Articles | Volume 12, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-131-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-131-2019
Development and technical paper
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07 Jan 2019
Development and technical paper |  | 07 Jan 2019

The AFWA dust emission scheme for the GOCART aerosol model in WRF-Chem v3.8.1

Sandra L. LeGrand, Chris Polashenski, Theodore W. Letcher, Glenn A. Creighton, Steven E. Peckham, and Jeffrey D. Cetola

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This paper reviews the history, code, and performance of the three dust emission schemes embedded in the WRF-Chem model, including the GOCART, AFWA, and UoC dust emission schemes, and provides the first full documentation of the AFWA scheme. A simulation case study is provided to explore differences in model output. Results highlight the relative strengths of each scheme, indicate reasons for disagreement, and demonstrate the need for improved terrain characterization in dust emission models.