Quantitative impact of aerosols on numerical weather prediction. Part I: Direct radiative forcing

Jianglong Zhang, University of North Dakota, Atmospheric Sceinces, Grand Forks, ND, United States, Jeffrey S. Reid, Naval Research Laboratory, Marine Meteorology Division, Monterey, United States, Angela Benedetti, European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, United Kingdom, Matt Christensen, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States and Jared Wayne Marquis, University of North Dakota, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Grand Forks, ND, United States