Surface layer MM5 scheme [Obukhov, 1971] Land surface Noah [Chen 2001] and Dudhia, Cumulus cloud scheme Deactivated microphysics Lin [Lin 1983], Morrison [Morrison 2005] et al., et al., Aerosol chemistry 4-bin MOSAIC [Zaveri 2008] et al., Gas phase chemisty CBM-Z [Zaveri 1999] and Peters, Aerosol-radiation interactions Activated Aerosol-cloud interactions Activated Aqueous chemistry and wet scavenging Activated Table 1. Noteworthy WRF-Chem configuration options chosen in this study. Satellite / Data Level / Horizontal Vertical Parameters Used Model Version Resolution Resolution Level 1B Version 333 m 30 m 532 nm Attenuated CALIPSO 3.01 (sfc-8.3 km) (sfc-8.3 km) Backscatter Level 2 Version Up to 5 CALIPSO 333 m Layer Top and Base Heights 3.01 - Cloud layers Up to 10 CALIPSO Level 2 Version 5 km Layer Top and Base Heights layers Level 2 Version Up to 8 CALIPSO 5 km Layer Top and Base Heights 3.01 - Aerosol layers MODIS Level 3 daily 1° by 1° NA QA-weighted τ Aqua/Terra product Version 6 daily (dust, sulfate, organic and τ GOCART 2.5° by 2.0° NA product black carbon, sea salt) Table 2. Summary of the data products used as input into the satellite data constraint technique. Bin Diameter Upper Qext Dm Dvm Diameter 1 0.0390625 0.15625 0.09093 0.097656 0.078125 μm μm μm μm 2 0.15625 0.625 3.12023 0.390625 0.3125 μm μm μm μm 3 0.625 2.5 1.5625 1.25 μm μm μm μm
Surface layer MM5 scheme [Obukhov, 1971] Land surface Noah [Chen and Dudhia, 2001] Cumulus cloud scheme Deactivated microphysics Lin [Lin et al., 1983], Morrison [Morrison et al., 2005] Aerosol chemistry 4-bin MOSAIC [Zaveri et al., 2008] Gas phase chemisty CBM-Z [Zaveri and Peters, 1999] Aerosol-radiation interactions Activated Aerosol-cloud interactions Activated Aqueous chemistry and wet scavenging Activated Table 1. Noteworthy WRF-Chem configuration options chosen in this study. Satellite / Model Data Level / Version Horizontal Resolution Vertical Resolution Parameters Used CALIPSO Level 1B Version 3.01 333 m (sfc-8.3 km) 30 m (sfc-8.3 km) 532 nm Attenuated Backscatter CALIPSO Level 2 Version 3.01 - Cloud 333 m Up to 5 layers Layer Top and Base Heights CALIPSO Level 2 Version 5 km Up to 10 layers Layer Top and Base Heights CALIPSO Level 2 Version 3.01 - Aerosol 5 km Up to 8 layers Layer Top and Base Heights MODIS Aqua/Terra Level 3 daily product 1° by 1° NA QA-weighted τ GOCART Version 6 daily product 2.5° by 2.0° NA τ (dust, sulfate, organic and black carbon, sea salt) Table 2. Summary of the data products used as input into the satellite data constraint technique. Bin Diameter Upper Diameter Qext Dm Dvm 1 0.0390625 μm 0.15625 μm 0.09093 0.097656 μm 0.078125 μm 2 0.15625 μm 0.625 μm 3.12023 0.390625 μm 0.3125 μm 3 0.625 μm 2.5 μm 1.5625 μm 1.25 μm
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