%0 journal article
%@ 1680-7316
%A Neumann, D., Matthias, V., Bieser, J., Aulinger, A., Quante, M.

%D 2016
%J Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
%N 15
%P 9905-9933 
%R doi:10.5194/acp-16-9905-2016
%T A comparison of sea salt emission parameterizations in northwestern Europe using a chemistry transport model setup
%U https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9905-2016
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%X While the GO03 emissions yielded overestimations in the PM10 concentrations at coastal stations and underestimations of those at inland stations, OV14 emissions conversely led to underestimations at coastal stations and overestimations at inland stations. Because of the differently shaped particle size distributions of the GO03 and OV14 emission cases, the deposition velocity of the coarse particles differed between both cases which yielded this distinct behavior at inland and coastal stations. The PM10 concentrations produced by the SP13 emissions generally overestimated the measured concentrations. The sodium wet deposition was generally underestimated by the model simulations but the SP13 cases yielded the least underestimations. Because the model tends to underestimate wet deposition, this result needs to be considered critically. Measurements of the aerosol optical depth (AOD) were underestimated by all model cases in the summer and partly in winter. None of the model cases clearly improved the modeled AODs. Overall, GO03 and OV14 produced the most accurate results, but both parameterizations revealed weaknesses in some situations.