PROMOTE_VBS_scenarios

PROMOTE_VBS_scenarios

Scenario configuration files and configuration scripts for PROMOTE.

Processing Scripts
Volatility Space Creation

```design_vbs_dist.py``` This is the script for constructing the emitted VBS distributions, using the "pseudo-age" parameter, and for creating the vbs "pseudo-age" parameter input file.

Scenario_Input_Creation

```scenario_creation.py``` The script for creating the scenario chemistry files, this requires the gaussian parameter input file, as well as the vbs "pseudo-age" parameter input file. This script is designed to be run from the command line, providing the names of the input files as parameters (see script help for more details: ```python scenario_creation.py -h```).

Scenario Configurations
Config_Inputs
Contains the ```vbs_age_data.csv``` input file, created using the ```design_vbs_dist.py``` script.

scenario_chemistry_files
Contains the training and validation chemistry configuration files, created using the ```scenario_creation.py``` script.

example_chemistry_files
Example chemical configuration files. These define (for anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions, respectively):

• VBS volatility distribution: over 9 volatility bins, as a fraction of the original OM emissions)
• VBS emission scaling factor: can be used to ensure that the emitted condensed mass is close to that of the original OM emissions, or set to 1.0
• VBS reaction rate
• VBS oxidation fraction: the increase (as a fraction of the non-oxygen mass) in oxygen mass at each reaction step

example_date_files
Example time period configuration files. These define:

•  start and end dates
•  anthropogenic emission file to use (by month / year)
•  flag to determine if the simulation is started fresh, or if a restart file from a previous simulation should be used