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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