Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
GMD
Articles | Volume 4, issue 2
Articles | Volume 4, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-4-373-2011
© Author(s) 2011. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-4-373-2011
© Author(s) 2011. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 4, issue 2
Model description paper
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06 May 2011
Model description paper |  | 06 May 2011

The atmospheric chemistry box model CAABA/MECCA-3.0

R. Sander, A. Baumgaertner, S. Gromov, H. Harder, P. Jöckel, A. Kerkweg, D. Kubistin, E. Regelin, H. Riede, A. Sandu, D. Taraborrelli, H. Tost, and Z.-Q. Xie

Abstract. We present version 3.0 of the atmospheric chemistry box model CAABA/MECCA. In addition to a complete update of the rate coefficients to the most recent recommendations, a number of new features have been added: chemistry in multiple aerosol size bins; automatic multiple simulations reaching steady-state conditions; Monte-Carlo simulations with randomly varied rate coefficients within their experimental uncertainties; calculations along Lagrangian trajectories; mercury chemistry; more detailed isoprene chemistry; tagging of isotopically labeled species. Further changes have been implemented to make the code more user-friendly and to facilitate the analysis of the model results. Like earlier versions, CAABA/MECCA-3.0 is a community model published under the GNU General Public License.

How to cite. Sander, R., Baumgaertner, A., Gromov, S., Harder, H., Jöckel, P., Kerkweg, A., Kubistin, D., Regelin, E., Riede, H., Sandu, A., Taraborrelli, D., Tost, H., and Xie, Z.-Q.: The atmospheric chemistry box model CAABA/MECCA-3.0, Geosci. Model Dev., 4, 373–380, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-4-373-2011, 2011.
Received: 20 Dec 2010 – Discussion started: 19 Jan 2011 – Revised: 18 Apr 2011 – Accepted: 20 Apr 2011 – Published: 06 May 2011