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 v8-01-02; released 08 Jun 2009 |
| BC/OC aerosol emissions from Bond inventory | Eric Leibensperger | Now included in GEOS-Chem v8-01-02; 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 |
--Bob Y. 09:52, 9 June 2009 (EDT)
Items that have yet to be included in GEOS-Chem
| Item | Author(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Linoz stratospheric ozone | Dylan Jones | awaiting transfer of code |
| Addition of aromatics to SOA simulation | Daven Henze | to be added in short order following v8-02-01 release |
| KPP chemical solver | Kumaresh Singh | In beta testing (Philippe Le Sager) |
| Local stratospheric ozone column from GEOS-5 | GEOS-Chem Support Team | |
| Methane including tagged tracers | Kevin Wecht | |
| Flexible region mask for tagged tracers | Dylan Jones Prasad Kasibhatla |
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| Update aerosol optical properties | Colette Heald | |
| Archive tropospheric OH fields from benchmark runs | GEOS-Chem Support Team | |
| 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 | |
| Common model adjoint and documentation | Daven Henze Kumaresh Singh Monika Kopacz |
Code merging session scheduled for June 6-9 @ Virginia Tech |
| Global 1x1.25 model capability | Lok Lamsal | |
| Aerosol data sets for benchmarking | Colette Heald | |
| CO2 including tagged tracers | Ray Nassar | |
| Data servers for chemistry/climate databases | Loretta Mickley | |
| GFED3 biomass burning | Prasad Kasibhatla | |
| Updated aircraft emissions | Lee Murray | |
| Sectional aerosol | Fangqun Yu Peter Adams |
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| Interannual lightning | Lee Murray | |
| ISORROPIA II | Havala Pye Thanos Nenes Becky Alexander |
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| Fire injection heights | Maria Val Martin | |
| CCSM3 interface | Rokjin Park | |
| Soil NOx emission | Randall Martin Rynda Hudman |
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| Anthropogenic VOCs update | Dylan Millet |
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| 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. 09:52, 9 June 2009 (EDT)
