WACCM MAM4 soa bins

[nstant]

Hello!

I am wondering what the difference between the soa bins in MAM4 are? Specifically the difference between soa1, soa2, soa3, soa4, soa5.

I assume it is oxidation bins based on the VBS applied here, but if there are any publication explicitly defining these bins that would be much appreciated.

Noah Stanton

 

[rrbuchholz]

Hi Noah,

More information about aerosols can be found on the CAM-chem wiki: https://wiki.ucar.edu/display/camchem/Aerosols
The paper describing aerosols in CESM2 is here: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019MS001827
Specifically regarding the VBS scheme, the 5 volatility bins are derived from Hodzic, et al., 2016: ACP - Rethinking the global secondary organic aerosol (SOA) budget: stronger production, faster removal, shorter lifetime

Hope that helps!
Best,
Rebecca

 

[nstant]

Thank you Rebecca! Definitely helps.

Sincerely,

Noah Stanton