Modeling Atmospheric Aerosols in WRF/Chem

Conference · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2005

OSTI ID:965630

Zhang, Yang; Hu, X -M; Howell, G; Sills, Eric D; Fast, Jerome D; Gustafson, William I; Zaveri, Rahul A; Grell, G A; Peckham, S E; McKeen, S A

In this study, three aerosol modules are tested and compared. The first module is the Modal Aerosol Dynamics Model for Europe (MADE) with the secondary organic aerosol model (SORGAM) (referred to as MADE/SORGAM). The second module is the Model for Simulating Aerosol Interactions and Chemistry (MOSAIC). The third module is the Model of Aerosol Dynamics, Reaction, Ionization and Dissolution (MADRID). The three modules differ in terms of size representation used, chemical species treated, assumptions and numerical algorithms used. Table 1 compares the major processes among the three aerosol modules.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 965630
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-45539; KP1205030; TRN: US200920%%370
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2005 Joint WRF/MM5 User's Workshop, June 27-30, 2005, Boulder, Colorado
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
AEROSOLS
ALGORITHMS
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS