A pathway analysis of global aerosol processes

Schutgens, N. A. J.; Stier, P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-11657-2014

Articles | Volume 14, issue 21

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-11657-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-11657-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 21

Research article

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06 Nov 2014

Research article |

| 06 Nov 2014

A pathway analysis of global aerosol processes

N. A. J. Schutgens and P. Stier

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RC C5956: 'review of Schutgens and Stier (2014)', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Aug 2014
- AC C7161: 'Reply to anonymous reviewer', Nick Schutgens, 17 Sep 2014
RC C6246: 'Review of Schutgens and Stier', Peter Colarco, 27 Aug 2014
- AC C7165: 'Reply to Pete Colarco', Nick Schutgens, 17 Sep 2014

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AR by Nick Schutgens on behalf of the Authors (19 Sep 2014) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (28 Sep 2014) by Ashu Dastoor

AR by Nick Schutgens on behalf of the Authors (22 Oct 2014)

Short summary

The complexity of the physical and chemical processes effectively turns global aerosol models into black boxes. In an attempt to lift the veil, we present a detailed budget of process contributions (emissions, nucleation, sulfate condensation, coagulation, aging, deposition) in ECHAM5.5-HAM2 across varying length- and timescales. We show a clear hierarchy exists in process importance, that can be used in improving and simplifying the model and for understanding discrepancies with observation.