Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-3487-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-3487-2024
Model evaluation paper
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02 May 2024
Model evaluation paper |  | 02 May 2024

Assessing acetone for the GISS ModelE2.1 Earth system model

Alexandra Rivera, Kostas Tsigaridis, Gregory Faluvegi, and Drew Shindell

Data sets

Assessing acetone for the GISS ModelE2.1 Earth system model Alexandra Rivera et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7954593

Model code and software

Assessing acetone for the GISS ModelE2.1 Earth system model Alexandra Rivera et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7954593

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Short summary
This paper describes and evaluates an improvement to the representation of acetone in the GISS ModelE2.1 Earth system model. We simulate acetone's concentration and transport across the atmosphere as well as its dependence on chemistry, the ocean, and various global emissions. Comparisons of our model’s estimates to past modeling studies and field measurements have shown encouraging results. Ultimately, this paper contributes to a broader understanding of acetone's role in the atmosphere.