Impact of dust size parameterizations on aerosol burden and radiative forcing in RegCM4

We investigate the sensitivity of aerosol representation in the regional climate model RegCM4 for two dust parameterizations for the period 2007–2014 over the Sahara and the Mediterranean. We apply two discretization methods of the dust size distribution keeping the total mass constant: (1) the defa...

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Main Authors: A. Tsikerdekis, P. Zanis, A. L. Steiner, F. Solmon, V. Amiridis, E. Marinou, E. Katragkou, T. Karacostas, G. Foret
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/17/769/2017/acp-17-769-2017.pdf