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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-1739-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-1739-2022
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04 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 04 Feb 2022

Limitations of assuming internal mixing between different aerosol species: a case study with sulfate geoengineering simulations

Daniele Visioni, Simone Tilmes, Charles Bardeen, Michael Mills, Douglas G. MacMartin, Ben Kravitz, and Jadwiga H. Richter

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Aerosols are simulated in a simplified way in climate models: in the model analyzed here, they are represented in every grid as described by three simple logarithmic distributions, mixing all different species together. The size can evolve when new particles are formed, particles merge together to create a larger one or particles are deposited to the surface. This approximation normally works fairly well. Here we show however that when large amounts of sulfate are simulated, there are problems.
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