@Article{FreitasLDCDAAGRFP:2009:MoDeEv,
               author = "Freitas, Saulo Ribeiro de and Longo, Karla Maria and Dias, Maria 
                         Assun{\c{c}}{\~a}o Silva and Chatfield, Robert and Dias, Pedro L 
                         Silva and Artaxo, P and Andreae, M. O. and Grell, Georg and 
                         Rodrigues, Luiz Flavio and Fazenda, Alvaro Luiz and Panetta, 
                         Jairo",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and Department of 
                         Atmospheric Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil and NASA 
                         Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, USA and Department of 
                         Atmospheric Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil and 
                         Institute of Physics, University of S˜ao Paulo, Brazil and Max 
                         Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany and Cooperative 
                         Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), 
                         University of Colorado/NOAA Research-Forecast Systems Laboratory, 
                         Boulder, CO, USA and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais 
                         (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and 
                         {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "The Coupled Aerosol and Tracer Transport model to the Brazilian 
                         developments on the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System 
                         (CATT-BRAMS). Part 1: Model description and evaluation",
              journal = "Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics",
                 year = "2009",
               volume = "9",
               number = "8",
                pages = "2843--2861",
                month = "Apr.",
             keywords = "biomass burning, modeling, aerosls, atmospheric, biosphere, 
                         thermosphere.",
             abstract = "We introduce the Coupled Aerosol and Tracer Transport model to the 
                         Brazilian developments on the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System 
                         (CATT-BRAMS). CATT-BRAMS is an on-line transport model fully 
                         consistent with the simulated atmospheric dynamics. Emission 
                         sources from biomass burning and urban-industrial-vehicular 
                         activities for trace gases and from biomass burning aerosol 
                         particles are obtained from several published datasets and remote 
                         sensing information. The tracer and aerosol mass concentration 
                         prognostics include the effects of sub-grid scale turbulence in 
                         the planetary boundary layer, convective transport by shallow and 
                         deep moist convection, wet and dry deposition, and plume rise 
                         associated with vegetation fires in addition to the grid scale 
                         transport. The radiation parameterization takes into account the 
                         interaction between the simulated biomass burning aerosol 
                         particles and short and long wave radiation. The atmospheric model 
                         BRAMS is based on the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS), 
                         with several improvements associated with cumulus convection 
                         representation, soil moisture initialization and surface scheme 
                         tuned for the tropics, among others. In this paper the CATT-BRAMS 
                         model is used to simulate carbon monoxide and particulate material 
                         (PM2.5) surface fluxes and atmospheric transport during the 2002 
                         LBA field campaigns, conducted during the transition from the dry 
                         to wet season in the southwest Amazon Basin. Model evaluation is 
                         addressed with comparisons between model results and near surface, 
                         radiosondes and airborne measurements performed during the field 
                         campaign, as well as remote sensing derived products. We show the 
                         matching of emissions strengths to observed carbon monoxide in the 
                         LBA campaign. A relatively good comparison to the MOPITT data, in 
                         spite of the fact that MOPITT a priori assumptions imply several 
                         difficulties, is also obtained.",
                 issn = "1680-7316",
                label = "lattes: 9873289111461387 1 FreitasLDCDAAGRFP:2009:MoDeEv",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "Freitas_The Coupled.pdf",
                  url = "http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/9/2843/2009/acp-9-2843-2009.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "01 maio 2024"
}