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In addition to the 26 advected tracers
In addition to the 26 advected tracers
in StdTrop, 7 additional tracers for
in StdTrop, 7 extra tracers are added for
the aerosol chemistry. These consist
the aerosol chemistry. These consist
of 4 sulphur species (DMS, SO2, MSA,
of 4 sulphur species (DMS, SO2, MSA,

Revision as of 16:36, 17 February 2011

This configuration involves an extension to the UKCA Standard Tropospheric Chemistry (StdTrop) scheme to additionally include tropospheric aerosol-precursor chemistry.

In addition to the 26 advected tracers in StdTrop, 7 extra tracers are added for the aerosol chemistry. These consist of 4 sulphur species (DMS, SO2, MSA, H2SO4, ammonia and two organic species. The two organic species are a monoterpene tracer "MONOTER" and an oxidation product "SECORG" following the simple secondary organic aerosol production scheme developed for the GLOMAP-TOMCAT chemistry transport model (e.g. Spracklen et al, 2006).

The H2SO4 and SECORG tracers condense into the sulphate and organic carbon components in the GLOMAP-mode aerosol scheme.

Aqueous phase oxidation of SO2 by H2O2 and O3 is calculated based on an effective Henry's law approach and produces sulphate in the GLOMAP-mode accumulation and coarse soluble modes.

As for the StdTrop chemistry, this extended scheme (StdTrop+Aero)uses the Backward-Euler solver.