GEOS-5 Configuration for ARCTAS: Difference between revisions
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Advection, diffusion, and convective transport of the above tracers are performed on-line within the GEOS-5 AGCM. | Advection, diffusion, and convective transport of the above tracers are performed on-line within the GEOS-5 AGCM. | ||
== GEOS-5 Customization for ARCTAS == | |||
The baseline GEOS-5 system will include the following new features in support of ARCTAS: | |||
* Additional tracers: | |||
** 2 ''Hyfrophobic'' Black Carbon tags driven by | |||
*** Western hemisphere biomass burning | |||
*** Eastern hemisphere biomass burning | |||
** 5 CO tags driven by | |||
*** Western boreal biomass burning | |||
*** Eastern boreal biomass burning | |||
*** non-biomass emissions: North America, Europe and Asia | |||
** 2 CH3CN tags driven by | |||
*** Western boreal biomass burning | |||
*** Eastern boreal biomass burning | |||
** 2 CFC F12 tracers tagged according to | |||
*** Tropospheric origin | |||
*** Stratospheric origin | |||
The bounding boxes for each of the regions above are given below: | |||