Sea Salt Aerosols
Case description
Real case simulation of sea salt aerosols in a cyclone. Uses LIMA microphysics scheme to simulate sea salt emission and transport in marine atmospheric conditions.
Configuration
Parameter |
Value |
|---|---|
Category |
Real cases |
Horizontal resolution |
High resolution |
Vertical levels |
50 |
Chemistry |
LIMA enabled |
Aerosols |
Sea salt |
Steps
Step |
Script |
|---|---|
001_pgd |
run_pgd |
002_prep_real |
run_prep_real_case |
003_run |
run_mesonh |
Specificities
Scientific specificities - Sea salt aerosol simulation - Marine boundary layer - LIMA cloud microphysics
Technical specificities - MESONH input format - Sea salt aerosol emissions
Validation
Aerosol concentrations
Comparison with observations
Numerical ressources
1 node, 32 cores (MPI parallel)
References
Sea salt measurement campaigns