Journal article
Aerosol distribution over Europe: a model evaluation study with detailed aerosol microphysics
- Abstract:
- This paper summarizes an evaluation of model simulations with a regional scale atmospheric climate-chemistry/aerosol model called REMOTE, which has been extended by a microphysical aerosol module. Model results over Europe are presented and compared with available measurements in surface air focusing on the European distribution and variability of primary and secondary aerosols. Additionally, model results obtained with detailed aerosol microphysics are compared to those based on an aerosol bulk mass approach revealing the impact of dry deposition fluxes on atmospheric burden concentration. An improved determination of elevated ozone and sulfate concentrations could be achieved by considering a diurnal cycle in the anthropogenic emission fluxes. Deviation between modelled and measured organic carbon concentrations can be mainly explained by missing formation of secondary organic aerosols and deficiencies in emission data. Changing residential heating practices in Europe, where the use of wood is no longer restricted to rural areas, need to be considered in emission inventories as well as vegetation fire emissions which present a dominant source of organic carbon.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Reviewed (other)
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- Publisher:
- Copernicus Publications
- Journal:
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions More from this journal
- Volume:
- 7
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 17893-17926
- Publication date:
- 2007-12-01
- Edition:
- Publisher's version
- EISSN:
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1680-7375
- ISSN:
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1680-7367
- Language:
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English
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- UUID:
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- Local pid:
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ora:2754
- Deposit date:
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2009-04-30
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- Copyright holder:
- B Langmann et al
- Copyright date:
- 2007
- Notes:
- Citation: Langmann, B. et al. (2007). 'Aerosol distribution over Europe: a model evaluation study with detailed aerosol microphysics', Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 7 (6), 17893-17926. [Available at http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/7/17893/2007]. © Authors 2007. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution, NonCommercial and ShareAlike License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en). This permits the copying and distribution of the work, and the making of derivative works, provided the original authors are credited. However, you may not use this work for commercial purposes, and if you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you must distribute the resulting work under a license identical to this one. For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work. These conditions may be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder and, in the case of commercial use during the first five years, you also get permission from Copernicus Publications and the European Geosciences Union. N.B. A revised version of this article, which was published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, is also available in ORA.
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