CHIMERE documentation

This documentation is valid for the version of CHIMERE that is embedded in the CIF. This version does not match any “official/standard” version since it is maintained with its tangent-linear and adjoint codes.

• Chemical mechanism
  • ACTIVE_SPECIES
  • ANTHROPIC
  • BIOGENIC
  • CHEMISTRY
  • DEPO_PARS
  • DEPO_SPEC
  • FAMILIES
  • OUTPUT_SPECIES
  • PHOTO_PARAMETERS
  • REACTION_RATES
  • STOICHIOMETRY
  • WETD_SPEC
  • Parameters for advanced users:
• Coordinates files and associated information
  • COORD_DOM
  • COORDcorner_DOM
  • VCOORD_DOM
  • domainlist.nml
  • LANDUSE_DOM
• Switches on checks
  • ignore_chck_dates
• Meteorological input
• DIAGMET meteorological pre-processing
  • 1. Pressure, altitude, air density — altipres
  • 2. Interpolation to the surface — defcolumn
  • 3. Wind rotation — uv_rotation
  • 4. Urban corrections — mean_z0_shf_extra_urban_temp
  • 5. Sensible and virtual heat fluxes — sv_heat_flux
  • 6. Friction velocity — friction_velocity
  • 7. Near-surface potential temperature — boundary_layer_height
  • 8. CFL check — checkcfl
  • 9. Low-level relative humidity and cloud top — low_cloud_top
  • 10. Obukhov length — obukov_length
  • 11. Vertical turbulent diffusivity — vertical_turbulent_diffusivity
  • 12. Convective mass fluxes — convection
  • 13. Precipitation — precipitations
  • 14. Cloud optical thickness — cloud_optical_thickness
• Emission inputs
• Initial condition inputs
• Boundary condition inputs
• Parameters related to time steps
  • nphour
  • ichemstep
  • ihoursu
  • nsavedepos
  • nitgs
  • nitgssu
  • hpulse
• Parameters for various processes
  • ideepconv
  • useemisb
  • usechemistry
  • useemissions
  • usetransmix
  • usewetdepos
  • usedepos
  • useabsclipconc
  • clipconc
• Parameters on the vertical axis
  • nivout
  • nlevemis
  • nlevemis_bio:
• Output files
  • dumpnctype
  • dumpncoutput
  • dumpncpar
  • nparammax:
  • Deposition output
  • Concentration field output
  • Ouput of miscellaneous variables