GEOS-Chem v9-01-03

Overview

BETA RELEASE -- TBD

• Previous version: GEOS-Chem v9-01-02
• Next version: ???

What's new in this version

GEOS-Chem v9-01-03 shall contain the following major updates and improvements. (NOTE: The order of inclusion is subject to change):

Feature	Submitted by	Benchmark (1 Month)	Status
Updating the standard chemistry mechanism w/ rxns from JPL 10-6	Barron Henderson (EPA) Mat Evans (Leeds) Jingqiu Mao (NOAA/GFDL) Eloise Marais (Harvard)	TBD	Delivered to GCST; awaiting inclusion
Updated acetone chemistry (ocean source & sink)	Emily Fischer (Harvard)	TBD	Delivered to GCST; awaiting inclusion
Retirement of obsolete GEIA biogenic emissions	Emily Fischer (Harvard) Dylan Millet (U. Minnesota)	TBD	TBD
OVOC dry deposition updates	Jingqiu Mao (NOAA/GFDL)	TBD	TBD
SOA simulation with semi-volatile POA	Havala Pye (EPA) GEOS-Chem Support Team	TBD	Undergoing final testing & debugging
POPs simulation	Carey Friedman (MIT) Noelle Selin (MIT)	TBD	TBD
Updates to Dicarbonyls simulation (maybe merging w/ Caltech isoprene scheme)	May Fu (Peking U.)	TBD	TBD
Tropopsheric bromine chemistry mechanism	Justin Parrella (Harvard)	TBD	TBD
Historical emission inventories of SO2, NOx, BC, and POA	Eric Leibensperger (MIT)	TBD	TBD
Methyl peroxy nitrate (MPN) chemistry	Ellie Browne (UC Berkeley)	TBD	TBD
Improved sea salt emission & deposition	Lyatt Jaeglé (U. Washington)	TBD	TBD
Acid uptake on dust aerosols	T. Duncan Fairlie (NASA/Langley)	TBD	TBD

--Bob Y. 09:56, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

Previous issues now resolved in v9-01-03

TBD

Outstanding issues not yet resolved in v9-01-03

TBD