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Recent results from GA6#136.17 (including GLOMAP-mode) + CheST (StratTrop chemistry)

Model Run Chemistry Aerosol-microphys Aerosol-optical Owner UM version Monsoon job ID Met Office ID Link to evaluation suite Comments
1 StratTrop GLOMAP-mode RADAER/ACTIVATE/no gas-phase RF Steven Hardiman 10.2 N/A ah813 None at present GA4 N96L85 using TropIsop + aerosol chemistry + GLOMAP-mode, with plume scavenging of aerosol tracers.
1 StratTrop GLOMAP-mode RADAER/ACTIVATE/with gas-phase RF Steven Hardiman 10.2 N/A ah813 None at present Included RF bugfix; Lighnting ems 10.7TgN/yr; CH4 lifetime too short; Strat o3 max reduced and in better agreement with obs; Diagnosed STE flux of O3 clearly wrong.
RC1 Mohit/ Andy 8.4 xhmah amtjn Pdficon small.png UKCA_GA4.pdf Info circle.png
Pdficon small.png Tropospheric aerosol evaluation for amtjn Info circle.png
GA4 N96L85 TropIsop(CheT)+GLOMAP+RADAERv2+Activate. Dynmamic Rainout;Aerosol in Plume scavenging;Lightning NOx improvements (halved). Sea-salt too high in the stratosphere.
RC2 Mohit 8.4 xhmai None at present Pdficon small.png xhmai_TropChemEval Info circle.png Pdficon small.png Tropospheric aerosol evaluation for xhmai Info circle.png cp XHMAH + Aerosol initialised using data from N48L60 Pinatubo control run (XHNAP). Chemistry rates have not been updated to latest values.
RC3 Mohit 8.4 None at present ajkzh Pdficon small.png TropChemEval_Year1 Info circle.png Pdficon small.png TropChemEval_Year4 Info circle.png cp XHMAI; Reaction rates updated.