Understanding the contributions of aerosol properties and parameterization discrepancies to droplet number variability in a Global Climate Model
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Understanding the contributions of aerosol properties and parameterization discrepancies to droplet number variability in a Global Climate Model R. Morales Betancourt1 and A. Nenes1,2 1School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 2School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Correspondence to: A. Nenes ([email protected])
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تاریخ انتشار 2014