Global Burden History

Global Tropospheric Aerosol Burdens

The table below lists the mean annual global tropospheric burden of several aerosol species in [Tg]. All values are obtained from 1-year benchmark simulations at 4° x 5° resolution.

Version	Met	Year	BCPI [Tg]	SO4 [Tg]	DST1 [Tg]	SALA [Tg]	SALC [Tg]
v9-01-01	GEOS-5	2005	0.10048	1.43407	3.05580	0.24207	4.30611
v9-01-02	GEOS-5	2005	0.09319	1.43257	3.05580	0.24207	4.30611
v9-01-03e	GEOS-5	2005	0.08214	1.36066	2.82432	0.18319	3.58638
v9-02r	GEOS-FP	Aug 2012 - Jul 2013	0.07163	1.22752	2.89732	0.31730	3.53138
v10-01i	GEOS-FP	2013	0.07229	1.30046	2.74025	0.31436	3.45194
v10-01-public-release	GEOS-FP	2013	0.07191	1.27625	2.76035	0.31492	3.45438
v11-01b	GEOS-FP	2013	0.06660	1.15854	1.73149	0.30742	3.43034
v11-01d	GEOS-FP	2013	0.0643855	1.16159	1.73150	0.305502	3.41605

NOTES:

• The simulations that utilized GEOS-5 met fields were done with a 4-year spinup and were computed by Hongyu Liu.
• For v9-02r, tropopause values for June and July 2012 were used as estimates for June and July 2013 and were computed by Karen Yu.
• The simulations for GEOS-Chem v10-01 and later versions were done with a 4-year spinup and were completed by the GEOS-Chem Support Team.

--Lizzie Lundgren (talk) 19:19, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Global Tropospheric Mean Aerosol Optical Depth

The table below lists the mean annual global tropospheric AOD (unitless) of several aerosol species at 550 nm. All values are calculated using area-weighted results of the 1-year benchmark simulation at 4° x 5° resolution.

Version	Met	Year	Dust (OPD)	Sulfate (OPSO4550)	Black Carbon (OPBC550)	Organic Carbon (OPOC550)	Sea Salt (accum) (OPSSa550)	Sea Salt (coarse) (OPSSc550)
v9-01-02	GEOS-5	2005	0.0224113	0.0367532	0.0017757	0.0116006	0.0111244	0.0327837
v9-01-03e	GEOS-5	2005	0.0168477	0.0341691	0.0016027	0.0115031	0.0085201	0.0275230
v9-02r	GEOS-FP	Aug 2012 - Jul 2013	0.0191158	0.0261542	0.0014462	0.0067417	0.0140127	0.0263276
v10-01i	GEOS-FP	2013	0.0180543	0.0274554	0.0008177	0.0057403	0.0139580	0.0258024
v10-01-public-release	GEOS-FP	2013	0.0181874	0.0269455	0.0008130	0.0056258	0.0140464	0.0258538
v11-01b	GEOS-FP	2013	0.0097335	0.0256278	0.0007577	0.0080281	0.0137684	0.0255540
v11-01d	GEOS-FP	2013	0.0112812	0.0339483	0.0008956	0.0114021	0.0168340	0.0308662

NOTES:

• The simulations that utilized GEOS-5 met fields were done with a 4-year spinup and were computed by Hongyu Liu.
• For v9-02r, tropopause values for June and July 2012 were used as estimates for June and July 2013 and were computed by Karen Yu.
• The simulations for GEOS-Chem v10-01 and later versions were done with a 4-year spinup and were completed by the GEOS-Chem Support Team.

--Lizzie Lundgren (talk) 18:45, 13 November 2015 (UTC)