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This website hosts detailed descriptions of the aerosol microphysics parameterizations in versions 1 and 2 of the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM). The parameterizations described here are a part of the Modal Aerosol Module (MAM). MAM is a suite of aerosol physics and chemistry parameterizations designed for simulating global aerosol life cycles at time scales relevant for climate research. The suite was first developed in the Community Atmosphere Model version 5 (CAM5). It was then inherited and has been further developed by E3SM and related projects.

A list of key references can be found on the References page.

The maintenance of this documentation website is supported by funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research.

If you would like to contribute contents, please create a branch in the mam_refactor code repository on GitHub, add your contribution to the mkdocs/ folder, then create a pull request.

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