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An algorithm for size-distributed atmospheric aerosols designed for the Northern Aerosol Regional Climate Model [NARCM] is applied to three versions of the Canadian climate models: GCM, RCM and FIZ-C/LCM. It incorporates the processes of aerosol generation, diffusive transport, transformation and removal as a function of particle size to simulate global and regional sea-salt aerosol spatial and temporal distributions. A comparison was made between observations and model predictions of sea-salt. Size-resolved aerosol properties such as transport patterns, fluxes and removals are obtained from the simulations. Since the sea-salt generation term is relatively well quantified, the comparison ensures that a reasonable parameterization of removal and transport schemes is used.
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Gong, S.L., Barrie, L.A., Blanchet, JP., Spacek, L. (1998). Modeling Size-Distributed Sea Salt Aerosols in the Atmosphere: An Application Using Canadian Climate Models. In: Gryning, SE., Chaumerliac, N. (eds) Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application XII. NATO • Challenges of Modern Society, vol 22. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9128-0_35
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