Articles | Volume 14, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-259-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-259-2021
Development and technical paper
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15 Jan 2021
Development and technical paper |  | 15 Jan 2021

Optimization of the sulfate aerosol hygroscopicity parameter in WRF-Chem

Ah-Hyun Kim, Seong Soo Yum, Dong Yeong Chang, and Minsu Park

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A new method to estimate the sulfate aerosol hygroscopicity parameter (κSO4) is suggested that can consider κSO4 for two different sulfate species instead of prescribing a single κSO4 value, as in most previous studies. The new method simulates more realistic cloud droplet concentrations and, thus, a more realistic cloud albedo effect than the original method. The new method is simple and readily applicable to modeling studies investigating sulfate aerosols’ effect in aerosol–cloud interactions.