Articles | Volume 6, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-6-1389-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-6-1389-2013
Model description paper
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09 Sep 2013
Model description paper |  | 09 Sep 2013

The Chemistry CATT-BRAMS model (CCATT-BRAMS 4.5): a regional atmospheric model system for integrated air quality and weather forecasting and research

K. M. Longo, S. R. Freitas, M. Pirre, V. Marécal, L. F. Rodrigues, J. Panetta, M. F. Alonso, N. E. Rosário, D. S. Moreira, M. S. Gácita, J. Arteta, R. Fonseca, R. Stockler, D. M. Katsurayama, A. Fazenda, and M. Bela

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