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All users interested in the GEOS-Chem chemistry scheme and associated processes (photolysis, heterogeneous, deposition) are encouraged to subscribe to the chemistry email list (click on the link in the [[#Contact information|contact information section]] below).
 
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|[http://www.env.leeds.ac.uk/~lecmje/lecmje Mat Evans]
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[http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/jingqiu-mao Jingqiu Mao]
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*[http://www.barronh.com Barron Henderson] (GitHub: [https://github.com/barronh @barronh])
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*[https://www.jessicahaskinsphd.com/ Jessica Haskins] (Github: [https://github.com/jhaskinsPhD jhaskinsPhD])
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|Caltech/Harvard
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|Examining the effects of isoprene nitrates and epoxide on tropical ozone and OH using SHADOZ and OMI measurements
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|[mailto:paulot@caltech.edu Fabien Paulot] <br>[mailto:jmao@seas.harvard.edu Jingqiu Mao]
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|Examining the HCHO yield, OH recycling and ozone production with INTEX-A observations from new isoprene chemistry
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|[mailto:jmao@seas.harvard.edu Jingqiu Mao ] <br>[mailto:paulot@caltech.edu Fabien Paulot]
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|NIA / LaRC
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|Tropospheric ozone over East Asia: Ozonesonde observations and modeling analysis
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|[mailto:yiqiang.zhang@nianet.org Yiqiang Zhang ] <br>[mailto:hyl@nianet.org Hongyu Liu]
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|U. Wollongong
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|Tropospheric ozone precursors over Australasia: Using GEOS-Chem to interpret FTIR measurements of CO, NO2 and HCHO
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|[mailto:rb864@uowmail.edu.au Rebecca Buchholz ]
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=== Isoprene chemistry ===
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I've created a page with some of the recent literature on [[Isoprene|isoprene chemistry]]. Please add more papers as they come along! ([[User:mje| MJE Leeds]])
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=== rate of HNO4 ===
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[mailto:ecbrow@berkeley.edu Ellie Browne] found a typo in the globchem.dat (v8-02-01 and beyond)
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A  73 9.52E-05  3.2E+00 -10900 1 P  0.60    0.    0.       
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      1.38E+15  1.4E+00 -10900 0    0.00    0.    0.       
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      HNO4          +                        M                               
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=1.000HO2          +1.000NO2          +                  +
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This should be corrected as:
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A  73 9.52E-05  3.4E+00 -10900 1 P  0.60    0.    0.       
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      1.38E+15  1.1E+00 -10900 0    0.00    0.    0.       
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      HNO4          +                        M                               
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=1.000HO2          +1.000NO2          +                  +
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The difference is within 2%.
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--[[User:Jmao|J Mao.]] 19:04, 30 Aug 2010 (EDT)
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--[[User:Bmy|Bob Y.]] ([[User talk:Bmy|talk]]) 18:29, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
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=== HO2 + CH2O ===
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Scheme does not contain the HO2 + CH2O --> Adduct reaction (MJE Leeds)
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Hermans, I., et al. (2005), Kinetics of alpha-hydroxy-alkylperoxyl radicals in oxidation
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== Current GEOS-Chem Chemistry Projects (please add yours!) ==
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processes. HO2 center dot-initiated oxidation of ketones/aldehydes near the tropopause,
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According to this paper, this reaction is significant when Temperature is below 220K.
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|NASA LARC
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|Scheme for higher PN production from aromatics, MEK, monoterpenes, glycolaldehyde, and 1,3-butadiene
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|[mailto:katherine.travis@nasa.gov Katherine R. Travis]
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--[[User:Jmao|J Mao.]] 15:00, 10 Aug 2009 (EDT)
 
  
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== Previous issues that have now been resolved ==
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|Columbia University
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|Automated model reduction isoprene oxidation mechanism
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|[mailto:benjamin.yang@columbia.edu Benjamin Yang]<br>
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[mailto:danielmw@ldeo.columbia.edu Dan Westervelt]
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|12 Sep 2023
  
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=== near-IR photolysis of HNO4 ===
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|NOAA CSL
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|JPL Kinetic Review Update/C-N balance/stoichiometry update
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|[mailto:khbates@ucdavis.edu Kelvin Bates]
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|01 Jul 2023
  
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'''''This update was added to [[GEOS-Chem v8-02-04]].'''''
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|University of York
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|Nitrate Photolysis
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|[mailto:mat.evans@york.ac.ul Mat Evans]<br>
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[mailto:matthew.rowlinson@york.ac.ul Matthew Rowlinson]
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1. Since FastJX already takes this into account with cross section data at 574nm, we do not need to redo this in <tt>calcrate.f</tt>.  We can therefore comment out this entire IF block:
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[mailto:hansen.cao@york.ac.ul Hansen Cao]
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        ! cross section at 574nm, so we don't need to add 1e-5 anymore.
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        ! NO3 in the UV photolysis of HO2NO2", PCCP, 2005, we also
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|University of York
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|Chlorine chemistry
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|[mailto:mat.evans@york.ac.ul Mat Evans]<br>
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[mailto:al1916@york.ac.uk Amy Lees]
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2. We need to change the branch ratio of HNO4 photolysis in <tt>ratj.d</tt>. Change these lines from:
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|Harvard University and<br>MPIC-Mainz
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|Further development of [https://kpp.readthedocs.io The Kinetic PreProcessor (KPP)]
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|[mailto:yantosca@seas.harvard.edu Bob Yantosca] (GCST)
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|03 Jun 2022
  
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13 HNO4      PHOTON    OH        NO3                  0.00E+00  0.00    33.3  HO2NO2
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14 HNO4      PHOTON    HO2        NO2                  0.00E+00  0.00    66.7  HO2NO2
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|Harvard University
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|Adding an adaptive solver capability into [https://kpp.readthedocs.io KPP]
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|[mailto:hplin@seas.harvard.edu Haipeng Lin]
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|03 Jun 2022
  
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|GCST
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|Migrating the Hg chemistry mechanism to [https://kpp.readthedocs.io KPP]
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|[mailto:yantosca@seas.harvard.eduard.edu Bob Yantosca] (GCST)
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|03 Jun 2022
  
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13 HNO4      PHOTON    OH        NO3                  0.00E+00  0.00      5.0  HO2NO2
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14 HNO4      PHOTON    HO2        NO2                  0.00E+00  0.00    95.0  HO2NO2
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|GCST
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|Adding a CO-CO2-CH4-OCS chemistry mechanism with [https://kpp.readthedocs.io KPP]
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|[mailto:yantosca@seas.harvard.eduard.edu Bob Yantosca] (GCST)
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This is based on Jimenez et al. (Quantum yields of OH, HO2 and NO3 in the UV photolysis of HO2NO2, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2005) shows that HO2 yield should be 0.95 and OH yield should be 0.05 for wavelength above 290nm.
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|U Montana
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|Furans chemistry in MCM and in GEOS-Chem
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|[mailto:lixu.jin@umontana.edu Lixu Jin]<br>[mailto:lu.hu@mso.umt.edu Lu Hu]
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This way all the near-IR photolysis will have most weight on HO2 channel(Stark et al., Overtone dissociation of peroxynitric acid (HO2NO2): Absorption cross sections and photolysis products, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A, 2008).
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|U Wollongong
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|Evaluation of aromatic oxidation products using new observational constraints
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|[mailto:smm997@uowmail.edu.au Stephen MacFarlane]<br>[mailto:jennyf@uow.edu.au Jenny Fisher]
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This update has now been added to the [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/geos/wiki_docs/chemistry/chemistry_updates_v6.pdf chemistry mechanism documentation file].
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|U Wollongong, U Sydney, UNSW
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|Impacts of photophysical oxidation of aldehydes
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|[mailto:paolos@uow.edu.au Paolo Sebastianelli]<br>[mailto:jennyf@uow.edu.au Jenny Fisher]
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|10 June 2024
  
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--[[User:Bmy|Bob Y.]] 16:08, 4 November 2011 (EDT)
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|UNSW, U Wollongong
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|GEOS-Chem simulation of HFO and CF3CHO chemistry
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|[mailto:b.killen@unsw.edu.au Beth Killen]<br>[mailto:jennyf@uow.edu.au Jenny Fisher]
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|10 June 2024
  
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|University of California, Riverside
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|Updates to DMS oxidation scheme
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|[mailto:wporter@ucr.edu William Porter]
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|Harvard University
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|Overhaul of cloud pH code including: use of Newton's method and addition of crustal cations and organic acids
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|[mailto:vshah@g.harvard.edu Viral Shah]<br>[mailto:jmoch@g.harvard.edu Jonathan Moch]
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[mailto:paulot@caltech.edu Fabien Paulot] found a problem in current chemistry scheme.  In [[GEOS-Chem v8-02-01]] and beyond, isoprene nitrates are produced twice: one through channel A and one through 10% loss in channel B. This makes the loss of NOx larger than it should be (18.7% vs. 10%) and also reduces the yield of MVK/MACR/CH2O by about 13%.  
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|Monoterpene oxidation and its impact on SOA formation
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|[mailto:yzheng4@alaska.edu Yiqi Zheng]<br>[mailto:jmao2@alaska.edu Jingqiu Mao]
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+0.220MACR          +0.560CH2O          +                  + 
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Jingqiu Mao discovered a mis-indexing problem when using the <tt>restart.cspec.YYYYMMDDhh</tt> file.  Please see [[Restart files#Potential issue with reading restart.cspec_file|this wiki post]] for more information.
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'''''[http://www.barronh.com/ Barron Henderson] wrote:'''''
  
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Currently, this done using an off-line script described in a [http://www.evernote.com/l/ATuCIZsKADFPPKnKQBlk07TFevitHHQ1Q_o/ linked note]. The approach is pretty straight-forward, but could be expanded to check conservation of functional groups as suggested by Mat.
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Longer term, the same technique would ideally be built-in to the standard KPP as an optional report. I discussed it with Michael Long and we both think that KPP has most of the capability for atom conservation (if not all). It may simply be a matter of defining the chemical formulas in the *.spc file.</blockquote>

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Current GEOS-Chem Chemistry Projects (please add yours!)

User Group Description Contact Person Date Added
NASA LARC Scheme for higher PN production from aromatics, MEK, monoterpenes, glycolaldehyde, and 1,3-butadiene Katherine R. Travis 19 Sep 2023


Columbia University Automated model reduction isoprene oxidation mechanism Benjamin Yang

Dan Westervelt

12 Sep 2023
NOAA CSL JPL Kinetic Review Update/C-N balance/stoichiometry update Kelvin Bates 01 Jul 2023
University of York Nitrate Photolysis Mat Evans

Matthew Rowlinson

08 Jun 2022
University of York Halogen reverse reactions Mat Evans

Hansen Cao

01 Jun 2022
University of York Chlorine chemistry Mat Evans

Amy Lees

01 Oct 2022
Harvard University and
MPIC-Mainz 		Further development of The Kinetic PreProcessor (KPP) Bob Yantosca (GCST) 03 Jun 2022
Harvard University Adding an adaptive solver capability into KPP Haipeng Lin 03 Jun 2022
GCST Migrating the Hg chemistry mechanism to KPP Bob Yantosca (GCST) 03 Jun 2022
GCST Adding a CO-CO2-CH4-OCS chemistry mechanism with KPP Bob Yantosca (GCST) 03 Jun 2022
U Montana Furans chemistry in MCM and in GEOS-Chem Lixu Jin
Lu Hu 		21 May 2022
U Wollongong Evaluation of aromatic oxidation products using new observational constraints Stephen MacFarlane
Jenny Fisher 		9 June 2022
U Wollongong, U Sydney, UNSW Impacts of photophysical oxidation of aldehydes Paolo Sebastianelli
Jenny Fisher 		10 June 2024
UNSW, U Wollongong GEOS-Chem simulation of HFO and CF3CHO chemistry Beth Killen
Jenny Fisher 		10 June 2024
University of California, Riverside Updates to DMS oxidation scheme William Porter 26 August 2020
Harvard University Overhaul of cloud pH code including: use of Newton's method and addition of crustal cations and organic acids Viral Shah
Jonathan Moch 		5 May 2019
U Alaska Fairbanks Monoterpene oxidation and its impact on SOA formation Yiqi Zheng
Jingqiu Mao 		21 April 2019
FSU Stratosphere-troposphere coupling, improvements to UCX & H2 chemistry Chris Holmes May 2017
FSU Methane and methyl chloroform lifetimes Chris Holmes May 2017
FSU Arctic halogen & ozone chemistry Chris Holmes May 2017

Current GEOS-Chem Chemistry Issues (please add yours!)

Carbon balance

Script for evaluating carbon balance

Barron Henderson wrote:

[I created] an evaluation script to preserve balances going forward as the mechanism evolves (e.g., as isoprene gets updated).

Currently, this done using an off-line script described in a linked note. The approach is pretty straight-forward, but could be expanded to check conservation of functional groups as suggested by Mat.

Longer term, the same technique would ideally be built-in to the standard KPP as an optional report. I discussed it with Michael Long and we both think that KPP has most of the capability for atom conservation (if not all). It may simply be a matter of defining the chemical formulas in the *.spc file.
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