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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-9061-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-9061-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Development and technical paper
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26 Nov 2025
Development and technical paper |
| 26 Nov 2025
| 26 Nov 2025
Development of UI-WRF-Chem (v1.0) for the MAIA satellite mission: case demonstration
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Nathan Janechek
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Cui Ge
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
currently at: South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD), Diamond Bar, CA, 91765, United States
Meng Zhou
Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Geo-Informatics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
currently at: Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) II, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, 21250, United States
currently at: Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, United States
Lorena Castro García
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Tong Sha
Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Yanyu Wang
Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Weizhi Deng
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Zhixin Xue
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Chengzhe Li
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Lakhima Chutia
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Yi Wang
Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, United States
Sebastian Val
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, United States
James L. McDuffie
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, United States
Sina Hasheminassab
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, United States
Scott E. Gluck
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, United States
David J. Diner
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, United States
Peter R. Colarco
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, United States
Arlindo M. da Silva
Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, United States
Jhoon Kim
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, South Korea
Data sets
Development of UI-WRF-Chem (v1.0) for the MAIA satellite mission: case demonstration H. Zhang https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15239058
Model code and software
UI-WRF-Chem Huanxin Zhang et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15074107
Short summary
We present the development of the Unified Inputs (of initial and boundary conditions) for WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting)-Chem (UI-WRF-Chem) framework to support the Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) satellite mission. Major updates include improving dust size distribution in the chemical boundary conditions, updating land surface properties using recent available satellite data and enhancing the representation of soil NOx emissions. We demonstrate subsequent model improvements over several of the MAIA target areas.
We present the development of the Unified Inputs (of initial and boundary conditions) for WRF...
