First Evaluation of the CCAM Aerosol Simulation over Africa: Implications for Regional Climate Modeling

Rebecca M Garland1,2, Hannah Marie Horowitz3, Marcus James Thatcher4, Mogesh Naidoo5, Jacobus van der Merwe1, Willem Landman6 and Francois Engelbrecht7, (1)CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa, (2)North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa, (3)Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States, (4)CSIRO, Oceans & Atmosphere, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, (5)Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa, (6)CSIR, Natural Resources and the Environment, Pretoria, South Africa, (7)University of Witwatersrand, Global Change Institute, Pretoria, South Africa