GEOS-Chem model development priorities

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This is a list of planned GEOS-Chem model development items over the next two years, based on discussions and GEOS-Chem Working Group reports from the April 2009 GEOS-Chem Users' Meeting. The key model developer or model contact is identified for each item. Items are listed in rough order of decreasing readiness, although this can quickly change.

We count on user input to augment and prioritize this list, please contact your Working Group Chair or model scientist Daniel Jacob.

Items that are now included in GEOS-Chem

Item Author(s) Completion Date
Improved BL mixing scheme Jintai Lin Now included in GEOS-Chem v8-02-02; released 08 Jun 2009
BC/OC aerosol emissions from Bond inventory Eric Leibensperger Now included in GEOS-Chem v8-02-02; released 08 Jun 2009
Chemical updates Mat Evans
Fabien Paulot
Jingqiu Mao
Paul Palmer
Updated chemical mechanism and photolysis files
globchem.dat, jv_spec.dat, ratj.d
(see documentation)
Now included in GEOS-Chem v8-02-01; released 26 May 2009
Common model adjoint and documentation Daven Henze
Kumaresh Singh
Monika Kopacz
Code merging session took place June 6-9, 2009 @ Virginia Tech
  • Merged 3 branches of adjoint
  • Forward model now based on v8-02-01 (w/ GEOS-5)
  • Input files cleaned up and standardized
  • New makefiles; code separated into subdirectories
  • New CVS repository @ U. Colorado for code access
  • Some minor cleanup may still be needed (as of June 2009)

--Bob Y. 14:08, 15 June 2009 (EDT)

Items that have yet to be included in GEOS-Chem

Item Author(s) Status
Local stratospheric ozone column from GEOS-5 GEOS-Chem Support Team Validation is ongoing (J. Logan, C. Carouge)
KPP chemical solver Kumaresh Singh In beta testing (Philippe Le Sager)
Sectional aerosol Fangqun Yu (APM)
Peter Adams (TOMAS)
Win T. & G-C support team shall install TOMAS into G-C
Linoz stratospheric ozone Dylan Jones In beta testing @ U. Toronto
Methane including tagged tracers Kevin Wecht Code is being cleaned up & tested
CO2 including tagged tracers Ray Nassar  
Anthropogenic VOCs update Dylan Millet
Need new MEGAN emission from terpenes
COADS ship emissions Chulkyu Lee  
Update aerosol optical properties Colette Heald
Randall Martin
and the Aerosols Working Group
Randall Martin will create "master list"
of aerosol optical properties
Addition of aromatics to SOA simulation Daven Henze to be added in short order following v8-02-01 release
Archive tropospheric OH fields from benchmark runs GEOS-Chem Support Team  
Flexible region mask for tagged tracers Dylan Jones
Prasad Kasibhatla
 
Updated strat chem. from GMI Combo Dylan Jones  
Acquire long-term MERRA archive GEOS-Chem Support Team  
Convert model output to NetCDF GEOS-Chem Support Team  
Global 1x1.25 model capability Lok Lamsal  
Aerosol data sets for benchmarking Colette Heald  
Data servers for chemistry/climate databases Loretta Mickley  
GFED3 biomass burning Prasad Kasibhatla  
Updated aircraft emissions Lee Murray  
Interannual lightning Lee Murray  
ISORROPIA II Havala Pye
Thanos Nenes
Becky Alexander
 
Fire injection heights Maria Val Martin  
CCSM3 interface Rokjin Park  
Soil NOx emission Randall Martin
Rynda Hudman
 
PBAP Colette Heald  
Sulfate/nitrate isotopes Becky Alexander  
Tropospheric bromine chemistry Justin Parrella  
ESMF/MPI capability GEOS-Chem Support Team Currently working on columnizing the
GEOS-Chem chemistry code
for inclusion
into the GEOS-5 GCM
Spatial reduction mechanism Mauricio Santillana  
GISS Model E interface Lee Murray  
Terrestrial and deep ocean mercury Nicole Smith-Downey
Elsie Sunderland
 

--Bob Y. 14:03, 15 June 2009 (EDT)