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Research article
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03 Nov 2016
Research article |
| 03 Nov 2016
Effect of aerosol subgrid variability on aerosol optical depth and cloud condensation nuclei: implications for global aerosol modelling
Natalie Weigum
Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Nick Schutgens
Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Philip Stier
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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We introduce a novel technique to isolate the effect of aerosol variability in models from other sources of variability by varying the resolution of aerosol and trace gas fields while maintaining a constant resolution in the rest of the model.
Our results show that aerosol variability has a large impact on simulating aerosol climate effects, even when meteorology and dynamics are fixed. Processes most affected are gas-phase chemistry and aerosol uptake of water through equilibrium reactions.
Our results show that aerosol variability has a large impact on simulating aerosol climate effects, even when meteorology and dynamics are fixed. Processes most affected are gas-phase chemistry and aerosol uptake of water through equilibrium reactions.
We introduce a novel technique to isolate the effect of aerosol variability in models from other...
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