README -- Describes contents of HEMCO/CO2/v2019-02
19 Feb 2019
GEOS-Chem Support Team
geos-chem-support@g.harvard.edu


Files:
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CHEM/CO2_prod_rates.GEOS5.2x25.47L.nc

 -- Chemical source of CO2, saved from model output.

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    ### NOTE: This file was re-created from the original bpch data    ###
    ### by Dylan Jones at U. Toronto, in order to fix a problem       ###
    ### with the original file in the HEMCO/CO2/v2015-04/CHEM folder. ###
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    Resolution  : GEOS-Chem 2 x 2.5 grid (144 x 91 boxes x 47 levels, GEOS-5)
    Units       : kgC/m3/s
    Timestamps  : Monthly, 2004/01 thru 2010/12
    Compression : Level 1 (e.g. nccopy -d1)
    Chunking    : nccopy -c lon/144,lat/91,lev/1,time/1


References:
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HEMCO

Keller, C.A., M.S. Long, R.M. Yantosca, A.M. DaSilva, S. Pawson, D.J. Jacob 
   (2014), HEMCO v1.0: a versatile, ESMF-compliant component for calculating 
   emissions in atmospheric models, Geosci., Model Dev., 7, 1409-1417.

CO2 simulation

Nassar, R., D.B.A. Jones, P. Suntharalingam, J.M. Chen, R.J. Andres, K.J. 
  Wecht, R.M. Yantosca, S.S. Kulawik, K.W. Bowman, J.R. Worden, T. Machida and
  H. Matsueda (2010), Modeling global atmospheric CO2 with improved emission 
  inventories and CO2 production from the oxidation of other carbon species, 
  Geoscientific Model Development, 3, 689-716.


For further details see:
http://wiki.seas.harvard.edu/geos-chem/index.php/CO2_simulation