Tagged O3 simulation

Overview

The GEOS-Chem tagged ozone simulation allows you to use archived ozone production and loss rates to perform a simulation for geographically tagged ozone tracers without having to run the full-chemistry simulation. The tagged O3 simulation is also used to spin up the ozone into steady-state when validating a new meterorolgical field product.

List of species

Transported species

Species

Description

Formula

MW (g)

O3

Ozone

O3

48.0

O3Strat

Ozone produced in the stratosphere

O3

48.0

O3ut

Ozone produced in the upper troposphere

O3

48.0

O3mt

Ozone produced in the middle troposphere

O3

48.0

O3row

Ozone produced in the rest of the world

O3

48.0

O3pcbl

Ozone produced in the Pacific Ocean boundary layer

O3

48.0

O3nabl

Ozone produced in the North America boundary layer

O3

48.0

O3atbl

Ozone produced in the Atlantic Ocean boundary layer

O3

48.0

O3eubl

Ozone produced in the European boundary layer

O3

48.0

O3afbl

Ozone produced in the African boundary layer

O3

48.0

O3asbl

Ozone produced in the Asian boundary layer

O3

48.0

O3init

Ozone from the initial condition

O3

48.0

O3usa

Ozone produced over the United States in PBL

O3

48.0