Articles | Volume 17, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-4311-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-4311-2024
Development and technical paper
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24 May 2024
Development and technical paper |  | 24 May 2024

Development of a multiphase chemical mechanism to improve secondary organic aerosol formation in CAABA/MECCA (version 4.7.0)

Felix Wieser, Rolf Sander, Changmin Cho, Hendrik Fuchs, Thorsten Hohaus, Anna Novelli, Ralf Tillmann, and Domenico Taraborrelli

Data sets

Model output from CAABA/MECCA study "Development of a multiphase chemical mechanism to improve secondary organic aerosol formation in CAABA/MECCA (version 4.5.6-rc.1)" Felix Wieser et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8112710

Model code and software

CAABA/MECCA - SOA update - archive Felix Wieser https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10848424

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Short summary
The chemistry scheme of the atmospheric box model CAABA/MECCA is expanded to achieve an improved aerosol formation from emitted organic compounds. In addition to newly added reactions, temperature-dependent partitioning of all new species between the gas and aqueous phases is estimated and included in the pre-existing scheme. Sensitivity runs show an overestimation of key compounds from isoprene, which can be explained by a lack of aqueous-phase degradation reactions and box model limitations.