Description and evaluation of a new four-mode version of the Modal Aerosol Module (MAM4) within version 5.3 of the Community Atmosphere Model

Atmospheric carbonaceous aerosols play an important role in the climate system by influencing the Earth's radiation budgets and modifying the cloud properties. Despite the importance, their representations in large-scale atmospheric models are still crude, which can influence model simulated bu...

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Main Authors: X. Liu, P.-L. Ma, H. Wang, S. Tilmes, B. Singh, R. C. Easter, S. J. Ghan, P. J. Rasch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-02-01
Series:Geoscientific Model Development
Online Access:http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/9/505/2016/gmd-9-505-2016.pdf