysics, and aerosol-cloud interactions

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 110-141

  He, Jian ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a   Glotfelty, Tim ^a   He, Ruoying ^a   Bennartz, Ralf ^b,c   Rausch, John ^c   Sartelet, Karine ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

aerosol microphysics; aerosol cloud interactions; atmospheric chemistry; CESM CAM5.1; decadal application and evaluation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLORINE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FORECASTING; GAS EMISSIONS; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SEA ICE;

AEROSOL-CLOUD INTERACTION; CESM/CAM5.1; CLOUD DROPLET NUMBER CONCENTRATIONS; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; DECADAL APPLICATION AND EVALUATION; MICROPHYSICS; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE RESIDUALS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AEROSOL; AMMONIA; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DECADAL VARIATION; EMISSION; GAS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDE; PREDICTION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84928789260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014MS000360     Document Type: Article

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