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Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss., 2, 1157-1213, 2009
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Description and evaluation of the Model for Ozone and Related chemical Tracers, version 4 (MOZART-4)

L. K. Emmons¹, S. Walters¹, P. G. Hess^1,*, J.-F. Lamarque¹, G. G. Pfister¹, D. Fillmore^1,**, C. Granier^2,3, A. Guenther¹, D. Kinnison¹, T. Laepple^1,***, J. Orlando¹, X. Tie¹, G. Tyndall¹, C. Wiedinmyer¹, S. L. Baughcum⁴, and S. Kloster^5,*
¹National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
²Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France
³NOAA, Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA
⁴Boeing Company, Seattle, WA, USA
⁵Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
^*now at: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
^**now at: Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, CO, USA
^***now at: Alfred Wegener Inst. for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

Abstract. The Model for Ozone and Related chemical Tracers, version 4 (MOZART-4) is an offline global chemical transport model particularly suited for studies of the troposphere. The updates of the model from its previous version MOZART-2 are described, including an expansion of the chemical mechanism to include more detailed hydrocarbon chemistry and bulk aerosols. Online calculations of a number of processes, such as dry deposition, emissions of isoprene and monoterpenes and photolysis frequencies, are now included. Results from an eight-year simulation (2000–2007) are presented and evaluated. The MOZART-4 source code and standard input files are available for download from the NCAR Community Data Portal (http://cdp.ucar.edu).

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Citation: Emmons, L. K., Walters, S., Hess, P. G., Lamarque, J.-F., Pfister, G. G., Fillmore, D., Granier, C., Guenther, A., Kinnison, D., Laepple, T., Orlando, J., Tie, X., Tyndall, G., Wiedinmyer, C., Baughcum, S. L., and Kloster, S.: Description and evaluation of the Model for Ozone and Related chemical Tracers, version 4 (MOZART-4), Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss., 2, 1157-1213, doi:10.5194/gmdd-2-1157-2009, 2009. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager XML

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