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A pre-processor of trace gases and aerosols emission fields for regional and global atmospheric chemistry models
1Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies, INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil
2Earth System Science Center, INPE, São José dos Campos, Brazil
3Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace, CNRS-Université d'Orléans, Orléans, France
4Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory (ESRL), Boulder, USA
Abstract. The pre-processor PREP-CHEM-SRC presented in the paper is a comprehensive tool aiming at preparing emissions fields of trace gases and aerosols for use in regional or global transport models. The emissions considered are urban/industrial, biogenic, biomass burning, volcanic, biofuel use and burning from agricultural waste sources from most recent databases or from satellite fire detections for biomass burning. A plumerise model is used to derive the height of smoke emissions from satellite fire products. The pre-processor provides emission fields interpolated onto the transport model grid. Several map projections can be chosen. The way to include these emissions in transport models is also detailed. The pre-processor is coded using Fortran 90 and C and is driven by a namelist allowing the user to choose the type of emissions and the database.
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Notice on Discussion StatusCitation: Freitas, S. R., Longo, K. M., Alonso, M. F., Pirre, M., Marecal, V., Grell, G., Stockler, R., Mello, R. F., and Sánchez Gácita, M.: A pre-processor of trace gases and aerosols emission fields for regional and global atmospheric chemistry models, Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss., 3, 855-888, doi:10.5194/gmdd-3-855-2010, 2010. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager XML
