TY - JOUR AU - AB - Geosci. Model Dev., 10, 3359–3378, 2017 https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3359-2017 © Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. The Sectional Stratospheric Sulfate Aerosol module (S3A-v1) within the LMDZ general circulation model: description and evaluation against stratospheric aerosol observations 1,2 3 4 5 1 Christoph Kleinschmitt , Olivier Boucher , Slimane Bekki , François Lott , and Ulrich Platt Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, CNRS/UPMC, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris CEDEX 05, France Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, CNRS/UPMC, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris CEDEX 05, France Laboratoire Atmosphères Milieux Observations Spatiales, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, CNRS/UVSQ, 11 boulevard d’Alembert, 78280 Guyancourt, France Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, CNRS/ENS, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris CEDEX 05, France Correspondence to: Christoph Kleinschmitt (christoph.kleinschmitt@iup.uni-heidelberg.de) Received: 3 February 2017 – Discussion started: 5 April 2017 Revised: 2 August 2017 – Accepted: 8 August 2017 – Published: 12 September 2017 Abstract. Stratospheric aerosols play an important role in 1 Introduction the climate system by affecting the Earth’s radiative budget as well as atmospheric chemistry, and the capabilities to sim- The study of stratospheric aerosols has traditionally been TI - The Sectional Stratospheric Sulfate Aerosol module (S3A-v1) within the LMDZ general circulation model: description and evaluation against stratospheric aerosol observations JF - Geoscientific Model Development DO - 10.5194/gmd-10-3359-2017 DA - 2017-09-12 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/the-sectional-stratospheric-sulfate-aerosol-module-s3a-v1-within-the-bx0y9f0qIz DP - DeepDyve ER -