First implementation of secondary inorganic aerosols in the MOCAGE version R2.15.0 chemistry transport model

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 137-160

  Guth, J ^a   Josse, B ^a   Marecal V ^a   Joly, M ^a   Hamer, P ^a,b  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE INORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEASONALITY; SOFTWARE; SULFATE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84956600253     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-9-137-2016     Document Type: Article

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