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Studying Cloud and Radiative Impacts Through an Improved Physically Based Representation of Organic Aerosol in a Large-Scale Model (WRF-Chem) (Final Report)

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1860261· OSTI ID:1860261
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  1. Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States)
  2. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)

The work performed under this award resulted in the development of a computationally-efficient kinetic model to simulate the chemistry, thermodynamics, and microphysics of organic aerosol. Versions of the kinetic model were used to study a suite of aerosol processes including, multigenerational gas-phase chemistry, phase-state influenced gas/particle partitioning, heterogeneous oxidation, oligomerization reactions, and experimental artifacts. The kinetic model has now been implemented into a regional chemistry-climate model (WRF-Chem) to further study the formation, evolution, properties, and spatiotemporal distribution of organic aerosol at urban, regional, and global scales.

Research Organization:
Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States); Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Earth and Environmental Systems Science Division
DOE Contract Number:
SC0017975
OSTI ID:
1860261
Report Number(s):
DOE-ASR-CSU-001
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English