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Isoprene emissions over South America, modeled with WACCM using the CAM-chem chemical mechanism. Click for larger image.MOZART + GOCART (MOZCART) Chem_opt = 112MOZART + MOSAIC 4 bins Chem_opt = 201 MOZART + MOSAIC 4 bins + AQCHEM Chem_opt = 202The CAM-chem mechanism contains a detailed description of tropospheric inorganic chemistry and of organic species with 3 carbons or less, and a reasonably thorough treatment of isoprene chemistry. Larger alkanes and alkenes, terpenes, and aromatics are also included in the mechanism, albeit with lumping and simplification. The CAM-chem chemical mechanism and model description are published in Emmons et al. (2010). In MOZCART, the gas-phase chemistry is connected with the GOCART bulk aerosol scheme. More information on running WRF-Chem with the MOZCART chemical mechanism can be found in the MOZCART User's Guide. When using this option, please cite Pfister et al. (2011). Pre-processor tools for running WRF-Chem / MOZCART can be obtained from the Download section below.
In MOZART_MOSAIC, the gas-phase chemistry is coupled with the MOSAIC sectional aerosol scheme. The MOZART gas-phase chemistry was extended to include detailed treatment of monoterpenes (a-pinene, b-pinene, limonene) and MBO (Hodzic et al., in prep.), aromatics, HONO, C2H2, as well as an updated isoprene oxidation scheme (Knote et al., 2014). More information on running WRF-Chem with the MOZART/MOSAIC chemical mechanism can be found in the MOZART_MOSAIC User's Guide.
With WRF-Chem V3.9 a new TUV photolysis option has been included (phot_opt=4). This option requires an additional data file. Please refer to the Instructions on how to run WRF-Chem with the new TUV photolysis option.
NCAR/ACOM has developed a program to create time-varying chemical lateral boundary conditions for WRF-Chem from CAM-chem output. For questions about running mozbc please use our WRF-Chem Discussion Forum contacting wrf-chem-mozbc.
For modifications required to run mozbc with the new WRF hybrid coordinate, please see the discussions in the User Forum (Subject line: [WRF-Chem mozbc] mozbc in WRF 3.9 or Greater)
To obtain CAM-chem output files use the CAM-chem Download page. Note that mozbc also has the option to set species to a single fixed value. This is especially relevant for long-lived and well distributed species (e.g. CH4, H2 or N2O) if they are not on the global model output.
Upper boundary conditions for chemical species
Download input files for running WRF-Chem V3.3.1 with Chemical Upper Boundary Conditions: UBC_inputs.tar Presentation describing upper boundary condition: WRF_workshop_UBC.pdf
anthro_emiss: Create anthropogenic emissions files from global emission inventories
This is a fortran based preprocessor to create WRF-Chem ready anthropogenic emissions files (wrfchemi__ or wrfchemi_00z,12z_) from global inventories on a lat/lon projection. Users are strongly advised to consult the README files before compiling and using the code. See the Download section below.
anthro_emiss with EDGAR-HTAP emissions: For users who like to use the anthro_emiss tool with the global EDGAR-HTAP emission inventory ( _reported_data/htap.php) we provide inputs needed for mapping to the MOZART-MOSAIC and MOZART-GOCART chemical options. This package has been provided by Rajesh Kumar (rku...@ucar.edu).
The recently released EDGARv5.0 emission inventory is now available in MOZART speciation for use with anthro_emiss. See this link for more information and to download the data set (provided by Caterina Mogno, University of Edinburgh, UK. Email).
NEW: EPA_ANTHRO_EMIS: This tool allows users to create WRF-Chem compatible hourly anthropogenic emission input files from Sparse Matrix Operator Kernel (SMOKE) Modeling System netcdf output. Please consult the EPA_ANTHRO_EMIS User Guide and the README included in the download before using the tool. A sample input data set containing the U.S. EPA 2014v2 emissions is available for download: EPA 2014v2 Input Data.
For use with the U.S. EPA 2014v2 emissions, users also will need to download the sectorlist_2014fd_nata file and place it into the data directory.
Aerial view of the Rabbit Foot Fire in Idaho on 13 Aug 2018. Smoke from the Rabbit Foot Fire was sampled by the NSF/NCAR C-130 during three separate WE-CAN research flights and several times for longer durations by ground-based mobile labs. (Photo credit: Rebecca Hornbrook) Click for larger image.fire_emiss: Create fire emissions files
Fortran based preprocessor for creating fire emission inputs for WRF-Chem when running with plumerise and also for creating fire emission inputs for the CAM-Chem global models. The fire emissions inventory is based on the Fire Inventory from NCAR (FINN). Both software (fire_emis.tgz) and required FINN input data sets are available at the FINN download page.
The fire_emis.tgz file when uncompressed tar -zxf fire_emis.tgz yields three directories data_files, src, and test and two readme files README.WRF.fire and README.GLB.fire . The data_files directory is empty and is where users should put the FINN files and the wrfinput_dfile(s). The test directory contains two test namelist input files, one for creating WRF inputs and another for creating global inputs. Users are highly advised to read the README files before using the fire emission utility.
This is an IDL based preprocessor to create WRF-Chem ready aircraft emissions files (wrfchemaircraft_) from a global inventory in netcdf format. Please consult the README file for how to use the preprocessor. The emissions inventory is not included, so the user must provide their own. Download the preprocessor files.
Use the Processors Download page to register and retrieve the above software packages.
FINN fire emissions are available at the FINN download page.
CAM-chem output files can be downloaded from here.
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