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<big><big><strong>Chemistry Working Group</strong></big></big>
 
 
 
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).
 
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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!width="300px" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|Oxidants and Chemistry Working Group Co-Chairs
 
!width="300px" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|Oxidants and Chemistry Working Group Co-Chairs
 
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*[http://www.york.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/academic/d-g/evansm/ Mat Evans] and
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*[http://www.york.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/academic/d-g/evansm/ Mat Evans] (GitHub: [https://github.com/mje1398 @mje1398])
*[http://www.barronh.com Barron Henderson]
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*[http://www.barronh.com Barron Henderson] (GitHub: [https://github.com/barronh @barronh])
*[http://hs.umt.edu/luhu/people.php Lu Hu]
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*[http://hs.umt.edu/luhu/people.php Lu Hu] (GitHub: [https://github.com/luhu0 @luhu0])
 
*[https://www.uaf.edu/chem/faculty/mao/ Jingqiu Mao]
 
*[https://www.uaf.edu/chem/faculty/mao/ Jingqiu Mao]
  
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|UNSW, Sydney
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|Contribution of the unexplored photochemistry of aldehydes to the tropospheric levels of hydrogen
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|[mailto:m.perez_pena@unsw.edu.au Maria Paula Perez-Pena]
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|25 June 2021
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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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|26 August 2020
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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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|5 May 2019
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|U Alaska Fairbanks
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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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|21 April 2019
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|U Montana
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|Formic acid and acetic acid formation in fire smoke
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|[mailto:catherine1.wielgasz@umconnect.umt.edu Catie Wielgasz]<br>[mailto:lu.hu@mso.umt.edu Lu Hu]
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|21 April 2019
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|U Montana
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|Furans chemistry in MCM and in GEOS-Chem
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|[mailto:ahsan.mozaffar@mso.umt.edu Ahsan Mozaffar]<br>[mailto:lu.hu@mso.umt.edu Lu Hu]
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|21 April 2019
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|Harvard University
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|Migrating offline chemistry mechanisms (e.g. CH4, CO2) to [[FlexChem]]
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|[mailto:mpayer@seas.harvard.edu Melissa Sulprizio] (GCST)
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|22 April 2019
 
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|NIA / LaRC
 
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|[mailto:hyl@nianet.org Hongyu Liu]
 
|[mailto:hyl@nianet.org Hongyu Liu]
 
|5 May 2015
 
|5 May 2015
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|MIT
 
|Exploring the impact of monoterpene and aromatic chemistry on ozone and OH reactivity
 
|[mailto:wporter@mit.edu Will Porter]
 
|12 April 2017
 
 
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|MIT
 
|MIT
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|University of York  
 
|University of York  
|Isoprene over Borneo
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|MCM chemistry in GEOSChem
|[mailto:sag527@york.ac.uk Shani Garraway]
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|12 April 2017
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|University of York
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|Impacts of uncertainty in chemical kinetics
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|[mailto:bn506@york.ac.uk Ben Newsome]
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|12 April 2017
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|University of York
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|Impacts of resolution in GEOS-Chem
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|[mailto:bn506@york.ac.uk Ben Newsome]
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|12 April 2017
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|University of York
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|Updates to the kinetics of Criegee chemistry based on new chamber experiments
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|[mailto:mat.evans@york.ac.uk Mat Evans]
 
|[mailto:mat.evans@york.ac.uk Mat Evans]
|12 April 2017
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|21 April 2019
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|University of Wollongong
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|Simulation of small (methyl, ethyl, propyl) alkyl nitrates in GEOS-Chem
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|[mailto:jennyf@uow.edu.au Jenny Fisher]
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|12 April 2017
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|Harvard University
 
|Harvard University
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|May 2017
 
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--[[User:Bmy|Bob Y.]] 15:08, 25 April 2014 (EDT)
 
  
 
== Current GEOS-Chem Chemistry Issues (please add yours!) ==
 
== Current GEOS-Chem Chemistry Issues (please add yours!) ==
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=== Working group telecom on the 13/3/2019 ===
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There was a telecon to discuss issues with the chemistry. The notes from the meeting are here  [[Media:Chemistry_WG_March_2019..pdf ]] .  '''''[mailto:mat.evans@york.ac.uk Mat Evans]'''''
  
 
=== Carbon balance ===
 
=== Carbon balance ===
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==== Script for evaluating carbon balance ====
 
==== Script for evaluating carbon balance ====
  
'''''Barron Henderson wrote:'''''
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'''''[http://www.barronh.com/ Barron Henderson] wrote:'''''
  
 
<blockquote>[I created] an evaluation script to preserve balances going forward as the mechanism evolves (e.g., as isoprene gets updated).  
 
<blockquote>[I created] an evaluation script to preserve balances going forward as the mechanism evolves (e.g., as isoprene gets updated).  
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--[[User:Jmao|J Mao.]] 15:00, 10 Aug 2009 (EDT)
 
--[[User:Jmao|J Mao.]] 15:00, 10 Aug 2009 (EDT)
 
=== Correcting ozone from the height of the lowest model level to 10m ===
 
 
<span style="color:darkorange">'''''This update is slated for inclusion in [[GEOS-Chem v11-02#v11-02e|GEOS-Chem v11-02e]].'''''</span>
 
 
Katie Travis created a diagnostic to correct daytime ozone values from the lowest model layer, ~60m, to 10m.
 
 
''C''(''z<sub>C</sub>'') = (1-''R<sub>a</sub>''(''z<sub>1</sub>'',''z<sub>C</sub>'')''v<sub>d</sub>(''z<sub>1</sub>))''C''(''z<sub>1</sub>'')             Eq. 1
 
 
where <tt>''R<sub>a</sub>''(''z<sub>1</sub>'',''z<sub>C</sub>'')</tt> is the aerodynamic resistance between <tt>''z<sub>1</sub>''</tt> and <tt>''z<sub>C</sub>''</tt>, and <tt>''v<sub>d</sub>''(''z<sub>1</sub>'')</tt> is the ozone deposition velocity at <tt>''z<sub>1</sub>''</tt>, and <tt>''C''(''z<sub>1</sub>'')</tt> is the ozone concentration at <tt>''z<sub>1</sub>''</tt>.
 
 
<tt>''R<sub>a</sub>''(''z<sub>1</sub>'',''z<sub>C</sub>'')</tt> is calculated to the lowest model level in drydep_mod.F. We recalculate <tt>''R<sub>a</sub>''</tt> using <tt>''z<sub>1</sub>''</tt> = 10 m, which is the height of the CASTNET measurement for ozone.  The new <tt>''R<sub>a</sub>''</tt> is added to the diagnostic array AD_RA and passed to diag49.F for use in Equation 1.
 
 
This new diagnostic is called <tt>O3@10m-$</tt>, and can be called with tracer 539 in ND49 in input.geos.
 
 
'''References'''
 
*Travis, K.R., D.J. Jacob, C.A. Keller, S. Kuang, J. Lin, M.J. Newchurch, A.M. Thompson, ''Resolving ozone vertical gradients in air quality models'', <u>Atmos. Chem. Phys. Disc.</u>,2017.
 
*Zhang, L., D.J. Jacob, E.M. Knipping, N. Kumar, J.W. Munger, C.C. Carouge, A. van Donkelaar, Y. Wang, and D. Chen, ''Nitrogen deposition to the United States: distribution, sources, and processes'', <u>Atmos. Chem. Phys.</u>, '''12''', 4,539-4,4554, 2012.
 
 
--[[User:Melissa Payer|Melissa Sulprizio]] ([[User talk:Melissa Payer|talk]]) 22:26, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 
  
 
== Previous issues that have now been resolved ==
 
== Previous issues that have now been resolved ==
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--[[User:Bmy|Bob Y.]] 15:20, 20 May 2014 (EDT)
 
--[[User:Bmy|Bob Y.]] 15:20, 20 May 2014 (EDT)
 
== Issues that have been since rendered obsolete by newer code updates ==
 
 
Most of the issues described below pertained to the SMVGEAR chemical solver (which was replaced by FlexChem in [[GEOS-Chem v11-01|v11-01]]) and/or the FAST-J photolysis mechanism (which was replaced by FAST-JX in [[GEOS-Chem v10-01|v10-01]]).
 
 
=== NIT should be converted to molec/cm3 in calcrate.F ===
 
 
[[Image:Obsolete.jpg]]
 
 
<span style="color:red">'''''SMVGEAR was removed from [[GEOS-Chem v11-01]] and higher versions.  The code in <tt>calcrate.F</tt> will be replaced by the KPP master equation file.'''''</span>
 
 
In <tt>calcrate.F</tt>, we have:
 
 
                    ! Nitrate effect; reduce the gamma on nitrate by a
 
                    ! factor of 10 (lzh, 10/25/2011)
 
                    IF ( N == 8 ) THEN
 
                        TMP1 = State_Chm%Tracers(IX,IY,IZ,IDTSO4) +
 
    &                        State_Chm%Tracers(IX,IY,IZ,IDTNIT)
 
                        TMP2 = State_Chm%tracers(IX,IY,IZ,IDTNIT)
 
                        IF ( TMP1 .GT. 0.0 ) THEN
 
                          XSTKCF = XSTKCF * ( 1.0e+0_fp - 0.9e+0_fp
 
    &                            *TMP2/TMP1 )
 
                        ENDIF
 
                    ENDIF
 
 
Here NIT is added to SO4 but NIT is in different units than SO4. This unit difference can be traced to the definition of IDTRMB, which is only nonzero for species that are in the SMVGEAR mechanism. Since NIT is not a SMVGEAR species, IDTRMB = 0 for NIT and it is therefore skipped in the unit conversion from kg --> molec/cm3 in <tt>partition.F</tt>.
 
 
This issue was discovered during the implementation of [[FlexChem]]. In [[GEOS-Chem v11-01#v11-01g|GEOS-Chem v11-01g]] and later versions, units of NIT are properly accounted for in routine <tt>HETN2O5</tt> (found in <tt>gckpp_HetRates.F90</tt>).
 
 
--[[User:Melissa Payer|Melissa Sulprizio]] ([[User talk:Melissa Payer|talk]]) 20:25, 12 September 2016 (UTC)<br>--[[User:Bmy|Bob Yantosca]] ([[User talk:Bmy|talk]]) 20:27, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 
 
=== rate of HNO4 ===
 
 
[[Image:Obsolete.jpg]]
 
 
<span style="color:red">'''''SMVGEAR was removed from [[GEOS-Chem v11-01]] and higher versions.  The <tt>globchem.dat</tt> file is now replaced by the KPP master equation file.'''''</span>
 
 
[mailto:ecbrow@berkeley.edu Ellie Browne] found a typo in the globchem.dat ([[GEOS-Chem v8-02-01]] and beyond)
 
<pre>
 
A  73 9.52E-05  3.2E+00 -10900 1 P  0.60    0.    0.       
 
      1.38E+15  1.4E+00 -10900 0    0.00    0.    0.       
 
      HNO4          +                        M                               
 
=1.000HO2          +1.000NO2          +                  +
 
</pre>
 
This should be corrected as:
 
<pre>
 
A  73 9.52E-05  3.4E+00 -10900 1 P  0.60    0.    0.       
 
      1.38E+15  1.1E+00 -10900 0    0.00    0.    0.       
 
      HNO4          +                        M                               
 
=1.000HO2          +1.000NO2          +                  +
 
</pre>
 
The difference is within 2%.
 
 
--[[User:Jmao|J Mao.]] 19:04, 30 Aug 2010 (EDT)<br>
 
--[[User:Bmy|Bob Yantosca]] ([[User talk:Bmy|talk]]) 20:29, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 
 
=== near-IR photolysis of HNO4 ===
 
 
<span style="color:green">'''''This update was added to [[GEOS-Chem v8-02-04]].'''''</span>
 
 
[[Image:Obsolete.jpg]]
 
 
<span style="color:red">'''''SMVGEAR was removed from [[GEOS-Chem v11-01]] and higher versions.  The <tt>globchem.dat</tt> file is now replaced by the KPP master equation file.  Also, FAST-JX has now replaced FAST-J photolysis.'''''</span>
 
 
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:
 
 
        !---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
        ! Prior to 10/27/09:
 
        ! FastJX has taken near-IR photolysis into account with
 
        ! cross section at 574nm, so we don't need to add 1e-5 anymore.
 
        ! According to Jimenez et al., "Quantum yields of OH, HO2 and
 
        ! NO3 in the UV photolysis of HO2NO2", PCCP, 2005, we also
 
        ! changed the branch ratio from 0.67(HO2)/0.33(OH) to 0.95/0.05
 
        ! This will put most weight of near-IR photolysis on HO2 channel.
 
        ! (jmao, bmy, 10/27/09)
 
        !
 
        !!==============================================================
 
        !! HARDWIRE addition of 1e-5 s-1 photolysis rate to
 
        !! HNO4 -> HO2+NO2 to account for HNO4 photolysis in near-IR --
 
        !! see Roehl et al. 'Photodissociation of peroxynitric acid in
 
        !! the near-IR', 2002. (amf, bmy, 1/7/02)
 
        !!
 
        !! Add NCS index to NKHNO4 for SMVGEAR II (gcc, bmy, 4/1/03)
 
        !!==============================================================
 
        !IF ( NKHNO4(NCS) > 0 ) THEN
 
        !
 
        !  ! Put J(HNO4) in correct spot for SMVGEAR II
 
        !  PHOTVAL = NKHNO4(NCS) - NRATES(NCS)
 
        !  NKN    = NKNPHOTRT(PHOTVAL,NCS)
 
        !
 
        !  DO KLOOP=1,KTLOOP
 
        !      RRATE(KLOOP,NKN)=RRATE(KLOOP,NKN) + 1d-5
 
        !  ENDDO
 
        !ENDIF
 
        !---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 
2. We need to change the branch ratio of HNO4 photolysis in <tt>ratj.d</tt>.  Change these lines from:
 
 
13 HNO4      PHOTON    OH        NO3                  0.00E+00  0.00    33.3  HO2NO2
 
14 HNO4      PHOTON    HO2        NO2                  0.00E+00  0.00    66.7  HO2NO2
 
 
to:
 
 
13 HNO4      PHOTON    OH        NO3                  0.00E+00  0.00      5.0  HO2NO2
 
14 HNO4      PHOTON    HO2        NO2                  0.00E+00  0.00    95.0  HO2NO2
 
 
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.
 
 
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).
 
 
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].
 
 
--[[User:Jmao|J Mao.]] 11:00, 26 Oct 2009 (EDT)<br>
 
--[[User:Bmy|Bob Y.]] 16:08, 4 November 2011 (EDT)
 
 
=== yield of isoprene nitrates ===
 
 
<span style="color:green">'''''This update was added to [[GEOS-Chem v8-03-02]] as a post-release patch, and standardized in [[GEOS-Chem v9-01-01]].'''''</span>
 
 
[[Image:Obsolete.jpg]]
 
 
<span style="color:red">'''''SMVGEAR was removed from [[GEOS-Chem v11-01]] and higher versions.  The <tt>globchem.dat</tt> file is now replaced by the KPP master equation file.'''''</span>
 
 
[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%.
 
 
A  453 2.70E-12  0.0E+00    350 1 B  0.00    0.    0.       
 
        5.00E+00  0.0E+00      0 0    0.00    0.    0.       
 
      RIO2          +    NO                                             
 
=0.900NO2          +0.900HO2          +0.340IALD          +0.340MVK   
 
+0.220MACR          +0.560CH2O          +                  + 
 
         
 
A  453 2.70E-12  0.0E+00    350 1 A  0.00    0.    0.       
 
        5.00E+00  0.0E+00      0 0    0.00    0.    0.       
 
      RIO2          +    NO                                             
 
=1.000HNO3          +                  +                  +           
 
 
So it should be corrected as (no channel A):
 
 
A  453 2.70E-12  0.0E+00    350 0 0  0.00    0.    0.       
 
      RIO2          +    NO                                             
 
=0.900NO2          +0.900HO2          +0.340IALD          +0.340MVK   
 
+0.220MACR          +0.560CH2O          +                  +     
 
 
D  453 2.70E-12  0.0E+00    350 1 A  0.00    0.    0.       
 
        5.00E+00  0.0E+00      0 0    0.00    0.    0.       
 
      RIO2          +    NO                                             
 
=1.000HNO3          +                  +                  + 
 
 
--[[User:Jmao|J Mao.]] 18:04, 30 Aug 2010 (EDT)<br>
 
--[[User:Bmy|Bob Yantosca]] ([[User talk:Bmy|talk]]) 20:31, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 
 
=== Potential issue with reading restart.cspec file ===
 
 
<span style="color:green">'''''This update was tested in the 1-month benchmark simulation [[GEOS-Chem_v9-01-02_benchmark_history#v9-01-02c|v9-01-02c]] and approved on 21 Jul 2011.'''''</span>
 
 
[[Image:Obsolete.jpg]]
 
 
<span style="color:red">'''''The binary-punch format <tt>restart.cspec.YYYYMMDDhh</tt> file is slated to be replaced by a netCDF-format restart file, starting in [[GEOS-Chem v11-01]] and higher versions.  But during a transition period, you can still request binary-punch format output.'''''</span>
 
 
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.
 
 
--[[User:Bmy|Bob Y.]] 16:02, 4 November 2011 (EDT)<br>--[[User:Bmy|Bob Yantosca]] ([[User talk:Bmy|talk]]) 20:33, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 
 
=== GLCO3, GLPAN bug in standard mechanism ===
 
 
<span style="color:green">'''''This update was tested in the 1-month benchmark simulation [[GEOS-Chem_v9-01-03_benchmark_history#v9-01-03a|v9-01-03a]] and approved on 08 Dec 2011.'''''</span>
 
 
[[Image:Obsolete.jpg]]
 
 
<span style="color:red">'''''SMVGEAR was removed from [[GEOS-Chem v11-01]] and higher versions.  The <tt>globchem.dat</tt> file is now replaced by the KPP master equation file.'''''</span>
 
 
'''''[mailto:fabienpaulot@gmail.com Fabien Paulot] wrote:'''''
 
 
:I think there is a relatively serious bug in the standard chemistry.  GLPAN and GLCO3 are set to inactive but their production and loss reactions are active.  As a result they never reach equilibrium and this results in an artificial loss of NOx.
 
 
:If this is the only cause of the imbalance between sources and sinks of NOx in my simulations, this would account for ~5% of NOy losses.  I don't see that problem in a simulation with a different chemistry that among other changes does not feature those reactions. So hopefully that's it.
 
 
:To fix the error, I made the following modifications in <tt>globchem.dat</tt>:
 
 
:#I set GLPAN and GLCO3 rxns from active to dead.  These rxns were causing an artificial loss of NOx.
 
:#I have physically removed GLCO3, GLP, GLPAN, GPAN, ISNO3, MNO3, O2CH2OH, MVN2 and their associated reactions. 
 
:#I have made GLYX active.  I'm not sure why it's not active by default.
 
 
:and to <tt>ratj.d</tt>:
 
 
:# I deleted photolysis reactions for MNO3 and GLP, since these species have also now been deleted in <tt>globchem.dat</tt>
 
 
--[[User:Bmy|Bob Y.]] 14:51, 10 November 2011 (EST)<br>
 
--[[User:Melissa Payer|Melissa Payer]] 10:49, 15 December 2011 (EST)<br>
 
--[[User:Bmy|Bob Yantosca]] ([[User talk:Bmy|talk]]) 20:35, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 
 
=== Bug in routine ARSL1K ===
 
 
<span style="color:green">'''''This update was tested in the 1-month benchmark simulation [[GEOS-Chem v9-01-03 benchmark history#v9-01-03m|v9-01-03m]] and approved on 06 Jun 2012.'''''</span>
 
 
[[Image:Obsolete.jpg]]
 
 
<span style="color:red">'''''SMVGEAR was removed from [[GEOS-Chem v11-01]] and higher versions.  The <tt>ARSL1K</tt> routine was replaced by an equivalent function in KPP's rate law library.'''''</span>
 
 
A bug in routine ARSL1K became problematic in the implementation of Justin Parrella's [[Bromine_chemistry_mechanism|tropospheric bromine chemistry mechanism]] for [[GEOS-Chem v9-01-03]]. In the bromine chemistry mechanism, a sticking coefficient of 0.0 is passed to the routine ARSL1K for non-sulfate, non-sea salt aerosol. The IF statement modified in [[GEOS-Chem_v8-02-04#Div-by-zero_error_encountered_in_arsl1k.f|GEOS-Chem v8-02-04]] resulted in the reaction rate being set to the default value of 1.0d-3. A 1-month benchmark for July 2005 indicated that the simulated BrO was a little more than twice the expected zonal mean. Modifying the default value from 1.0d-3 to 1.0d-30 resulted in reasonable simulated BrO values.
 
 
'''''[mailto:mat.evans@york.ac.uk Mat Evans] wrote:'''''
 
 
:I've re-run two 2 month simulation [using [[GEOS-Chem v9-01-02]]]. One with the error handling value of 1e-3 (standard) and one with it being 1e-30. There are 5127 time and space points where the model traps the problem and invokes the 1e-3 or 1e-30 value. There are 30*24*2*37*72*46 (roughly 200 million) time and space points when the error could have occurred so we are looking at a relatively infrequent event. 
 
 
:The simulations show virtually no difference between the two simulations.
 
 
:mean and stddev ratio of all grid boxes with and without the fix are shown below
 
    NOx    0.999996  0.000409291
 
    Ox      1.00000  1.27233e-05
 
    O3      1.00000  1.52284e-05
 
    PAN    0.997849  0.0111997
 
    CO      1.00000  4.21768e-06
 
    ALK4    0.990514  0.0351941
 
    ISOP    0.999979  0.0108033
 
    H2O2    0.992067  0.0264659
 
    DST1    1.00000  0.00000
 
    HO2    0.999996  0.00309464
 
    OH      1.00003  0.00767954
 
 
:So although there are some differences they are very minor. For completeness we should put this in as a bug fix (make the error value 1d-30 rather than 1d-3). But it is not a major problem.
 
 
--[[User:Melissa Payer|Melissa Payer]] 17:52, 14 May 2012 (EDT)<br>--[[User:Bmy|Bob Yantosca]] ([[User talk:Bmy|talk]]) 20:35, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 
  
 
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Current GEOS-Chem Chemistry Projects (please add yours!)

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UNSW, Sydney Contribution of the unexplored photochemistry of aldehydes to the tropospheric levels of hydrogen Maria Paula Perez-Pena 25 June 2021
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
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Harvard University Migrating offline chemistry mechanisms (e.g. CH4, CO2) to FlexChem Melissa Sulprizio (GCST) 22 April 2019
NIA / LaRC Tropospheric ozone over East Asia: Ozonesonde observations and modeling analysis Hongyu Liu 5 May 2015
MIT Simulating the global reactive carbon budget Sarah Safieddine 12 April 2017
University of York Halogen chemistry Tomas Sherwen 12 April 2017
University of York MCM chemistry in GEOSChem Mat Evans 21 April 2019
Harvard University Halogen extension to include explicit phase partitioning and mass transfer Sebastian D. Eastham 12 April 2017
US EPA Alkane chemistry and product yields as a function of temperature/pressure. Barron H. Henderson 4 May 2017
US EPA Carbon and Nitrogen Balance and checking software. Barron H. Henderson 4 May 2017
US EPA Update DSMACC for v11 GEOS-Chem Chemistry and Emissions to facilitate chemical experiments Barron H. Henderson 4 May 2017
FSU Stratosphere-troposphere coupling, improvements to UCX & H2 chemistry Chris Holmes May 2017
FSU Methane and methyl chloroform lifetimes Chris Holmes May 2017
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Current GEOS-Chem Chemistry Issues (please add yours!)

Working group telecom on the 13/3/2019

There was a telecon to discuss issues with the chemistry. The notes from the meeting are here Media:Chemistry_WG_March_2019..pdf . Mat Evans

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.

--Melissa Sulprizio (talk) 21:06, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Fixes for carbon creating reactions

This update was included in v11-02c and approved on 21 Sep 2017.

Sarah Safieddine wrote:

Colette, Barron, Mat and myself modified 13 previous "carbon creating" reactions to preserve carbon. The [table below] lists all the corrections for the reactions in globchem.dat V902 that we corrected, with all the details.
Reaction # in globchem.dat v9-02 Unbalanced Reaction Rate constant Issue
(R=Reactants, P=Products)
Fix and corrected reaction (in green)
453 R4O2 + NO → NO2 + 0.32ACET + 0.19MEK + 0.18MO2 + 0.27HO2 + 0.32ALD2 + 0.13RCHO + 0.05A3O2 + 0.18B3O2 + 0.32ETO2 K* (1-YN) where YN is returned from fyrno3.f; K=2.7E-12 exp(350/T) (Xcarbn=4.5) Creates carbon: R=4C P=4.26C Replace 0.18B3O2 by 0.093B3O2 to achieve carbon closure (as suggested by Barron).

R4O2 + NO → NO2 + 0.32ACET + 0.19MEK + 0.18MO2 + 0.27HO2 + 0.32ALD2 + 0.13RCHO + 0.05A3O2 + 0.093B3O2 + 0.32ETO2
Use Barron's fix to correct ALK4 lumping issue instead.

453 R4N1 + NO → 2NO2 + 0.39CH2O + 0.75ALD2 + 0.57RCHO + 0.3R4O2 2.7E-12 exp(350/T) Creates carbon: R=4C, P=4.8C Fix, as suggested by Matt:

R4N1 + NO → 2NO2 + 0.570RCHO + 0.86ALD2 + 0.57CH2O

453 ATO2 + NO → 0.96NO2 + 0.96CH2O + 0.96MCO3 + 0.04R4N2 2.8E-12 exp(300/T) Creates carbon: R=3C, P=3.04 Fix as suggested by Mat: ditch the R4N2 channel

ATO2 + NO → NO2 + CH2O + MCO3

803 RIO2 → 2HO2 + CH2O + 0.5MGLY + 0.5GLYC + 0.5GLYX + 0.5GLYX + 0.5HAC + OH 4.07E+08 exp(-7694/T) Creates carbon: R=5C, P=7C
There was a fix proposed on the isoprene scheme wiki page but still not enough
Fix as suggested by Sarah: remove CH2O

RIO2 → 2HO2 + 0.5MGLY + 0.5GLYC + 0.5GLYX + 0.5HAC + OH
This reaction was replaced with RIO2 → 0.5HPALD + 0.5DHPCARP in the isoprene chemistry updates added in v11-02c

453 ISNOOB + NO3 → R4N2 + GLYX + 2NO2 2.3E-12 Creates carbon: R=5C, P=6C Fix as suggested by Barron: Replace R4N2 by PROPNN

ISNOOB + NO3 → PROPNN + GLYX + 2NO2
This reaction was replaced with ISNOOB + NO3 → 0.94PROPNN + GLYX + 2NO2 + 0.04ISN1OG in the isoprene chemistry updates added in v11-02c

453 ISNOOB+NO → 0.94R4N2 +0.94GLYX +1.88NO2 2.6E-12 exp(380/T) Creates carbon: R=5C, P=5.64C Same as above

ISNOOB + NO → 0.06R4N2 + '0.94PROPNN' + 0.94GLYX + 1.88NO2
This reaction was replaced with ISNOOB + NO → 0.9PROPNN + 0.94GLYX + 1.88NO2 + 0.04ISN1OG in the isoprene chemistry updates added in v11-02c

453 ISNOHOO + NO → 0.934R4N2 + 0.934HO2 + 0.919GLYX 2.6E-12 exp(380/T) Creates carbon: R=5C, P=5.574C Fix by Barron:

ISNOHOO + NO → 0.081R4N2 + 0.919PROPNN + 0.934HO2 + 0.919GLYX
This reaction was replaced with ISNOHOO + NO3 → 0.894PROPNN + 0.934HO2 + 0.919GLYX + 0.4ISN1OG in the isoprene chemistry updates added in v11-02c

472 MAN2 + HO2 → 0.075PROPNN + 0.075CO + 0.075HO2 + 0.075MGLY + 0.075CH2O + 0.075NO2 + 0.15OH + 0.85ISNP 2.91E-13*exp(1300/T)[1-exp(-0.245*n)],n=4 Creates carbon: R=4C, P=4.85C Fix by both Mat and Barron: Replace ISNP with 0.85MAOP + 0.85NO2

MAN2 + HO2 → 0.075PROPNN + 0.075CO + 0.075HO2 + 0.075MGLY + 0.075CH2O + 0.075NO2 + 0.15OH + 0.85MAOP + 0.85NO2

719 ATO2 + MCO3 → MEK + ACTA 1.87E-13 exp(500/T) Creates carbon: R=5C, P=6C From the WIKI: replace MEK with MGLY

ATO2 + MCO3 → MGLY + ACTA

817 Br + ALD2 → HBr + MCO3 + CO 1.3E-11 exp(-360/T) Creates carbon: R=2C, P=3C Remove CO Following Parrella et al., Table 2a, reactions R7 to R10 (also for the 3 reactions below)

Br + ALD2 → HBr + MCO3

818 Br + ACET → HBr + ATO2 + CO 1.66E-10exp(-7000/T) Creates carbon: R=3C, P=4C Remove CO, same as above

Br + ACET → HBr + ATO2

819 Br + C2H6 → HBr + ETO2 + CO 2.36E-10 exp(-6411/T) Creates carbon: R=2C, P=3C Remove CO, same as above

Br + C2H6 → HBr + ETO2

820 Br + C3H8 → HBr + A3O2 + CO 8.77E-11 exp(-4330/T) Creates carbon: R=3C, P=4C Remove CO, same as above

Br + C3H8 → HBr + A3O2

--Melissa Sulprizio (talk) 19:59, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Identification of carbon leaking reactions

Sarah Safieddine wrote:

76 other reactions leaked carbon, we enforced carbon conservation by tracking the lost carbon as CO2 (labeled as {CO2} in the document ROC_SI.docx, Table 2). This is the supplementary material for Safieddine, Heald and Henderson, 2017. It contains the corrections for both the carbon leaking and carbon creating reactions and all other information. The paper for reference can be found here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017GL072602/abstract.

--Melissa Sulprizio (talk) 21:06, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Fixes to correct ALK4 lumping issue

These fixes were included in v11-02a and approved on 12 May 2017.

Barron Henderson wrote:

I have a lumping-related issue that I know some of you are already aware of. There is a chemical carbon source (and secondary ETO2 source).

Right now, ALK4 (via R4O2) produces 4.26 moles carbon products per reaction. The ALK4 representation can be traced back to a paper by Frederick Lurmann. That paper refers to a report that I have been unable to obtain. In fact, Frederick Lurmann no longer has a copy. When we spoke, however, he confirmed my suspicion that ALK4 is based on a 70% butane and 30% pentane mixture. Our 4.26 carbon product appears to be based on two differences (typos?) from the paper that alter the yields.

If ALK4 emissions are introduced using a 4C assumption, then ALK4 chemistry is acting as a 7% carbon source. From a ozone reactivity standpoint, this is not a major issue. First, the speciation of VOC is highly uncertain and most of the atmosphere is NOx-limited. Even so, it represents another reason to revisit our lumped species.

I have extensive notes on what I interpret as happening. To the best of my knowledge, we need to make three modifications to R4O2 + NO. The first two are to make R4O2 correctly linked to Lurmann and the third is to correctly connect the mass emissions with the molar conservation.

  1. Increase MO2 stoichiometry from 0.18 to 0.19
  2. Increase RCHO stoichiometry from 0.13 to 0.14 (or A3O2 from 0.05 to 0.06 -- it is not clear to me when this was introduced).
  3. Modify the carbon count for ALK4 (i.e. the MolecRatio field in the GEOS-Chem species database) from 4 to 4.3.
Fixes 1 and 2—which can be applied to the KPP globchem.eqn file—will make the carbon conservation consistent with Lurmann's. Right now, it looks like there were a couple changes that could have been inadvertent (i.e., 0.18 instead of 0.19). If there was a reason for these changes, I have been unable to find it.

--Bob Yantosca (talk) 20:21, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

JPL Released 18th Rate Coefficient Evaluation

This update was included in v11-02a and approved on 12 May 2017.

JPL has released its 18th evaluation of chemical rate coefficients for atmospheric studies (Burkholder et al., 2015)." A new page (Updates in JPL Publication 15-10) is being created to compare rates between GEOS-Chem v10 and JPL Publication 15-10.

J. B. Burkholder, S. P. Sander, J. Abbatt, J. R. Barker, R. E. Huie, C. E. Kolb, M. J. Kurylo, V. L. Orkin, D. M. Wilmouth, and P. H. Wine "Chemical Kinetics and Photochemical Data for Use in Atmospheric Studies, Evaluation No. 18," JPL Publication 15-10, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, 2015 http://jpldataeval.jpl.nasa.gov.

---B. Henderson 2016-05-03 15:25 (EDT)

Working Group Tele-con on the 2nd December 2011

ChemTelecon20111202 Mat Evans

Isoprene chemistry

I've created a page with some of the recent literature on isoprene chemistry. Please add more papers as they come along! ( MJE Leeds)

HO2 + CH2O

Scheme does not contain the HO2 + CH2O --> Adduct reaction (MJE Leeds)

Hermans, I., et al. (2005), Kinetics of alpha-hydroxy-alkylperoxyl radicals in oxidation processes. HO2 center dot-initiated oxidation of ketones/aldehydes near the tropopause, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 109(19), 4303-4311.

According to this paper, this reaction is significant when Temperature is below 220K.

--J Mao. 15:00, 10 Aug 2009 (EDT)

Previous issues that have now been resolved

Centralizing chemistry time step

This update was tested in the 1-month benchmark simulation v9-01-02q and approved on 18 Oct 2011.

Please see the full discussion on the Centralized chemistry time step wiki page.

--Bob Y. 16:01, 4 November 2011 (EDT)

Acetone photolysis

This discussion has been moved to our FAST-J photolysis mechanism wiki page.

--Bob Y. 15:20, 20 May 2014 (EDT)

Documentation

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--Bob Y. 15:41, 27 October 2009 (EDT)