README -- Contents of HEMCO/DUST_DEAD/v2014-07 directory
23 Feb 2015
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Overview:
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For more information about how mineral dust aerosols are implemented into
GEOS-Chem, please see our wiki page:

   http://wiki.geos-chem.org/Mineral_dust_aerosols


Files:
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Christoph Keller created these COARDS-compliant netCDF files from the binary 
punch files in the prior dust_200605/ data directory path.


(1) GOCART_src_fn.geos.2x25.nc : GOCART dust source function 
                                 Resolution  : 2 x 2.5
                                 Units       : 1 (aka unitless)
                                 Timestamp   : 1985/01/01
                                 Compression : Level 1 (e.g. nccopy -d1)

(2) GOCART_src_fn.geos.4x5.nc  : GOCART dust source function 
                                 Resolution  : 2 x 2.5
                                 Units       : 1 (aka unitless)
                                 Timestamp   : 1985/01/01
                                 Compression : Level 1 (e.g. nccopy -d1)


(3) dst_tibds.geos.2x25.nc     : Time-independent data for the DEAD emissions
                                 Originally created by Duncan Fairlie.
                                 Resolution  : 2 x 2.5
                                 Units       : 1 (aka unitless); count
                                 Timestamp   : 1985/01/01
                                 Compression : Level 1 (e.g. nccopy -d1)

(4) dst_tibds.geos.4x5.nc      : Time-independent data for the DEAD emissions
                                 Originally created by Duncan Fairlie.
                                 Resolution  : 4 x 5
                                 Units       : 1 (aka unitless); count
                                 Timestamp   : 1985/01/01
                                 Compression : Level 1 (e.g. nccopy -d1)

(5) dst_tvbds.geos.2x25.nc     : Time-varying data for the DEAD emissions
                                 Originally created by Duncan Fairlie.
                                 Resolution  : 2 x 2.5
                                 Units       : 1 (aka unitless)
                                 Timestamp   : 1985/01/01 through 1985/12/01
                                 Compression : Level 1 (e.g. nccopy -d1)

(6) dst_tvbds.geos.4x5.nc      : Time-varying data for the DEAD emissions
                                 Originally created by Duncan Fairlie.
                                 Resolution  : 4 x 5
                                 Units       : 1 (aka unitless)
                                 Timestamp   : 1985/01/01 through 1985/12/01
                                 Compression : Level 1 (e.g. nccopy -d1)


References:
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Please see this link for a complete list of references pertaining to
mineral dust aerosols in GEOS-Chem:

   http://wiki.geos-chem.org/Mineral_dust_aerosols#References