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Focusing on particle precipitation into the atmosphere we present whole-atmosphere model developments as well as scientific results using the Modular Earth Submodel System (MESSy). Parameterizations for Solar Proton Events as well as low-energy-electron precipitation are described and the implementation as MESSy submodels is outlined. Direct and indirect effects found in simulations using MESSy with the basemodel ECHAM5, a general circulation model, are discussed. As an additional development, the middle and upper atmosphere model CMAT2 was implemented as a MESSy basemodel and as a submodel for ECHAM5/MESSy to create a whole atmosphere model. This opens up new perspectives for particle precipitation modeling and some initial results are shown.
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Acknowledgements
The SPACENOX and SPE parameterizations were developed during the CAWSES/ProSECCO project (see Chap. 29), the remaining work was performed in the CAWSES/TIES project. Funding from the DFG for both projects is gratefully acknowledged. The simulations were performed at the Rechenzentrum Garching of the Max Planck Society and the DKRZ (Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum). The development of the ECHAM/MESSy-CMAT coupling was supported in the project WEStSiDe (Workflow environment for Earth System Simulations and Model Development) by the DEISA2 (Distributed European Infrastructure for Supercomputing Applications 2) initiative, funded by the EU FP-7 program (RI-222919). The Ferret program (http://www.ferret.noaa.gov) from NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory was used for creating some of the graphics. Thanks go to all MESSy developers and users for their support.
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Baumgaertner, A.J.G., Jöckel, P., Aylward, A.D., Harris, M.J. (2013). Simulation of Particle Precipitation Effects on the Atmosphere with the MESSy Model System. In: Lübken, FJ. (eds) Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth System (CAWSES). Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4348-9_17
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