The community atmospheric chemistry box model CAABA/MECCA-4.0

Sander, R. and Baumgaertner, A. and Cabrera-Perez, D. and Frank, Franziska and Gromov, S. and Grooß, J.-U. and Harder, H. and Huijnen, V. and Jöckel, Patrick and Karydis, V. A. and Niemeyer, K. E. and Pozzer, A. and Riede, H. and Schultz, M. G. and Taraborrelli, D. and Tauer, S. (2019) The community atmospheric chemistry box model CAABA/MECCA-4.0. Geoscientific Model Development, 12 (4), pp. 1365-1385. Copernicus Publications. doi: 10.5194/gmd-12-1365-2019. ISSN 1991-959X.

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Abstract

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.

Item URL in elib:

https://elib.dlr.de/127091/

Document Type:

Article

Title:

The community atmospheric chemistry box model CAABA/MECCA-4.0

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD
Sander, R.	Air Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany	UNSPECIFIED
Baumgaertner, A.	Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Project Management Agency, 53227 Bonn, Germany	UNSPECIFIED
Cabrera-Perez, D.	Air Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany	UNSPECIFIED
Frank, Franziska	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2406-4936
Gromov, S.	Air Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany	UNSPECIFIED
Grooß, J.-U.	IEK-7, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany	UNSPECIFIED
Harder, H.	Air Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany	UNSPECIFIED
Huijnen, V.	Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, the Netherlands	UNSPECIFIED
Jöckel, Patrick	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8964-1394
Karydis, V. A.	Air Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany	UNSPECIFIED
Niemeyer, K. E.	School of Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA	UNSPECIFIED
Pozzer, A.	Air Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany	UNSPECIFIED
Riede, H.	Air Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany	UNSPECIFIED
Schultz, M. G.	IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany	UNSPECIFIED
Taraborrelli, D.	IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany	UNSPECIFIED
Tauer, S.	Air Chemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

5 April 2019

Journal or Publication Title:

Geoscientific Model Development

Refereed publication:

Yes

Open Access:

Yes

Gold Open Access:

Yes

In SCOPUS:

Yes

In ISI Web of Science:

Yes

Volume:

DOI:

10.5194/gmd-12-1365-2019

Page Range:

pp. 1365-1385

Publisher:

Copernicus Publications

ISSN:

1991-959X

Status:

Published

Keywords:

Module efficiently calculating the chemistry of the atmosphere, MECCA, MESSy. kinetics, atmospheric chemistry, box model

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Space

HGF - Program Themes:

Earth Observation

DLR - Research area:

Raumfahrt

DLR - Program:

R EO - Earth Observation

DLR - Research theme (Project):

R - Atmospheric and climate research, R - Project Climatic relevance of atmospheric tracer gases, aerosols and clouds, V - Transport und Klima

Location:

Oberpfaffenhofen

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Earth System Modelling

Deposited By:

Jöckel, Dr. Patrick

Deposited On:

08 Apr 2019 07:14

Last Modified:

02 May 2019 14:14

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