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(New page: On this page, we provide an overview of the chemistry mechanisms used in GEOS-Chem. == Overview == == NOx-Ox-hydrocarbon-aerosol chemistry== The standard NOx-Ox-hydrocarbon-aerosol (aka...)
 
 
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On this page, we provide an overview of the chemistry mechanisms used in GEOS-Chem.
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#REDIRECT [[Simulations using KPP-built mechanisms]]
 
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== Overview ==
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== NOx-Ox-hydrocarbon-aerosol chemistry==
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The standard NOx-Ox-hydrocarbon-aerosol (aka "full-chemistry") simulation has undergone several updates in recent GEOS-Chem versions.  We
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=== Mechanisms in GEOS-Chem v9-01-03 and prior versions ===
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In GEOS-Chem v9-01-03, users could select from one of four pre-defined chemistry mechanisms:
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{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
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|-bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
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!width="100px"|Mechanism
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!width="500px"|Description
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!width="150px"|Solvers
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|-valign="top"
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|[[NOx-Ox-HC-aerosol|standard]]
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*NOx-Ox-hydrocarbon-aerosol species (aka "the full-chemistry mechanism")
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|SMVGEAR, KPP
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|-valign="top"
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|[[Secondary organic aerosols|SOA]]
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*NOx-Ox-hydrocarbon-aerosol species
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*PLUS secondary organic aerosol species
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|SMVGEAR, KPP
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|-valign="top"
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|[[Dicarbonyls simulation|Dicarbonyls]]
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*NOx-Ox-hydrocarbon-aerosol species
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*PLUS dicarbonyl species
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|SMVGEAR only
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|-valign="top"
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|[[New isoprene scheme|isoprene]]
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*NOx-Ox-hydrocarbon-aerosol species
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*PLUS isoprene oxidation products
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|SMVGEAR, KPP
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All of these mechanisms (with the exception of the dicarbonyls simulation) are compatible with both the SMVGEAR solver and the KPP solver.  The dicarbonyls mechanism only works with SMVGEAR.
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Prior to the release of [[GEOS-Chem v9-01-03]], several new [[Bromine chemistry mechanism|bromine tracers and species]] were added to the s
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=== Mechanisms in GEOS-Chem v9-02 and later versions ===
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=== Solvers ===
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