README -- Describes contents of HEMCO/MACCITY/v2014-07
11 Feb 2015
GEOS-Chem Support Team
geos-chem-support@g.harvard.edu


Overview:
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Data obtained from the ECCAD-GEIA database (eccad.sedoo.fr) on 11/26/2012.
Files prepared by Christoph Keller (ckeller@seas.harvard.edu)


Files:
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MACCity_4x5.nc

 -- MACCity anthropogenic CO emissions
    Resolution  : 4 x 5
    Units       : kg/m2/s
    Timestamps  : 2000/01/01 thru 2010/12/01
    Compression : Level 1 (e.g. nccopy -d1) 


MACCity_anthro_BC_2000-2010_16080.nc
MACCity_anthro_CO_2000-2010_16080.nc
MACCity_anthro_NH3_2000-2010_16080.nc
MACCity_anthro_NOx_2000-2010_16080.nc
MACCity_anthro_OC_2000-2010_16080.nc
MACCity_anthro_SO2_2000-2010_16080.nc
MACCity_anthro_acetone_2000-2010_16080.nc
MACCity_anthro_butanes_and_higher_alkanes_2000-2010_16080.nc
MACCity_anthro_butenes_and_higher_alkenes_2000-2010_16080.nc
MACCity_anthro_ethane_2000-2010_16080.nc
MACCity_anthro_ethene_2000-2010_16080.nc
MACCity_anthro_formaldehyde_2000-2010_16080.nc
MACCity_anthro_methanol_2000-2010_16080.nc
MACCity_anthro_other_alcohols_2000-2010_16080.nc
MACCity_anthro_other_aldehydes_2000-2010_16080.nc
MACCity_anthro_other_ketones_2000-2010_16080.nc
MACCity_anthro_propane_2000-2010_16080.nc
MACCity_anthro_propene_2000-2010_16080.nc
MACCity_anthro_total_aromatics_2000-2010_16080.nc

 -- MACCity speciated emissions files at high resolution
    Resolution  : 0.5 x 0.5
    Units       : kg/m2/s
    Timestamps  : 2000/01/01 thru 2010/12/01
    Compression : Level 1 (e.g. nccopy -d1) 


References:
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Granier, C., B. Bessagnet, T. Bond, A. D'Angiola, H. Denier van der Gon, 
 G. J. Frost, A. Heil, J. W. Kaiser, S. Kinne, Z. Klimont, S. Kloster, 
 J.-F. Lamarque, C. Liousse, T. Masui, F. Meleux, A. Mieville, T. Ohara, 
 J.-C. Raut, K. Riahi, M. G. Schultz, S. J. Smith, A. Thompson, 
 J. van Aardenne, G. R. van der Werf, D. P. van Vuuren, 
 "Evolution of anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions of air pollutants 
 at global and regional scales during the 1980-2010 period", 
 _Climatic Change_, DOI 10.1007/s10584-011-0154-1, 2011"