Observations and regional modeling of aerosol optical properties, speciation and size distribution over Northern Africa and western Europe

Menut, Laurent; Siour, Guillaume; Mailler, Sylvain; Couvidat, Florian; Bessagnet, Bertrand

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12961-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12961-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12961-2016

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20 Oct 2016

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Observations and regional modeling of aerosol optical properties, speciation and size distribution over Northern Africa and western Europe

Laurent Menut, Guillaume Siour, Sylvain Mailler, Florian Couvidat, and Bertrand Bessagnet

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RC1: 'Referee Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 Jul 2016
RC2: 'Review of manuscript acp-2016-275', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Sep 2016
AC1: 'Answers to referees', Laurent Menut, 14 Sep 2016

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Short summary

The aerosol is modelled during the summer 2013 with the WRF and CHIMERE models and over a large area encompassing Africa, Mediterranean sea and west Europe. The modelled aerosol is compared to available measurements such as the AERONET and EMEP networks. The model ability to estimate the aerosol speciation and size distribution is quantified.