-- TWikiGuest - 03 Apr 2008 I am a second year grad student in Atmos Sciences. My research project is focusing on a modeling study of methanesulfonic acid (MSA) as a proxy of sea ice extent. I will estimate ocean emissions of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the sea ice zone. These are oxidized in the atmosphere to MSA. A regional chemical transport model over Antarctica will be used to simulate oxidation and deposition on the continent. Once a signal of MSA deposition is determined in the model, these can then be compared to the satellite record of sea ice extent, as well as ice core and snow pit analyses over the continent.

My interest is this class is primarily to understand how a model is constructed, as well as to gain better insight into how the GCMs work and the experiments that can be run with them. I have some experience with running CCSM.