Assessment of natural and anthropogenic aerosol air pollution in the Middle East using MERRA-2, CAMS data assimilation products, and high-resolution WRF-Chem model simulations

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: A. Ukhov, S. Mostamandi, A. da Silva, J. Flemming, Y. Alshehri, I. Shevchenko, G. Stenchikov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; Chemistry; QD1-999; Merra; Aerosol Robotic Network
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-9281-2020; https://doaj.org/article/9c73c4e899af4871920e40fbd2fb2dbd

Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications v.2 (MERRA-2), Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service Operational Analysis (CAMS-OA), and a high-resolution regional Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with chemistry (WRF-Chem) were used to evaluate natural and anthropoge...