A consistent prescription of stratospheric aerosol for both radiation and chemistry in the Community Earth System Model (CESM1)

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2459-2470

  Neely, Ryan Reynolds ^a,b   Conley, Andrew J ^b   Vitt, Francis ^b   Lamarque, Jean François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DATABASE; GIS; HEATING; IRRADIATION; NOAA SATELLITE; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CENTRAL LUZON; KRAKATAU; LAMPUNG; LUZON; MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES; ZAMBALES;

EID: 84979732774     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-9-2459-2016     Document Type: Article

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