\hypertarget{group__mod__radiation__aerosols}{}\doxysubsection{Radiation Aerosols Module}
\label{group__mod__radiation__aerosols}\index{Radiation Aerosols Module@{Radiation Aerosols Module}}


This module contains climatological atmospheric aerosol schemes for radiation computations.  


\begin{DoxyVersion}{Version}
NCEP-\/\+Radiation\+\_\+aerosols v5.\+2 Jan 2013
\end{DoxyVersion}
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 This module has three externally callable subroutines\+:
\begin{DoxyItemize}
\item \mbox{\hyperlink{namespacemodule__radiation__aerosols_a221edc43ecc50a4d1b0a2187500554a4_a221edc43ecc50a4d1b0a2187500554a4}{aer\+\_\+init()}} -- initialization; called at the start of run to set up module parameters
\item \mbox{\hyperlink{namespacemodule__radiation__aerosols_a41da099b5b33860dbc64580343e570b8_a41da099b5b33860dbc64580343e570b8}{aer\+\_\+update()}} -- updating aerosol data; called within the time loop to check and update data sets
\item \mbox{\hyperlink{namespacemodule__radiation__aerosols_a811cbcfb0c1b80a292ae821214d226df_a811cbcfb0c1b80a292ae821214d226df}{setaer()}} -- mapping aeros profile, compute aeros opticals
\end{DoxyItemize}

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 References\+:
\begin{DoxyItemize}
\item OPAC climatological aerosols\+: Hou et al. 2002 \cite{hou_et_al_2002}; Hess et al. 1998 \cite{hess_et_al_1998}
\item GOCART interactive aerosols\+: Chin et al., 2000 \cite{chin_et_al_2000} Colarco et al., 2010 -\/ jgr, v115, D14207\cite{colarco_et_al_2010}
\item MERRA2 aerosol reanalysis\+: Randles et al., 2017 -\/ jclim, v30, 6823-\/6850\cite{randles_et_al_2017} Buchard et al., 2017 -\/ jclim, v30, 6851-\/6871\cite{buchard_et_al_2017}
\item Stratospheric volcanical aerosols\+: Sato et al. 1993 \cite{sato_et_al_1993}
\end{DoxyItemize}

The initialization program is to set up necessary parameters and working arrays.


\begin{DoxyParams}{Parameters}
{\em NLAY} & number of model vertical layers (not used) \\
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{\em me} & print message control flag \\
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\end{DoxyParams}
\hypertarget{group__mod__radiation__aerosols_gen_al}{}\doxysubsubsection{General Algorithm}\label{group__mod__radiation__aerosols_gen_al}
