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This page contains information about the methane (CH4) simulation in GEOS-Chem.
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#[[GEOS-Chem chemistry mechanisms|Simulations using KPP-built mechanisms]]
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#<span style="color:blue">'''CH4 simulation'''</span>
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#[[CO2 simulation]]
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== Overview ==
 
== Overview ==
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This page contains information about the methane (CH4) simulation in GEOS-Chem.
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The CH4 simulation in GEOS-Chem ...
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=== Authors and collaborators ===
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* [mailto:maasakkers@fas.harvard.edu Bram Maasakkers] ''(Harvard)''
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* [mailto:aturner@fas.harvard.edu Alex Turner] ''(Harvard)''
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* [mailto:kevin.wecht@gmail.com Kevin Wecht] ''(Harvard)''
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* Christopher Pickett-Heaps ''(formerly @ Harvard)''
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* Jerome Drevet ''(formerly @ EPFL)''
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* James Wang ''(formerly @ Harvard)''
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=== CH4 simulation user groups ===
 
=== CH4 simulation user groups ===
  
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See [[Carbon_Cycle_Working_Group#Current_Carbon_Cycle_Projects_.28please_add_yours.21.29|this post on the ''Carbon Cycle Working Group'' wiki page]].
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|[http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/ Harvard University]
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|[mailto:maasakkers@fas.harvard.edu Bram Maasakkers]<br>[mailto:aturner@fas.harvard.edu Alex Turner]<br>[mailto:kevin.wecht@gmail.com Kevin Wecht]
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|North American methane sources (Top-Down/Bottom-Up)<br>
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|U. Wollongong
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|[mailto:cm700@uow.edu.au Chris Chan Miller]
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|Methane sources in tropical Australia
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=== Tagged CH4 simulation ===
  
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== Validation ==
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In addition to the standard CH4 simulation, users may also choose to run the tagged CH4 simulation where methane species are tagged by emission source.
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== Planned updates ==
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===  Update methane emissions and add capability for North America nested grid ===
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'''''This update was tested in the 1-month benchmark simulation [[GEOS-Chem_v9-01-03_benchmark_history#v9-01-03h|v9-01-03h]] and approved on 09 Mar 2012.'''''
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'''''[mailto:wecht@fas.harvard.edu Kevin Wecht] wrote:'''''
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:I have some GEOS-Chem methane updates that I'd like to add to the standard code.
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:#GFED emissions - I've updated GFED-2 and GFED-3 biomass burning to include methane emissions.
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:#Methane simulation - I've updated emissions and error catches to make the simulation compatible with the nested simulation over North America. I added linearized CH4 chemistry from GMI output (CH4 loss frequencies generated by Lee Murray). These changes should be made to the data directory:
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:::a. Replace Carbon_soil, Carbon_litter, and Wetfrac files in data directory (for all horizontal resolutions)
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:::b. Add 2010-2011 TSKIN and GWETTOP files to data directory (for all horizontal resolutions)
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:::c. Add nested north american OH files to OH directory
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:::d. Add biofuel emissions to data directory (for all horizontal resolutions)
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:::e. Add all emission files to data directory for nested North America simulation
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The [[CH4_simulation#Error_reading_GWETTOP_fields|error in reading GWETTOP fields]] is also fixed in this update.
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--[[User:Melissa Payer|Melissa Payer]] 17:35, 2 February 2012 (EST)
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=== Update CH4 emissions to EDGAR v4.2 ===
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'''''This update was tested in the 1-month benchmark simulation [[GEOS-Chem_v9-02_benchmark_history#v9-02m|v9-02m]] and approved on 30 Jul 2013.'''''
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Kevin Wecht has prepared EDGAR v4.2 emissions of methane for 2004-2008. The data files are available at:
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ftp://ftp.as.harvard.edu/pub/geos-chem/data/GEOS_0.5x0.666_NA/CH4_201305/
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ftp://ftp.as.harvard.edu/pub/geos-chem/data/GEOS_2x2.5/CH4_201305/
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ftp://ftp.as.harvard.edu/pub/geos-chem/data/GEOS_4x5/CH4_201305/
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You can download these directories with anonymous FTP or the Wget utility.  For instructions, please see [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/geos/doc/man/chapter_2.html#2.4 Chapter 2.4, Downloading the GEOS-Chem shared data directories] in the GEOS-Chem Online User's Guide.
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Modifications to subroutines <tt>RICE_EMIS</tt> and <tt>ASEASONAL_ANTHRO_EMIS</tt> in <tt>global_ch4_mod.F</tt> include changing the directory names and updating CYEAR and XTAU as follows:
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--[[User:Melissa Payer|Melissa Payer]] 16:53, 2 July 2013 (EDT)
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=== Fixes for wetland emissions ===
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'''''These issues were resolved during the [[GEOS-Chem_v9-02#Period_of_public_comment|public comment period]] following the provisional release of GEOS-Chem v9-02 and will be included in the official release of [[GEOS-Chem v9-02]].'''''
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'''''[mailto:kevin.wecht@gmail.com Kevin Wecht]''''' wrote:
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:I have some updates/bug fixes to wetland emissions in the methane simulation. Both changes impact global_ch4_mod.F, subroutine WETLAND_EMIS.
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::1. Christopher Pickett-Heaps added a feature that zeroes wetland emissions if snow covers the ground. This was never incorporated into the standard code. It is included in the attached file.
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::2. Parameters in the subroutine are not correct. The following values are the correct and are included in the attached file:
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--[[User:Melissa Payer|Melissa Sulprizio]] 16:11, 23 January 2014 (EST)
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== References ==
 
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== Previous issues that are now resolved ==
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#Bloom, A. A., Bowman, K. W., Lee, M., Turner, A. J., Schroeder, R., Worden, J. R., Weidner, R., McDonald, K. C., and Jacob, D. J.: A global wetland methane emissions and uncertainty dataset for atmospheric chemical transport models (WetCHARTs version 1.0), Geosci. Model Dev., 10, 2141-2156, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-2141-2017, 2017.
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#Sheng, J.-X., D. J. Jacob, J.D. Maasakkers, M.P. Sulprizio, D. Zavala-Areiza, and S. Hamburg, A high-resolution (0.1ox0.1o) inventory of methane emissions from Canadian and Mexican oil and gas systems, Atmos. Environ., 158, 211-215, 2017. [[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231017301164 PDF]]
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=== Error reading GWETTOP fields ===
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#Maasakkers, J.D., D.J.Jacob, M.P. Sulprizio, A.J. Turner, M. Weitz, T. Wirth, C. Hight, M. DeFigueiredo, M. Desai, R. Schmeltz, L. Hockstad, A.A. Bloom, K.W. Bowman, S. Jeong, and M.L. Fischer, Gridded national inventory of U.S. methane emissions, Environ. Sci. Technol., 50, 13123−13133, 2016. [[http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.6b02878 PDF]]
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#Turner, A. J., Jacob, D. J., Wecht, K. J., Maasakkers, J. D., Biraud, S. C., Boesch, H., Bowman, K. W., Deutscher, N. M., Dubey, M. K., Griffith, D. W. T., Hase, F., Kuze, A., Notholt, J., Ohyama, H., Parker, R., Payne, V. H., Sussmann, R., Velazco, V. A., Warneke, T., Wennberg, P. O., and Wunch, D.: ''Estimating global and North American methane emissions with high spatial resolution using GOSAT satellite data'', <u>Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss.</u>, 15, 4495-4536, doi:10.5194/acpd-15-4495-2015, 2015.
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'''''This update was tested in the 1-month benchmark simulation [[GEOS-Chem_v9-01-03_benchmark_history#v9-01-03h|v9-01-03h]] and approved on 09 Mar 2012.'''''
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#Turner, A. J. and Jacob, D. J.: ''Balancing aggregation and smoothing errors in inverse models'', <u>Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss.</u>, 15, 1001-1026, doi:10.5194/acpd-15-1001-2015, 2015.
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#Wecht, K.J., D.J. Jacob, C. Frankenberg, Z. Jiang, and D.R. Blake, ''Mapping of North America methane emissions with high spatial resolution by inversion of SCIAMACHY satellite data'', submitted to <u>J. Geophys. Res.</u>, 2014.
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There is a file read error in the current CH4 simulation. We will fix this issue in [[GEOS-Chem v9-01-03]].
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#Wecht, K.J., D.J. Jacob, M.P. Sulprizio, G.W. Santoni, S.C. Wofsy, R. Parker, H. Bösch, and J.R. Worden, ''Spatially resolving methane emissions in California: constraints from the CalNex aircraft campaign and from present (GOSAT, TES) and future (TROPOMI, geostationary) satellite observations'', <u>Atm. Chem. Phys. Discuss.</u>, '''14''', 4119-4198, doi:10.5194/acpd-14-4119-2014, 2014.
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#Wecht, K.J., D.J. Jacob, S.C. Wofsy, E.A. Kort, J.R. Worden, S.S. Kulawik, D.K. Henze, M. Kopacz, and V.H. Payne, ''Validation of TES methane with HIPPO aircraft observations: implications for inverse modeling of methane sources'', <u>Atmos. Chem. Phys.</u>, '''12''', 1823-1832, 2012.
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In RICE_EMIS (global_ch4_mod.F), XTAU is reset to the wrong value when GEWTTOP is read. Kevin Wecht provided a fix that accounts for different availabilities of GEOS-4 and GEOS-5 met fields. Prior to setting FILENAME for GWETTOP , add the following:
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#Pickett-Heaps, C.A., D.J. Jacob, K.J. Wecht, E.A. Kort, S.C. Wofsy, G.S. Diskin, D.E.J. Worthy, J.O. Kaplan, I. Bey, and J. Drevet, ''Magnitude of seasonality of wetland methane emissions from the Hudson Bay Lowlands (Canada)'', <u>Atmos. Chem. Phys.</u>, '''11(8)''', 3773-3779, doi:10.5194/acp-11-3773-2011, 2011.
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#Wang, J.S., J.A. Logan, M.B. McElroy, B.N. Duncan, I.A. Megretskaia, and R.M. Yantosca, ''A 3-D model analysis of the slowdown and interannual variability in the methane growth rate from 1988 to 1997'', <u>Global Biogeochem. Cycles</u>, '''18''', GB3011, doi:10.1029/2003GB002180, 2004.
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Latest revision as of 14:40, 18 October 2023

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  9. TransportTracers simulation


Overview

This page contains information about the methane (CH4) simulation in GEOS-Chem.

CH4 simulation user groups

See this post on the Carbon Cycle Working Group wiki page.

Tagged CH4 simulation

In addition to the standard CH4 simulation, users may also choose to run the tagged CH4 simulation where methane species are tagged by emission source.

References

  1. Bloom, A. A., Bowman, K. W., Lee, M., Turner, A. J., Schroeder, R., Worden, J. R., Weidner, R., McDonald, K. C., and Jacob, D. J.: A global wetland methane emissions and uncertainty dataset for atmospheric chemical transport models (WetCHARTs version 1.0), Geosci. Model Dev., 10, 2141-2156, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-2141-2017, 2017.
  2. Sheng, J.-X., D. J. Jacob, J.D. Maasakkers, M.P. Sulprizio, D. Zavala-Areiza, and S. Hamburg, A high-resolution (0.1ox0.1o) inventory of methane emissions from Canadian and Mexican oil and gas systems, Atmos. Environ., 158, 211-215, 2017. [PDF]
  3. Maasakkers, J.D., D.J.Jacob, M.P. Sulprizio, A.J. Turner, M. Weitz, T. Wirth, C. Hight, M. DeFigueiredo, M. Desai, R. Schmeltz, L. Hockstad, A.A. Bloom, K.W. Bowman, S. Jeong, and M.L. Fischer, Gridded national inventory of U.S. methane emissions, Environ. Sci. Technol., 50, 13123−13133, 2016. [PDF]
  4. Turner, A. J., Jacob, D. J., Wecht, K. J., Maasakkers, J. D., Biraud, S. C., Boesch, H., Bowman, K. W., Deutscher, N. M., Dubey, M. K., Griffith, D. W. T., Hase, F., Kuze, A., Notholt, J., Ohyama, H., Parker, R., Payne, V. H., Sussmann, R., Velazco, V. A., Warneke, T., Wennberg, P. O., and Wunch, D.: Estimating global and North American methane emissions with high spatial resolution using GOSAT satellite data, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 15, 4495-4536, doi:10.5194/acpd-15-4495-2015, 2015.
  5. Turner, A. J. and Jacob, D. J.: Balancing aggregation and smoothing errors in inverse models, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 15, 1001-1026, doi:10.5194/acpd-15-1001-2015, 2015.
  6. Wecht, K.J., D.J. Jacob, C. Frankenberg, Z. Jiang, and D.R. Blake, Mapping of North America methane emissions with high spatial resolution by inversion of SCIAMACHY satellite data, submitted to J. Geophys. Res., 2014.
  7. Wecht, K.J., D.J. Jacob, M.P. Sulprizio, G.W. Santoni, S.C. Wofsy, R. Parker, H. Bösch, and J.R. Worden, Spatially resolving methane emissions in California: constraints from the CalNex aircraft campaign and from present (GOSAT, TES) and future (TROPOMI, geostationary) satellite observations, Atm. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 14, 4119-4198, doi:10.5194/acpd-14-4119-2014, 2014.
  8. Wecht, K.J., D.J. Jacob, S.C. Wofsy, E.A. Kort, J.R. Worden, S.S. Kulawik, D.K. Henze, M. Kopacz, and V.H. Payne, Validation of TES methane with HIPPO aircraft observations: implications for inverse modeling of methane sources, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 1823-1832, 2012.
  9. Pickett-Heaps, C.A., D.J. Jacob, K.J. Wecht, E.A. Kort, S.C. Wofsy, G.S. Diskin, D.E.J. Worthy, J.O. Kaplan, I. Bey, and J. Drevet, Magnitude of seasonality of wetland methane emissions from the Hudson Bay Lowlands (Canada), Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11(8), 3773-3779, doi:10.5194/acp-11-3773-2011, 2011.
  10. Wang, J.S., J.A. Logan, M.B. McElroy, B.N. Duncan, I.A. Megretskaia, and R.M. Yantosca, A 3-D model analysis of the slowdown and interannual variability in the methane growth rate from 1988 to 1997, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 18, GB3011, doi:10.1029/2003GB002180, 2004.
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