Module atmos_carbon_aerosol

Module atmos_carbon_aerosol_mod

Contact: William Cooke
Reviewers: Larry Horowitz
Change History: WebCVS Log

OVERVIEW

This code allows the implementation of black and organic carbon tracers in the FMS framework.

This module presents the method of Cooke et al. (1999, 2002) In its present implementation the black and organic carbon tracers are from the combustion of fossil fuel. While the code here should provide insights into the carbonaceous aerosol cycle it is provided here more as an example of how to implement a tracer module in the FMS infrastructure. The parameters of the model should be checked and set to values corresponding to previous works if a user wishes to try to reproduce those works.

OTHER MODULES USED

                   fms_mod
          time_manager_mod
          diag_manager_mod
        tracer_manager_mod
         field_manager_mod
atmos_tracer_utilities_mod
             constants_mod

PUBLIC INTERFACE

atmos_blackc_sourcesink:: A subroutine to calculate the source and sinks of black carbon aerosol.
atmos_organic_sourcesink:: A subroutine to calculate the source and sinks of organic carbon aerosol.
atmos_carbon_aerosol_init:: Subroutine to initialize the carbon aerosol module.
atmos_carbon_aerosol_end:: The destructor routine for the carbon aerosol module.

PUBLIC DATA

None.

PUBLIC ROUTINES

atmos_blackc_sourcesink

call atmos_blackc_sourcesink (lon, lat, land, pwt, & black_cphob, black_cphob_dt, & black_cphil, black_cphil_dt, & Time, is, ie, js, je, kbot)

DESCRIPTION

This routine calculates the source and sink terms for black carbon. Simply put, the hydrophobic aerosol has sources from emissions and sinks from dry deposition and transformation into hydrophilic aerosol. The hydrophilic aerosol also has emission sources and has sinks of wet and dry deposition.

The following schematic shows how the black carbon scheme is implemented.

 +------------+  Trans-   +------------+
 |  Hydro-    | formation |  Hydro-    |
 |  phobic    |           |  philic    |
 |  black     |---------->|  black     |
 |  carbon    |           |  carbon    |
 |            |           |            |
 +------------+           +------------+
    ^      |                ^    |   |
    |      |                |    |   |
    |      =                |    =   =
  Source  Dry            Source Dry Wet
          Dep.                  Dep Dep

The transformation time used here is 1 day, which corresponds to an e-folding time of 1.44 days. This can be varied as necessary.

INPUT

`lon`	Longitude of the centre of the model gridcells [real, dimension(:,:)]
`lat`	Latitude of the centre of the model gridcells [real, dimension(:,:)]
`land`	Land/sea mask. [real, dimension(:,:)]
`pwt`	The pressure weighting array. = dP/grav [real, dimension(:,:,:)]
`black_cphob`	The array of the hydrophobic black carbon aerosol mixing ratio [real, dimension(:,:,:)]
`black_cphil`	The array of the hydrophilic black carbon aerosol mixing ratio [real, dimension(:,:,:)]
`Time`	Model time. [type(time_type)]
`is, ie, js, je`	Local domain boundaries. [integer]
`kbot`	Integer array describing which model layer intercepts the surface. [integer, optional, dimension(:,:)]

OUTPUT

`black_cphob_dt`	The array of the tendency of the hydrophobic black carbon aerosol mixing ratio. [real, dimension(:,:,:)]
`black_cphil_dt`	The array of the tendency of the hydrophilic black carbon aerosol mixing ratio. [real, dimension(:,:,:)]

atmos_organic_sourcesink

call atmos_organic_sourcesink (lon, lat, land, pwt, organic_carbon, organic_carbon_dt, & Time, is, ie, js, je, kbot)

DESCRIPTION

This routine calculates the source and sink terms for organic carbon. Simply put, the hydrophobic aerosol has sources from emissions and sinks from dry deposition and transformation into hydrophilic aerosol. The hydrophilic aerosol also has emission sources and has sinks of wet and dry deposition.

The following schematic shows how the organic carbon scheme is implemented.

 +------------+  Trans-   +------------+
 |  Hydro-    | formation |  Hydro-    |
 |  phobic    |           |  philic    |
 |  organic   |---------->|  organic   |
 |  carbon    |           |  carbon    |
 |            |           |            |
 +------------+           +------------+
    ^      |                ^    |   |
    |      |                |    |   |
    |      =                |    =   =
  Source  Dry            Source Dry Wet
          Dep.                  Dep Dep

The transformation time used here is 2 days, which corresponds to an e-folding time of 2.88 days. This can be varied as necessary.

INPUT

`lon`	Longitude of the centre of the model gridcells [real, dimension(:,:)]
`lat`	Latitude of the centre of the model gridcells [real, dimension(:,:)]
`land`	Land/sea mask. [real, dimension(:,:)]
`pwt`	The pressure weighting array. = dP/grav [real, dimension(:,:,:)]
`organic_carbon`	The array of the organic carbon aerosol mixing ratio [real, dimension(:,:,:)]
`Time`	Model time. [type(time_type)]
`is, ie, js, je`	Local domain boundaries. [integer]
`kbot`	Integer array describing which model layer intercepts the surface. [integer, optional, dimension(:,:)]

OUTPUT

organic_carbon_dt The array of the tendency of the organic carbon aerosol mixing ratio.
[real, dimension(:,:,:)]

atmos_carbon_aerosol_init

call atmos_carbon_aerosol_init (lonb, latb, r, axes, Time, mask)

DESCRIPTION

This subroutine querys the tracer manager to find the indices for the various carbonaceous aerosol tracers. It also registers the emission fields for diagnostic purposes.

INPUT

`lonb`	The longitudes for the local domain. [real, dimension(:)]
`latb`	The latitudes for the local domain. [real, dimension(:)]
`mask`	optional mask (0. or 1.) that designates which grid points are above (=1.) or below (=0.) the ground dimensioned as (nlon,nlat,nlev). [real, optional, dimension(:,:,:)]
`Time`	Model time. [type(time_type)]
`axes`	The axes relating to the tracer array dimensioned as (nlon, nlat, nlev, ntime) [integer, dimension(4)]

INPUT/OUTPUT

`r`	Tracer fields dimensioned as (nlon,nlat,nlev,ntrace). [real, dimension(:,:,:,:)]

atmos_carbon_aerosol_end
```
call atmos_carbon_aerosol_end 
```
DESCRIPTION

This subroutine writes the version name to logfile and exits.

DATA SETS

Black carbon emissions: The black carbon emission dataset is that derived in Cooke et al. (1999) The dataset can be obtained from the contact person above.
Organic carbon emissions: The organic carbon emission dataset is that derived in Cooke et al. (1999) The dataset can be obtained from the contact person above.

ERROR MESSAGES

None.

REFERENCES

Cooke, W. F. and J. J. N. Wilson, A global black carbon aerosol model, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 19395-19409, 1996.
Cooke, W. F., C. Liousse, H. Cachier and J. Feichter, Construction of a 1 x 1 fossil fuel emission dataset for carbonaceous aerosol and implementation and radiative impact in the ECHAM-4 model, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 22137-22162, 1999
Cooke, W.F., V. Ramaswamy and P. Kasibathla, A GCM study of the global carbonaceous aerosol distribution. J. Geophys. Res., 107, accepted, 2002

COMPILER SPECIFICS

None.

PRECOMPILER OPTIONS

None.

LOADER OPTIONS

None.

TEST PROGRAM

None.

KNOWN BUGS

None.

NOTES

None.

FUTURE PLANS

None.

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