ID-344 : BC simulation using a regional model during R/V Mirai cruise in 2016
Type
MODEL
Title
BC simulation using a regional model during R/V Mirai cruise in 2016
Abstract
Black carbon (BC) particles strongly absorb sunlight, and it has recently emerged as a major contributor to the global climate change, possible second to CO2 and methane. To evaluate the BC transport and deposition from East Asia to the Arctic region, we have conducted model simulations using a regional chemical transport model WRF/Chem during the period of the MR16-06 cruise of R/V Mirai to the Arctic Sea in 2016.
Model Characteristics
The WRF/Chem model is an online model, and the meteorological field is calculated at every time step and simple assimilation by nudging is applied to the calculated meteorology (horizontal wind, temperature, and humidity) using NCEP-GFS forecasted data to improve the forecast skill of the meteorological field. The timestep was originally set to 6 minutes and was diagnosed based on the computational stability; the Courant number was kept at 1.0 or lower for the horizontal and vertical dimensions during the calculation. The Mellor–Yamada–Nakanishi– Niino level 2 scheme was used for the planetary boundary scheme. Morrison two-moment microphysics scheme and the G3 convection scheme were used for the calculation of the grid-scale and subgrid-scale clouds and precipitation, respectively. The model-calculated precipitation rate in these scheme is also used for the estimation of wet removal of particles in the model.
Computing Environment
JAMSTEC SC System and DA System
Principal Investigator
Masayuki Takigawa
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
takigawa@jamstec.go.jp
Data Information
Model Name
WRF/Chem version 3.8.1
Abstract (Brief description of the experiment contents (initial conditions, boundary conditions, etc.))
horizontal grids : 45 km, 400x400 grids
vertical layers : 35 layers up to 100hPa
calculation period: during the cruise of R/V Mirai to the Arctic since 2014
meteorological fields : NCEP FNL
initial/boundary conditions for chemical species : MOZART4
chem. module : RACM (gaseous) + GOCART (particles)
BC conversion from hydrophobic to hydrophilic: 2.5 days
emissions:
EDGAR4.2 (anthropogenic)
MEGAN2 (biogenic, every 20 minutes using meteorological fields)
quasi-realtime version of FINN (biomass burning, daily)
Temporal Extent
| Begin Date | 2014-08-01 |
| End Date | 2018-11-01 |
| Temporal Characteristics | hourly |
Geographic Bounding Box
| North bound latitude | 90.0 |
| West bound longitude | 0.0 |
| Eastbound longitude | 360.0 |
| South bound latitude | -10.0 |
GridDimension Name Dimension Size (slice number of the dimension) Resolution Unit row 399 40 km column 399 40 km vertical 1 U, V, and concentrations (BC and O3) for the lowermosl leve in the model. 3D values will be distributed upon request from users.
| Dimension Name | Dimension Size (slice number of the dimension) | Resolution Unit |
|---|---|---|
| row | 399 | 40 km |
| column | 399 | 40 km |
| vertical | 1 | U, V, and concentrations (BC and O3) for the lowermosl leve in the model. 3D values will be distributed upon request from users. |
Data Information
Related URL
Article (the article written using this data)
Masayuki TAKIGAWA, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Fumikazu TAKETANI, Yugo KANAYA and Yutaka KONDO, Polar Data Journal, Vol. 2, 1–13, 2018.
Personnel
| Roll | Contact Person | Name | Masayuki Takigawa | Affiliation | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology | Country | Japan | takigawa@jamstec.go.jp |
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Data Registration
06:36 on Mon September 30, 2019
Last Update
06:36 on Mon September 30, 2019