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Instructions to use the chemistry evaluation are being developed here: Using chemistry diagnostics with CESM output

Our current atmospheric chemistry diagnostic development plans/wishlist (view on GitHub: https://github.com/NCAR/ADF/issues/237) are:

Diagnostic

Example Plot/Result

Github Issue

1. Chemistry/Aerosol budget Tables

Tables / Chemistry of ANN global budgets

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COMPLETE

https://github.com/NCAR/ADF/issues/236

To do: check against NCL script for correct calculations

2. Zonal Average comparisons between model runs.

Vertical Contour Plots contour plots of DJF, MAM, JJA, SON and ANN zonal means

List of species to evaluate: TBD

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Now with absolute and relative differences.

3. Ozone climatology comparison to observations

Profiles, seasonal cycles and Taylor diagrams

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Code re-submitted for addition to the ADF main branch with Taylor Diagrams now included in code along with the seasonal cycle and profile plots

Now in the main branch. Has one minor text error with the case name and/or nickname labels that will be addressed in a later fix.
4. Column comparison to satellite observations Lat/lon comparisons for (a) MOPITT carbon monoxide (b) OMI/MLS ozone (c) MODIS aerosol optical depth (d) MERRA aerosol optical depth	Image ModifiedImage Added	(a) CO: https://github.com/NCAR/ADF/issues/235 (b) O₃: https://github.com/NCAR/ADF/issues/242 (c&d) AOD: COMPLETE https://github.com/NCAR/ADF/issues/302
5. Vertical profile comparisons to observations (a) NOAA aircraft campaigns	Image Modified
6. Surface comparisons to observations (a) IMPROVE network	Image Modified
7. Water vapor tape recorder	Image Added

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https://github.com/NCAR/ADF/issues/332

To do: Adjust default color table so that the upper end of the table saturates at 4 or 5 e-6 kg/kg instead of 3

Color table adjusted to 1.5 - 3.5. Currently changed in pull request #339.
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COMPLETE

https://github.com/NCAR/ADF/issues/331

To do: Change variable to % difference

Pull request #339 initiated. Adds percent change panel to polar, zonal, meridional, and lat/lon plots.

WACCM ADF Goals (based on these comparisons https://github.com/NCAR/wawg_dev/issues/2):

QBO QBO, in progress
Zonal Mean U winds and Transform Eulerian Mean (TEM) of winds
Water Vapor (tape recorder); and temperature time series at 100 hPa in the tropics (compare with MLS) (#7 above)
Temperature: NH Polar
Temperature: SH Polar
Temperature: Dec Zonal Mean (against MERRA and SABER)
Temperature: June Zonal Mean (against MERRA and SABER)
Ozone diagnostics for lower stratosphere (ozone hole)

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