ozone in GHG chemistry module

[bczader@uh_edu]

I was wondering how ozone is treated in the waccm_ghg mechanism, what does the following part of chem_mech.in meanCol-intO3 = 0.O2 = 0.End Col-int Thanks,Beata

 

[zhangjkstrato@hotmail_com]

Ozone in waccm_ghg module is only used as green-house gas and it will not react with other chemical tracers and the values keep constant.__Jiankai

 

[bczader@uh_edu]

I would like to see what value is used for ozone in ghg module. Is is hardcoded or is is somewhere in the input files?Beata 

 

[mmills]

Ozone is prescribed via the waccm_forcing_file in the namelist. It is generally monthly zonal means appropriate to the specific compset, which can be transient or cyclical.