Performance of WRF-chem over indian region: Comparison with measurements

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 875-896

  Govardhan, Gaurav ^a   Nanjundiah, Ravi S ^a   Satheesh, S K ^a   Krishnamoorthy, K ^b   Kotamarthi, V R ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Black carbon; Modelling

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BLACK CARBON; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; VERTICAL PROFILE;

INDIA;

EID: 84939498040     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-015-0576-7     Document Type: Article

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