The community atmospheric chemistry box model CAABA/MECCA-4.0

R. Sander; A. Baumgaertner; D. Cabrera-Perez; F. Frank; S. Gromov; S. Gromov; J.-U. Grooß; H. Harder; V. Huijnen; P. Jöckel; V. A. Karydis; V. A. Karydis; K. E. Niemeyer; A. Pozzer; H. Riede; H. Riede; M. G. Schultz; M. G. Schultz; D. Taraborrelli; S. Tauer

doi:10.5194/gmd-12-1365-2019

Geoscientific Model Development (Apr 2019)

The community atmospheric chemistry box model CAABA/MECCA-4.0

R. Sander,
A. Baumgaertner,
D. Cabrera-Perez,
F. Frank,
S. Gromov,
S. Gromov,
J.-U. Grooß,
H. Harder,
V. Huijnen,
P. Jöckel,
V. A. Karydis,
V. A. Karydis,
K. E. Niemeyer,
A. Pozzer,
H. Riede,
H. Riede,
M. G. Schultz,
M. G. Schultz,
D. Taraborrelli,
S. Tauer

Affiliations

R. Sander: Air Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
A. Baumgaertner: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Project Management Agency, 53227 Bonn, Germany
D. Cabrera-Perez: Air Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
F. Frank: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Weßling, Germany
S. Gromov: Air Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
S. Gromov: also at: Institute of Global Climate and Ecology (Roshydromet and RAS), Moscow, Russia
J.-U. Grooß: IEK-7, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
H. Harder: Air Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
V. Huijnen: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, the Netherlands
P. Jöckel: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Weßling, Germany
V. A. Karydis: Air Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
V. A. Karydis: IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
K. E. Niemeyer: School of Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
A. Pozzer: Air Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
H. Riede: Air Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
H. Riede: now at: Research and Development, Method Development in Remote Sensing, German Weather Service (DWD), Offenbach, Germany
M. G. Schultz: IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
M. G. Schultz: now at: Jülich Supercomputing Center (JSC), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
D. Taraborrelli: IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
S. Tauer: Air Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-1365-2019
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12
pp. 1365 – 1385

Abstract

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We present version 4.0 of the atmospheric chemistry box model CAABA/MECCA that now includes a number of new features: (i) skeletal mechanism reduction, (ii) the Mainz Organic Mechanism (MOM) chemical mechanism for volatile organic compounds, (iii) an option to include reactions from the Master Chemical Mechanism (MCM) and other chemical mechanisms, (iv) updated isotope tagging, and (v) improved and new photolysis modules (JVAL, RADJIMT, DISSOC). Further, when MECCA is connected to a global model, the new feature of coexisting multiple chemistry mechanisms (PolyMECCA/CHEMGLUE) can be used. Additional changes have been implemented to make the code more user-friendly and to facilitate the analysis of the model results. Like earlier versions, CAABA/MECCA-4.0 is a community model published under the GNU General Public License.

Published in Geoscientific Model Development

ISSN: 1991-959X (Print); 1991-9603 (Online)
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
Country of publisher: Germany
LCC subjects: Science: Geology
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