Articles | Volume 16, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1-2023
Model evaluation paper
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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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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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