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This chapter describes the global aerosol microphysics model (GLOMAP-mode) used in Chaps. 3–6. An offline radiative transfer model and land-surface model are introduced and described in Chaps. 4 and 6, respectively.

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Scott, C.E. (2014). Model Description. In: The Biogeochemical Impacts of Forests and the Implications for Climate Change Mitigation. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07851-9_2

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