Mission Support: ARCTAS Chemical Constituent Forecasts


GEOS-5 Configuration for ARCTAS
GEOS-5 Forecasting Page for ARCTAS
NASA GSFC Code 613.3/Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch
NASA GSFC Code 610.1/Global Modeling and Assimilation Office
NASA ARCTAS Mission Page

Welcome to the homepage for NASA GSFC Code 613.3 and GMAO chemical constituent forecasts supporting ARCTAS. Results are shown for forecasts run with the GEOS-5 model. The page is divided into the following sections:

Today's Aerosols and CO
Animations of Constituent Forecasts
Static Plots of Constituent Fields
Notes and Descriptions Explaining the Model


Today's Aerosols

Latest 5-day Aerosol Forecast in Google Earth Today's Aerosols: Click for larger image

Today's CO

Latest 5-day CO Forecast in Google Earth Today's CO: Click for larger image



Animations

Click a link below for animations
Fire Detections (since Jan. 1, 2008)
Aerosol AOD (5-day forecast)
CO (5-day forecast)



Static Plots

To view model forecasts of the following variables, please select as many from the list as you would like to see, scroll down to select a date, and click "Show Plots!"

Aerosol (non-carbonaceous)

Total Aerosol Optical Thickness
Level:Total Atmosphere
Dust Aerosol Optical Thickness
Level:Total Atmosphere
Seasalt Aerosol Optical Thickness
Level:Total Atmosphere
Sulfate Aerosol Optical Thickness
Level:Total Atmosphere
Dust Vertical Cross-Section
Bearing along:North-South East-West
Sea Salt Vertical Cross-Section
Bearing along:North-South East-West
Sulfate Vertical Cross-Section
Bearing along:North-South East-West

Aerosol (carbonaceous)
Carbonaceous AOT
Level:Total Atmosphere
Carbonaceous AOT (boreal biomass burning)
Level:Total Atmosphere
Carbonaceous AOT (non-boreal biomass burning)
Level:Total Atmosphere
Carbonaceous Vertical Cross-Section
Bearing along:North-South East-West

Carbon Monoxide (CO)
CO Mixing Ratio
Pressure Surface:850 hPa 700 hPa 500 hPa 300 hPa 150 hPa
CO Mixing Ratio (boreal biomass burning sources)
Pressure Surface:850 hPa 700 hPa 500 hPa 300 hPa 150 hPa
CO Mixing Ratio (non-boreal biomass burning sources)
Pressure Surface:850 hPa 700 hPa 500 hPa 300 hPa 150 hPa
CO Mixing Ratio (Russian fossil fuel sources)
Pressure Surface:850 hPa 700 hPa 500 hPa 300 hPa 150 hPa
CO Mixing Ratio (non-Russia Asian fossil fuel sources)
Pressure Surface:850 hPa 700 hPa 500 hPa 300 hPa 150 hPa
CO Mixing Ratio (European fossil fuel sources)
Pressure Surface:850 hPa 700 hPa 500 hPa 300 hPa 150 hPa
CO Mixing Ratio (North American fossil fuel sources)
Pressure Surface:850 hPa 700 hPa 500 hPa 300 hPa 150 hPa
CO (all sources) Vertical Cross-Section
Bearing along:North-South East-West

Cloud Fraction
Cloud Total Overlap
Level:Total Atmosphere
Cloud (low-level)
Level:Total Atmosphere
Cloud (mid-level)
Level:Total Atmosphere
Cloud (high-level)
Level:Total Atmosphere
Cloud Fraction Cross-Section
Bearing along:North-South East-West

Pick a date
Your selection is the particular forecast you want to view. You will subsequently be shown plots for the nearest model point and the following 5 days of the forecast.
Year: Month: Day: Hour:



Notes:

Model runs are generated with the NASA finite-volume General Circulation Model with the GEOS-5 meteorological assimilation and physics packages. On this page we present results for aerosos and CO (carbon monoxide). The aerosol package is based on GOCART [Chin et al., JGR, 2002] and contains dust, seasalt, sulfate, black carbon, and organic carbon aerosols. Biomass burning sources of carbonaceous aerosols, CO, and SO2 are determined in near real-time (and propagated forward in time for forecasts) from MODIS imagery and land mapping. Peter Colarco and Arlindo da Silva are responsible for the aerosol component. Randy Kawa and Huisheng Bian are responsible for the CO component. Arlindo da Silva is responsible for the biomass burning sources. Peter Colarco is responsible for the web page.

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Last Updated: 2008-03-20
Web Curator: Peter Colarco
Responsible NASA organization/official: Dr. Peter Colarco, GSFC Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch