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== Practicalities ==
== Practicalities ==
Offline aerosol is simulation type 10. For a full set of aerosol tracers, the input.geos should look like this:  
Offline aerosol is simulation type 10. For a full set of aerosol tracers, the input.geos should look like this:  
Type of simulation      : 10
Type of simulation      : 10
Number of Tracers      : 29
Number of Tracers      : 29
Tracer Entries -------> : TR#  Name  g/mole Tracer Members; () = emitted  
Tracer Entries -------> : TR#  Name  g/mole Tracer Members; () = emitted  
Tracer #1              : 1    DMS    62.00
Tracer #1              : 1    DMS    62.00
Tracer #2              : 2    SO2    64.00
Tracer #2              : 2    SO2    64.00
Tracer #3              : 3    SO4    96.00
Tracer #3              : 3    SO4    96.00
Tracer #4              : 4    MSA    96.00
Tracer #4              : 4    MSA    96.00
Tracer #5              : 5    NH3    17.00
Tracer #5              : 5    NH3    17.00
Tracer #6              : 6    NH4    18.00
Tracer #6              : 6    NH4    18.00
Tracer #7              : 7    NIT    62.00
Tracer #7              : 7    NIT    62.00
Tracer #8              : 8    H2O2  34.00
Tracer #8              : 8    H2O2  34.00
Tracer #9              : 9    BCPI  12.00
Tracer #9              : 9    BCPI  12.00
Tracer #10              : 10  OCPI  12.00
Tracer #10              : 10  OCPI  12.00
Tracer #11              : 11  BCPO  12.00
Tracer #11              : 11  BCPO  12.00
Tracer #12              : 12  OCPO  12.00
Tracer #12              : 12  OCPO  12.00
Tracer #13              : 13  ALPH  136.23
Tracer #13              : 13  ALPH  136.23
Tracer #14              : 14  LIMO  136.23
Tracer #14              : 14  LIMO  136.23
Tracer #15              : 15  ALCO  142.00
Tracer #15              : 15  ALCO  142.00
Tracer #16              : 16  SOG1  150.00
Tracer #16              : 16  SOG1  150.00
Tracer #17              : 17  SOG2  160.00
Tracer #17              : 17  SOG2  160.00
Tracer #18              : 18  SOG3  220.00
Tracer #18              : 18  SOG3  220.00
Tracer #19              : 19  SOG4  130.00
Tracer #19              : 19  SOG4  130.00
Tracer #20              : 20  SOA1  150.00
Tracer #20              : 20  SOA1  150.00
Tracer #21              : 21  SOA2  160.00
Tracer #21              : 21  SOA2  160.00
Tracer #22              : 22  SOA3  220.00
Tracer #22              : 22  SOA3  220.00
Tracer #23              : 23  SOA4  130.00
Tracer #23              : 23  SOA4  130.00
Tracer #24              : 24  DST1  29.00
Tracer #24              : 24  DST1  29.00
Tracer #25              : 25  DST2  29.00
Tracer #25              : 25  DST2  29.00
Tracer #26              : 26  DST3  29.00
Tracer #26              : 26  DST3  29.00
Tracer #27              : 27  DST4  29.00
Tracer #27              : 27  DST4  29.00
Tracer #28              : 28  SALA  36.00
Tracer #28              : 28  SALA  36.00
Tracer #29              : 29  SALC  36.00
Tracer #29              : 29  SALC  36.00


== Recent aerosol-only updates ==
== Recent aerosol-only updates ==

Revision as of 22:12, 13 October 2009

Description

The aerosol simulation is an offline simulation for aerosol tracers only. It uses archived monthly mean OH, NO3, O3 and total nitrate concentrations archived from a previous full-chemistry simulation (more on that below), as well as production and loss rates for H2O2. This simulation does not provide "tagged" capabilities, but reduces the suite of tracers from full chemistry.

Assumptions

1. OH concentrations are taken from a previously run full chemistry simulation. The default is from a much earlier version of the model, when OH thought to be more realistic. The standard code uses OH from version 5-07-08, with GEOS3 meteorology.

2. O3, NO3 and total nitrate (HNO3+NIT) concentrations, as well as production rates and photolysis rates for H2O2 are taken from a previously run full chemistry simulation. The current default fields were produced from a GEOS-4, v7-02-03 simulation.

Standard Tracers

In a complete aerosol-only simulation there are 29 tracers (see input.geos below). This list can be reduced by turning off any aerosol species (eg. SOA, dust, SS, etc).

Practicalities

Offline aerosol is simulation type 10. For a full set of aerosol tracers, the input.geos should look like this:

Type of simulation      : 10
Number of Tracers       : 29
Tracer Entries -------> : TR#  Name   g/mole Tracer Members; () = emitted 
Tracer #1               : 1    DMS    62.00
Tracer #2               : 2    SO2    64.00
Tracer #3               : 3    SO4    96.00
Tracer #4               : 4    MSA    96.00
Tracer #5               : 5    NH3    17.00
Tracer #6               : 6    NH4    18.00
Tracer #7               : 7    NIT    62.00
Tracer #8               : 8    H2O2   34.00
Tracer #9               : 9    BCPI   12.00
Tracer #10              : 10   OCPI   12.00
Tracer #11              : 11   BCPO   12.00
Tracer #12              : 12   OCPO   12.00
Tracer #13              : 13   ALPH   136.23
Tracer #14              : 14   LIMO   136.23
Tracer #15              : 15   ALCO   142.00
Tracer #16              : 16   SOG1   150.00
Tracer #17              : 17   SOG2   160.00
Tracer #18              : 18   SOG3   220.00
Tracer #19              : 19   SOG4   130.00
Tracer #20              : 20   SOA1   150.00
Tracer #21              : 21   SOA2   160.00
Tracer #22              : 22   SOA3   220.00
Tracer #23              : 23   SOA4   130.00
Tracer #24              : 24   DST1   29.00
Tracer #25              : 25   DST2   29.00
Tracer #26              : 26   DST3   29.00
Tracer #27              : 27   DST4   29.00
Tracer #28              : 28   SALA   36.00
Tracer #29              : 29   SALC   36.00

Recent aerosol-only updates

1.

More Information

For more information, see the GEOS-Chem manual pages about offline aerosols:

http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/geos/doc/man/chapter_6.html#6.1.6
http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/geos/doc/man/appendix_1.html#A1.8