Regional climate modeling of combustion aerosol in Africa
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Combustion particulate emissions in Africa: regional climate modeling and validation A. Konare, C. Liousse, B. Guillaume, F. Solmon, P. Assamoi, R. Rosset, J. M. Gregoire, and F. Giorgi Laboratoire de Physique de l’Atmosphère, Université de Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Laboratoire d’Aérologie, Toulouse, France JRC, IES-GEM, Ispra, Italy International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy Received: 14 December 2007 – Accepted: 13 February 2008 – Published: 7 April 2008 Correspondence to: A. Konare ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
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