Aerosol analysis and forecast in the ECMWF Integrated Forecast System: Forward modelling.

Title
Aerosol analysis and forecast in the ECMWF Integrated Forecast System: Forward modelling.
Technical memorandum
Date Published
09/2008
Secondary Title
ECMWF Technical Memoranda
Number
573
Author
J.-J. Morcrette
O. Boucher
Luke Jones
Deborah Salmond
Peter Bechtold
Anton Beljaars
Angela Benedetti
Axel Bonet
J. Kaiser
Miha Razinger
M.G. Schulz
S. Serrar
Adrian Simmons
M. Sofiev
Martin Suttie
A.M. Tompkins
A. Untch
the team
Publisher
ECMWF
Abstract With the formal end, within the GEMS project, of the period of development of the forward forecast model including aerosol processes, this report presents the state of the aerosol modelling in the ECMWF Integrated Forecasting System (IFS). It details the various parametrisations used in the IFS to account for the presence of tropospheric aerosols. Details are given of the various formulations and data-sets for their sources and of the parametrisations describing the sinks. Comparisons of monthly mean and daily aerosol quantities like optical depths against satellite and surface observations are presented. The capability of the forecast model to simulate aerosol events is illustrated through comparisons of dust plume events.
URL https://www.ecmwf.int/en/elibrary/75765-aerosol-analysis-and-forecast-ecmwf-integrated-forecast-system-forward-modelling
DOI 10.21957/jxqm3uq6j
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