GEOS-Chem chemistry mechanisms

On this page, we provide an overview of the chemistry mechanisms used in GEOS-Chem.

NOx-Ox-hydrocarbon-aerosol chemistry and variants

The standard NOx-Ox-hydrocarbon-aerosol (aka "full-chemistry") simulation has undergone several updates in recent GEOS-Chem versions. We

Mechanisms in GEOS-Chem v9-01-03 and prior versions

In GEOS-Chem v9-01-03, users could select from one of four pre-defined chemistry mechanisms:

Mechanism	Description	Nickname	Solvers
standard	NOx-Ox-hydrocarbon-aerosol species PLUS bromine species	Full-chemistry or fullchem	SMVGEAR KPP
SOA	NOx-Ox-hydrocarbon-aerosol species PLUS secondary organic aerosol species	SOA	SMVGEAR KPP-
Dicarbonyls	NOx-Ox-hydrocarbon-aerosol species PLUS dicarbonyl species	Dicarbonyls	SMVGEAR only
isoprene	NOx-Ox-hydrocarbon-aerosol species PLUS isoprene oxidation products	Caltech isoprene scheme, Paulot isoprene scheme	SMVGEAR KPP

The bromine tracers and species were added to the standard mechanism just prior to the release of GEOS-Chem v9-01-03.

-Bob Y. 17:00, 30 September 2013 (EDT)