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GEOS-5 Configuration for ARCTAS

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The Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites (ARCTAS will take place during the Spring and Summer of 2008. This is a working document defining the main attributes of the GEOS-5 system that will be deployed in real-time in support of ARCTAS.

The Baseline System

The starting point is the GEOS-5 Atmospheric Data Assimilation System (GEOS-5 ADAS) used for the Modern Era Retrospective-analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA), consisting of the main subsystems:

  • GEOS-5 Atmospheric Global Climate Model (GEOS-AGCM)
  • The Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation (GSI) analysis system, jointly developed by NOAA/NCEP and GMAO

This system will be complemented by the GEOS-5 Aerosol/Chemistry (AeroChem) components that were used in support of TC4 (Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling) Mission, including

  • Global CO and CO2 tracers
  • GOCART aerosols:
    • Dust: 5 bins
    • Sea-salt: 5 bins
    • Organic carbon: hydrophobic and hydrophilic tracers
    • Black carbon: hydrophobic and hydrophilic tracers
    • Sulfates: SO2, SO4, Dimethylsulphide (DMS) and Methanesulphonic acid (MSA)

Advection, diffusion, and convective transport of the above tracers are performed on-line within the GEOS-5 AGCM.

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