Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
GMD
Articles | Volume 13, issue 12
Articles | Volume 13, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5897-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5897-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 12
Model evaluation paper
 | 
30 Nov 2020
Model evaluation paper |  | 30 Nov 2020

Sensitivity of aerosol optical properties to the aerosol size distribution over central Europe and the Mediterranean Basin using the WRF-Chem v.3.9.1.1 coupled model

Laura Palacios-Peña, Jerome D. Fast, Enrique Pravia-Sarabia, and Pedro Jiménez-Guerrero

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5897-2020-supplement

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Data and code of the GMD for review publication "Sensitivity of aerosol optical properties to the aerosol size distribution over central Europe and the Mediterranean Basin" L. Palacios-Peña, J. D. Fast, E. Pravia-Sarabia, P. Jiménez-Guerrero https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3768076

Model code and software

Data and code of the GMD for review publication "Sensitivity of aerosol optical properties to the aerosol size distribution over central Europe and the Mediterranean Basin" L. Palacios-Peña, J. D. Fast, E. Pravia-Sarabia, P. Jiménez-Guerrero https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3768076

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The main objective of this work is to study the impact of the representation of aerosol size distribution on aerosol optical properties over central Europe and the Mediterranean Basin during a summertime aerosol episode using the WRF-Chem online model. Results reveal that the reduction in the standard deviation of the accumulation mode leads to the largest impacts on aerosol optical depth (AOD) representation due to a transfer of particles from the accumulation mode to the coarse mode.
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