Atmospheric chemistry modeling
We use both global and regional CTMs in our research. GEOS-Chem
v10.1 global run and NA/Asia nested runs are configured to run on
RSPH's linux computing cluster. We have used CMAQ and WRF-Chem
simulations extensively in many areas of our research.
Example: Comparisons between the mean normalized aerosol profiles of
lidars and GEOS-Chem at the GSFC site (left) and the ARM site (right).
Lidar profiles are shown as black solid lines, GEOS-Chem profiles are
shown as gray dashed lines. Horizontal error bars at each latitude are
one standard deviation of daily normalized AOD values (Liu et al. RSE,
2011).
Example: Distributions of seasonal average AOD at 550 nm from 2008
to 2010 in (a, b) spring, (c, d) summer, (e, f) fall, and (g, h)
winter. (left column) GC simulations are temporally and spatially
matched with (right column) MISR cloud-free conditions. AERONET AOD
distributions are superposed on the MISR maps (Li et al. JGR-Atmos,
2013).