Articles | Volume 11, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-165-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-165-2018
Model description paper
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15 Jan 2018
Model description paper |  | 15 Jan 2018

Development of an inorganic and organic aerosol model (CHIMERE 2017β v1.0): seasonal and spatial evaluation over Europe

Florian Couvidat, Bertrand Bessagnet, Marta Garcia-Vivanco, Elsa Real, Laurent Menut, and Augustin Colette

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This paper includes the development of a new aerosol module in the air quality model CHIMERE to improve particulate matter (PM) simulation. The results of the model are compared to numerous measurements over Europe to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the model.
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