691 Chemistry Simulations using MERRA-2 Reanalysis with the GMI CTM and Replay in Support of the Atmospheric Composition Community

Tuesday, 24 January 2017
4E (Washington State Convention Center )
L. D. Oman, NASA/GISS, Greenbelt, MD; and S. E. Strahan

Simulations using reanalyzed meteorological conditions have been long used to understand causes of atmospheric composition change over the recent past. Using the new Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, version 2 (MERRA-2) meteorology, chemistry simulations are being conducted to create products covering 1980-2016 for the atmospheric composition community. These simulations use the Global Modeling Initiative (GMI) chemical mechanism in two different models: the GMI Chemical Transport Model (CTM) and the GEOS-5 model developed “Replay” mode. “Replay” mode means an integration of the GEOS-5 general circulation model that is incrementally adjusted each time step toward the MERRA-2 analysis. The GMI CTM is a 1° x 1.25° simulation and the MERRA-2 GMI “Replay” simulation uses the native MERRA-2 approximately ½° horizontal resolution on the cubed sphere. The “Replay” simulations is driven by the online use of key MERRA-2 meteorological variables (i.e. U, V, T, and surface pressure) with all other variables calculated in response to those variables. A specialized set of transport diagnostics is included in both runs to better understand trace gas transport and changes over the recent past.
- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting
- Indicates an Award Winner