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All users interested in the GEOS-Chem aerosol simulations are encouraged to subscribe to the aerosols email list (click on the link in the contact information section below).
Information on existing projects and future developments in aerosols will be posted here. We encourage user groups to keep their information up-to-date.
Contact information
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| Aerosols Working Group email list | geos-chem-aerosols [at] g.harvard.edu |
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Current GEOS-Chem Aerosol Projects, alphabetized by institution (please add yours!)
| User Group | Description | Contact Person | Date Added |
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| Beijing/SUNY-Albany/L'Aquila | Representing GEOS-Chem in the AEROCOM intercomparisons | May Fu Fangqun Yu Gabriele Curci |
28 Jul 2010 |
| Columbia University | Multiphase SOA formation in GEOS-Chem | Faye McNeill | 23 Apr 2015 |
| Dalhousie | Decadal trends in PM2.5 | Chi Li | 13 Apr 2017 |
| Dalhousie | Arctic aerosol number distributions | Betty Croft | 13 Apr 2017 |
| Dalhousie | Arctic black carbon | Junwei Xu | 13 Apr 2017 |
| Dalhousie | Metals in PM2.5 | Junwei Xu | 13 Apr 2017 |
| Dalhousie | Interpreting SPARTAN to understand PM2.5 chemical composition | Crystal Weagle | 13 April 2017 |
| Dalhousie | Aerosol mass scattering efficiency | Robyn Latimer | 13 April 2017 |
| Harvard | Particulate sulfur via sulfur-formaldehyde (hydroxymethane sulfonate) chemistry in clouds | Jonathan Moch | 14 Dec 2018 |
| MIT/Harvard | Implementing MOSAIC aerosols into GEOS-Chem | Sebastian Eastham | 11 May 2015 |
| MIT | Developing a simulation of bioaerosol | Ruud Janssen | 12 Apr 2017 |
| MIT | Investigating spread in carbonaceous aerosol impacts from fires due to emissions uncertainty | Tess Carter | 29 Apr 2019 |
| MIT | Testing OA simulation schemes against suite of airborne observations | Sid Pai | 29 Apr 2019 |
| MIT | Exploring aerosol simulation against remote observations from ATom | Chloe Gao | 29 Apr 2019 |
| SUNY-Albany | Effects of size-resolved aerosol microphysics on aerosol radiative forcing and chemistry | Fangqun Yu Gan Luo |
5 May 2015 |
| SUNY-Albany | Combining Measurements and Model Simulations of Particle Size Distributions to Improve Our Understanding of Particle Formation and Growth | Fangqun Yu Gan Luo |
4 May 2017 |
| SUNY-Albany | Long-Term Trend of Particle Number Concentrations: Controlling Processes and Implications | Fangqun Yu Gan Luo |
4 May 2017 |
| UW | Sources of sea salt aerosol in polar regions: Blowing snow and Frost flowers | Jiayue Huang Lyatt Jaeglé |
22 Apr 2015 |
| UW | Sea salt aerosols and their effects on global tropospheric chemistry | Lyatt Jaeglé Jiayue Huang |
22 Apr 2015 |
| UW | Sulfate formation via oxidation of SO2 by hypohalous acids (e.g., HOBr) | Becky Alexander Qianjie Chen |
22 April 2015 |
| University of Wollongong | Characterizing interannual variability of Australian dust export and deposition | Jesse Greenslade Jenny Fisher |
23 April 2015 |
| L'Aquila | Analysis of aerosol optical properties using FlexAOD | Gabriele Curci | 16 Apr 2017 |
| L'Aquila | AeroCom phase-3 intercomparisons: Biomass Burning, INSITU, Remote Sensing | Gabriele Curci | 16 Apr 2017 |
| L'Aquila | Direct and first indirect effect of anthropogenic dust | Gabriele Curci | 16 Apr 2017 |
| NIA / NASA LaRC | Radiative effects of aerosols versus clouds on key tropospheric oxidants | Hongyu Liu | 5 May 2015 |
| NIA / NASA LaRC | Sources and variability of tropospheric aerosols over the North Atlantic | Hongyu Liu | 5 May 2015 |
| UCLA | Improve black carbon simulations in GEOS-Chem; BC aging microphysics; BC-snow interaction; BC radiative properties; | Cenlin He | 8 May 2015 |
| UCLA | Black carbon emissions, simulations and its radiative effects over the Arctic | Ling Qi | 8 May 2015 |
| UCLA | Improve aerosol wet scavenging and dry deposition in GEOS-Chem | Ling Qi Cenlin He |
8 May 2015 |
Future Development Priorities
These are topics which were raised at IGC6 as future updates & development priorities for GEOS-Chem which have not yet been incorporated into the standard code:
| Update | Authors | Priority |
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| Addition of effective wind speed to met fields for consistent resolution dust/sea salt emissions | Jeff Pierce (CSU) David Ridley (MIT) GCST |
medium |
| Addition of deposition observations to aerosol benchmark | Colette Heald (MIT) | low |
| dust simulation expansion (tagged simulation, oxalate, P, Fe chemistry) | Matthew Johnson (NC State) | low |
| DMS oxidation scheme updating | TBD | low |
| Investigation of how aerosol water is treated in PM comparisons (ISORROPIA vs. hygroscopic growth curves) | TBD | low |
| APM capability for nested grid | Fangqun Yu (SUNY Albany) | |
| TOMAS capability for nested grid | Jeff Pierce (Dalhousie) | |
| Tagged sulfate and nitrate simulation | Becky Alexander (U. Washington) | |
| Improved dust simulation in nested-grid model | Rokjin Park (Seoul National University) |
--Bob Y. 15:04, 25 April 2014 (EDT)