Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
GMD
Articles | Volume 16, issue 1
Articles | Volume 16, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 1
Model evaluation paper
 | 
02 Jan 2023
Model evaluation paper |  | 02 Jan 2023

Towards an improved representation of carbonaceous aerosols over the Indian monsoon region in a regional climate model: RegCM

Sudipta Ghosh, Sagnik Dey, Sushant Das, Nicole Riemer, Graziano Giuliani, Dilip Ganguly, Chandra Venkataraman, Filippo Giorgi, Sachchida Nand Tripathi, Srikanthan Ramachandran, Thazhathakal Ayyappen Rajesh, Harish Gadhavi, and Atul Kumar Srivastava

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1-2023-supplement

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RegCM 4.6.1 code used for "Towards an improved representation of carbonaceous aerosols over the Indian monsoon region in a regional climate model RegCM" (4.6.1-carb) Sudipta Ghosh, Sagnik Dey, Sushant Das, Nicole Riemer, Graziano Giuliani, Dilip Ganguly, Chandra Venkatraman, Filippo Giorgi, Sachchida Nand Tripathi, S. Ramachandran, T.A. Rajesh, Harish Gadhavi, and Atul Kumar Srivastava https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5729783

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Short summary
Accurate representation of aerosols in climate models is critical for minimizing the uncertainty in climate projections. Here, we implement region-specific emission fluxes and a more accurate scheme for carbonaceous aerosol ageing processes in a regional climate model (RegCM4) and show that it improves model performance significantly against in situ, reanalysis, and satellite data over the Indian subcontinent. We recommend improving the model performance before using them for climate studies.
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