Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics www.atmos-chem-phys.net 1680-7316 1680-7324 8 20 2008 10.5194/acp-8-6003-2008 http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/8/6003/2008/ http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/8/6003/2008/acp-8-6003-2008.html http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/8/6003/2008/acp-8-6003-2008.pdf 6003 6035 2008-10-21 MATRIX (Multiconfiguration Aerosol TRacker of mIXing state): an aerosol microphysical module for global atmospheric models S. E. Bauer sbauer@giss.nasa.gov D. L. Wright D. Koch E. R. Lewis R. McGraw L.-S. Chang S. E. Schwartz R. Ruedy The Earth Institute at Columbia University and NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, USA Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA Sigma Space Partners (SSP) and NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, USA present address: School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA present address: Global Res. Center, National Institute of Environmental Res., Kyungseo-dong Seo-gu, Incheon, Korea A new aerosol microphysical module MATRIX, the Multiconfiguration Aerosol TRacker of mIXing state, and its application in the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) climate model (ModelE) are described. This module, which is based on the quadrature method of moments (QMOM), represents nucleation, condensation, coagulation, internal and external mixing, and cloud-drop activation and provides aerosol particle mass and number concentration and particle size information for up to 16 mixed-mode aerosol populations. Internal and external mixing among aerosol components sulfate, nitrate, ammonium, carbonaceous aerosols, dust and sea-salt particles are represented. 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