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====== Organic aerosol documentation ======

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**Abbreviations used in emissions**

  * CIRCE: Climate Change and Impact Research: the Mediterranean Environment (http://www.circeproject.eu; Doering et al., 2009).
  * CMIP5: Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5). For historical emissions, see (Lamarque et al., 2010).
  * GEIA: Global Emissions Inventory Activity (http://geiacenter.org). For BVOC emissions, see (Guenther et al., 1995).
  * GFED: Global Fire Emissions Database (van der Werf et al., 2003).
  * GFED2: Global Fire Emissions Database, version 2 (van der Werf et al., 2006).
  * GFED3: Global Fire Emissions Database, version 3 (van der Werf et al., 2010).
  * MEGAN: Model of Emissions of Gases and Aerosols from Nature (Guenther et al., 2006).

===== BCC =====

BCC_AGCM2.0.1_CAM.A2.HCA-FIX

**OA representation**
  * 12 OA tracers
  * 15% yield from terpenes emissions (Dentener et al., 2006) included in primary OA
  * OM/OC: 1.4
**Primary OA Emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: Bond et al. (2004), year 2000
  * Biomass burning: GFED, year 2000
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Monoterpenes: GEIA, year 1990

===== CAM4-Oslo =====

CAM4-Oslo-Vcmip5.A2.CTRL

**OA representation**
  * 3 OA tracers
  * 37.5 Tg/a from terpenes emissions based on Dentener er al. (2006) distribution, included in primary OA
  * OM/OC: 1.4 for fossil fuel, 2.6 for biomass burning
**Primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: AeroCom A2-MAP hindcast inventory, Diehl et al. (2012), year 2006
  * Primary marine OA: Spracklen et al. (2008), year 2006
  * Biomass burning: AeroCom A2-MAP hindcast inventory, Diehl et al. (2012), year 2006
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Monoterpenes: GEIA, year 1990

===== CAM5-MAM3 =====

CAM5.1-MAM3-PNNL.A2.CTRL

**OA representation**
  * 3 OA tracers
  * Prescribed mass yields for the 5 SOA precursor categories, (6.0, 37.5, 22.5, 7.5, and 7.5% respectively) which then reversibly partition to the aerosol phase
  * OM/OC: 1.4
**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: CMIP5, year 2000
  * Biomass burning: CMIP5, year 2000
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Isoprene, terpenes, aromatics, higher molecular weight alkanes and alkenes.  Emissions files produced for MOZART-4 (Emmons et al., 2010) from the POET database (Granier et al., 2005), representing the late 1990’s

===== CanAM-PAM =====

CCCma.A2.CTRL

**OA representation**
  * 3 OA tracers
  * 15% yield from terpenes emissions (Dentener et al., 2006) included in primary OA 
  * OM/OC: 1.4
**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: AeroCom A2-MAP hindcast inventory, Diehl et al. (2012), year 2006
  * Biomass burning: AeroCom A2-MAP hindcast inventory, Diehl et al. (2012), year 2006
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Monoterpenes

===== ECHAM5-HAMMOZ =====

ECHAM5-HAMMOZ.A2.HCA-0

**OA representation**
  * 4 OA tracers
  * 15% yield from terpenes emissions (Dentener et al., 2006) included in primary OA
  * OM/OC: 1.4

**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: Diehl et al. (2012), years 1980-2005
  * Biomass burning: RETRO (M. Schultz) for 1980-2000, GFED2 for 2001-2005

**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Monoterpenes: GEIA, year 1990

===== ECHAM5-SALSA =====

SALSA_V1_TB.A2.CTRL

**OA representation**
  * 11 OA tracers
  * 15% yield from terpenes emissions (Dentener et al., 2006) included in primary OA
  * OM/OC: 1.4
**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: Bond et al. (2004), year 2000
  * Biomass burning: GFED, year 2000
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Monoterpenes: GEIA, year 1990

===== EMAC =====

ECHAM-MESSy-GMXe.A2.CTRL

**OA representation**
  * 2 OA tracers
  * 15% yield from terpenes emissions (Dentener et al., 2006) included in primary OA
  * OM/OC: 1.4
**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: Dentener et al. (2006), year 2000
  * Biomass burning: Dentener et al. (2006), year 2000
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Monoterpenes

===== GEOS-Chem =====

GEOSCHEM-v822.AEROCOM_A2.CTRL

**OA representation**
  * 5 OA tracers
  * 2-product model
  * OM/OC: 2.1
**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: Bond et al. (2007), year 2000
  * Biomass burning: GFED2, year 2006
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Isoprene, monoterpenes and sesquiterpens: MEGAN 2.04, year 2006

===== GEOS-Chem-APM =====

GEOS-Chem-APM.A2.CTRL

**OA representation**
  * 24 OA tracers
  * 2-product model combined with aging and condensation
  * OM/OC: 2.1
**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: Bond et al. (2007), year 2000
  * Biomass burning: GFED2, year 2006
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Isoprene, monoterpeness, limonene, sesquiterpenes: MEGAN2, year 2006
  * benzene, toluene, xylene: EDGARv2, year 1985
  * alcohols: online (MEGAN2), year 2006

===== GISS-CMU-VBS =====

GISS-CMU.A2.CTRL

**OA representation**
  * 26 OA tracers
  * Volatility basis set
  * OM/OC: 1.8
**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: Bond et al. (2004), year 2000
  * Biomass burning: GFED2, year 2005
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Isoprene, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes: GEIA, year 1990
  * Aromatics (VOC's with C*<1e6 μg/m³): Farina et al. (2010), year 1999
  * Alkanes, alkenes (VOC's with C*<1e6 μg/m³): Farina et al. (2010), year 1999
  
===== GISS-MATRIX =====

GISS-MATRIX.A2.CTRL

**OA representation**
  * 3 OA tracers
  * 10% yield from monoterpenes emissions, included in primary OA
  * OM/OC: 1.4
**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: CMIP5 RCP4.5, year 2000
  * Biomass burning: GFED3, years 2006-2008
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Monoterpenes: Lathière et al. (2005)

===== GISS-modelE =====

GISS-modelE.A2.CTRL/GISS-modelE.A2.HCA-IPCC

**OA representation**
  * 9 OA tracers
  * 2-product model
  * OM/OC: 1.4
**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: CMIP5 RCP4.5, years 2000-2008
  * Biomass burning: GFED3 (CTRL)/CMIP5 RCP4.5 (HCA-IPCC), years 2000-2008
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Isoprene: online (Guenther et al., 1995), years 2000-2008
  * α-pinene: Lathière et al. (2005), year 1990

===== GISS-TOMAS =====

GISS-TOMAS.A2.CTRL

**OA representation**
  * 24 OA tracers
  * A generic SOA precursor (GEIA) representing all SOA precursor gases is emitted and forms non-volatile SOA (included in primary OA) with a first order loss rate of 12 hours
  * OM/OC: 1.8
**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: AeroCom A2-MAP hindcast inventory, Diehl et al. (2012), year 2006
  * Biomass burning: AeroCom A2-MAP hindcast inventory, Diehl et al. (2012), year 2006
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Terpenes: GEIA, year 1990

===== GLOMAP =====

GLOMAPbin1pt1.A2.CTRL/GLOMAPmodev6R.A2.CTRL

**OA representation**
  * 40 (bin), 5 (mode) OA tracers
  * α-pinene and all oxidants with 13% non-volatile SOA (included in primary OA)
  * OM/OC: 1.4
**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: Dentener et al. (2006), year 2000
  * Biomass burning: Dentener et al. (2006), year 2000
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * α-pinene: GEIA, year 1990

===== GMI =====

GMI-v3.A2.CTRL

**OA representation**
  * 3 OA tracers
  * 10% yield from monoterpenes emissions from GEIA, included in primary OA
  * OM/OC: 1.4
**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: CMIP5, year 2000
  * Biomass burning: CMIP5, year 2000
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Monoterpenes: GEIA, year 1990

===== GOCART =====

GOCART-v4.A2.HCA-0

**OA representation**
  * 2 OA tracers
  * 10% yield from monoterpenes emissions (GEIA), included in primary OA
  * OM/OC: 1.4
**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: AeroCom A2-MAP hindcast inventory, Diehl et al. (2012), year 2006
  * Biomass burning: AeroCom A2-MAP hindcast inventory, Diehl et al. (2012), year 2006
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Monoterpenes: GEIA, year 1990

===== HadGEM2 =====

HadGEM2-ES.A2.CTRL

**OA representation**
  * 3 OA tracers
  * Fixed 3D monthly climatology obtained from STOCHEM (Derwent et al., 2003)
  * OM/OC: 1.4
**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: CMIP5, year 2000
  * Biomass burning: CMIP5, year 2000
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Terpenes: GEIA, year 1990

===== IMPACT =====

IMPACT-Umich.A2.CTRL

===== LMDz-INCA =====

INCA.A2.RAD-CTRL

**OA representation**
  * 3 OA tracers
  * OM/OC: 1.4

===== MPIHAM-v2 =====

MPIHAM_V2_KZ.A2.CTRL

**OA representation**
  * 24 OA tracers
  * 2-product model
  * OM/OC: 1.4
**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: AeroCom A2-MAP hindcast inventory, Diehl et al. (2012), year 2006
  * Biomass burning: AeroCom A2-MAP hindcast inventory, Diehl et al. (2012), year 2006
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Isoprene: MEGAN, year 2006
  * Terpenes: MEGAN, year 2006
  * Aromatics: EDGAR v3.2 (Olivier et al., 2001, 2005), year 2000

===== OsloCTM2 =====

OsloCTM2-v2.A2.CTRL

**OA representation**
  * 62 OA tracers
  * 2-product model
  * OM/OC: 1.6 for fossil fuel and 2.6 for biomass burning
**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: CMIP5, year 2000
  * Biomass burning: CMIP5, year 2000
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Isoprene: POET scaled to 220 Tg/a, year 2000
  * 5 classes of terpenoid compounds: Griffin et al. (1999b), GEIA, year 1990
  * 2 classes of aromatics: CMIP5, year 2000

===== SPRINTARS =====

SPRINTARS-v384.A2.CTRL

**OA representation**
  * 2 OA tracers
  * 9.225% yield of non-volatile SOA (Griffin et al., 1999a,1999b) from monoterpenes emissions
  * OM/OC: 1.6 for fossil fuel and biofuel, 2.6 for other
**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: AeroCom A2-MAP hindcast inventory, Diehl et al. (2012), year 2006
  * Biomass burning: AeroCom A2-MAP hindcast inventory, Diehl et al. (2012), year 2006
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Monoterpenes: GEIA, year 1990

===== TM4-ECPL =====

TM4-ECPL-C.A2.CTRL

TM4-ECPL-F.A2.CTRL

TM4-ECPL-FNP.A2.CTRL

**OA representation**
  * 20 OA tracers (24 for FNP version)
  * 2-product model
  * OM/OC: varying
**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: CIRCE, years 2000-2007 (C), 2006 (F), 2005 (FNP)
  * Biomass burning: GFED2, years 2000-2007 (C), 2006 (F), 2005 (FNP)
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Isoprene: GEIA, year 1990
  * Terpenes: GEIA, year 1990
  * Aromatics: CIRCE, years 2000-2007

===== TM5 =====

TM5-V3.A2.HCA.IPCC

**OA representation**
  * 4 OA tracers
  * 15% yield from terpenes emissions (Dentener et al., 2006), included in primary OA
  * OM/OC: 1.4
**primary OA emissions**
  * Fossil fuel and biofuel: CMIP5 RCP4.5, years 2000-2009
  * Biomass burning: CMIP5 RCP4.5, years 2000-2009
**SOA precursor emissions**
  * Monoterpenes: GEIA, year 1990