Implementation of GMINER30 database in WRF-Chem

19/01/23 13:05

The GMINER30 (Global Mineral Database on 30sec resolution, Nickovic et al, 2012) that provides mineral fractions of potentially dust productive soils, has been implemented in WRF-Chem model.
First results will be presented in COMECAP 2023 conference.

Solomos S., Spyrou C., Gkikas A., Bartsotas N.S., Sykioti O., Amiridis V., Marinou E., Katsafados P., Tsarpalis K., Pejanovic G., Cvetkovic B., Nickovic, S., Kalivitis N., Kanakidou M., Mihalopoulos N., Zerefos C., Development of a dust mineralogy module for WRF, COMECAP 2023, Athens, September 2023

Mineral fractions at dust sources from the new version of WRF-Chem model (Solomos et al., 2023)