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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-41-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-41-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
03 Jan 2023
Research article |
| 03 Jan 2023
| 03 Jan 2023
Chloride (HCl ∕ Cl−) dominates inorganic aerosol formation from ammonia in the Indo-Gangetic Plain during winter: modeling and comparison with observations
Pooja V. Pawar
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Pune, India
Department of Chemical Technology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneshwar, India
Sachin D. Ghude
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Pune, India
Gaurav Govardhan
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Pune, India
National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Prodip Acharja
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Pune, India
Rachana Kulkarni
Department of Environmental Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India
Rajesh Kumar
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
Baerbel Sinha
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali,
Punjab, India
Vinayak Sinha
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali,
Punjab, India
Chinmay Jena
India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India
Preeti Gunwani
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Pune, India
Tapan Kumar Adhya
Department of Chemical Technology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneshwar, India
Eiko Nemitz
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Edinburgh, UK
Mark A. Sutton
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Edinburgh, UK
Data sets
Gridded emissions of CO, NOx, SO2, CO2, NH3, HCl, CH4, PM2.5, PM10, BC and NMVOCs emissions from open municipal waste burning in India B. Sinha, G. Sharma, P. Jangra, H. Hakim, B. P. Chandra, A. K. Sharma, and V. Sinha https://doi.org/10.17632/546t9249bv.1
Short summary
In this study, for the first time in South Asia we compare simulated ammonia, ammonium, and total ammonia using the WRF-Chem model and MARGA measurements during winter in the Indo-Gangetic Plain region. Since observations show HCl promotes the fraction of high chlorides in Delhi, we added HCl / Cl emissions to the model. We conducted three sensitivity experiments with changes in HCl emissions, and improvements are reported in accurately simulating ammonia, ammonium, and total ammonia.
In this study, for the first time in South Asia we compare simulated ammonia, ammonium, and...
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