Articles | Volume 15, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-3969-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-3969-2022
Model description paper
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16 May 2022
Model description paper |  | 16 May 2022

Description and evaluation of the community aerosol dynamics model MAFOR v2.0

Matthias Karl, Liisa Pirjola, Tiia Grönholm, Mona Kurppa, Srinivasan Anand, Xiaole Zhang, Andreas Held, Rolf Sander, Miikka Dal Maso, David Topping, Shuai Jiang, Leena Kangas, and Jaakko Kukkonen

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The community aerosol dynamics model MAFOR includes several advanced features: coupling with an up-to-date chemistry mechanism for volatile organic compounds, a revised Brownian coagulation kernel that takes into account the fractal geometry of soot particles, a multitude of nucleation parameterizations, size-resolved partitioning of semi-volatile inorganics, and a hybrid method for the formation of secondary organic aerosols within the framework of condensation and evaporation.
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