Geoscientific Model Development Discussions www.geosci-model-dev-discuss.net 1991-9611 1991-962X 3 2 2010 10.5194/gmdd-3-855-2010 http://www.geosci-model-dev-discuss.net/3/855/2010/ http://www.geosci-model-dev-discuss.net/3/855/2010/gmdd-3-855-2010.html http://www.geosci-model-dev-discuss.net/3/855/2010/gmdd-3-855-2010.pdf 855 888 2010-06-23 A pre-processor of trace gases and aerosols emission fields for regional and global atmospheric chemistry models S. R. Freitas saulo.freitas@cptec.inpe.br K. M. Longo M. F. Alonso M. Pirre V. Marecal G. Grell R. Stockler R. F. Mello M. Sánchez Gácita Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies, INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil Earth System Science Center, INPE, São José dos Campos, Brazil Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace, CNRS-Université d'Orléans, Orléans, France Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory (ESRL), Boulder, USA 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. 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