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The Chemistry CATT-BRAMS model (CCATT-BRAMS 4.5): a regional atmospheric model system for integrated air quality and weather forecasting and research

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Longo, K. M. [1] ; Freitas, S. R. [1] ; Pirre, M. [2] ; Marecal, V. [3, 4] ; Rodrigues, L. F. [1] ; Panetta, J. [5] ; Alonso, M. F. [6] ; Rosario, N. E. [7] ; Moreira, D. S. [1] ; Gacita, M. S. [1] ; Arteta, J. [3, 4] ; Fonseca, R. [1] ; Stockler, R. [1] ; Katsurayama, D. M. [1] ; Fazenda, A. [8] ; Bela, M. [9]
Total Authors: 16
Affiliation:
[1] INPE, Ctr Previsao Tempo & Estudos Climat, Cachoeira Paulista - Brazil
[2] Univ Orleans, CNRS, Lab Phys & Chim Environnement & Espace, Orleans - France
[3] CNRS, Meteo France, Grp Etude Atmosphere Meteorol, Toulouse - France
[4] CNRS, UMR3589, Toulouse - France
[5] Inst Tecnol Aeronaut, Div Ciencias Computa, Sao Jose Dos Campos - Brazil
[6] Univ Fed Pelotas UFPEL, Fac Meteorol, Pelotas, RS - Brazil
[7] Univ Fed Sao Paulo UNIFESP, Dept Ciencias Biol, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[8] Univ Fed Sao Paulo UNIFESP, Inst Ciencia Tecnol, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[9] Univ Colorado, Atmospher & Space Phys Lab, Boulder, CO 80309 - USA
Total Affiliations: 9
Document type: Journal article
Source: Geoscientific Model Development; v. 6, n. 5, p. 1389-1405, 2013.
Web of Science Citations: 22
Abstract

Coupled Chemistry Aerosol-Tracer Transport model to the Brazilian developments on the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (CCATT-BRAMS, version 4.5) is an on-line regional chemical transport model designed for local and regional studies of atmospheric chemistry from the surface to the lower stratosphere suitable both for operational and research purposes. It includes gaseous/aqueous chemistry, photochemistry, scavenging and dry deposition. The CCATT-BRAMS model takes advantage of BRAMS-specific development for the tropics/subtropics as well as the recent availability of preprocessing tools for chemical mechanisms and fast codes for photolysis rates. BRAMS includes state-of-the-art physical parameterizations and dynamic formulations to simulate atmospheric circulations down to the meter. This on-line coupling of meteorology and chemistry allows the system to be used for simultaneous weather and chemical composition forecasts as well as potential feedback between the two. The entire system is made of three preprocessing software tools for user-defined chemical mechanisms, aerosol and trace gas emissions fields and the interpolation of initial and boundary conditions for meteorology and chemistry. In this paper, the model description is provided along with the evaluations performed by using observational data obtained from ground-based stations, instruments aboard air-crafts and retrieval from space remote sensing. The evaluation accounts for model applications at different scales from megacities and the Amazon Basin up to the intercontinental region of the Southern Hemisphere. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 12/13575-9 - Participation in the field campaign SAMBBA, data analysis and modeling
Grantee:Karla Maria Longo de Freitas
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants