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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Atmos Chem Phys. 2013 Sep;13(18):9607–9621. doi: 10.5194/acp-13-9607-2013

Table 1.

Mapping table between CAM-Chem and CMAQ.

CAM-Chem species Species Name CMAQ species

Gas Species

O3 Ozone O3
NO Nitric oxide NO
NO2 Nitrogen dioxide NO2
NO3 Nitrate radical NO3
HNO3 Nitric Acid HNO3
HO2NO2 Peroxynitric acid PNA
N2O5 Dinitrogen pentoxide N2O5
OH Hydroxyl radical OH
HO2 Hydroperoxyl radical HO2
HO2 Hydrogen Peroxide HO2
CO Carbon monoxide CO
CH3OOH Methyl hydroperoxide MEPX
CH2O Formaldehyde FORM
C2H4 Ethene ETH
CH3CHO Acetaldehyde ALD2
C2O3 Acetylperoxy radical C2O3
PAN Peroxyacetyl nitrate PAN
CH3COCHO Methylglyoxal and other aromatic products MGLY
ROOH Higher organic peroxide ROOH
ONIT Organic nitrate NTR
ISOP Isoprene ISOP
PAR Paraffin carbon bond (C-C) PAR
OLE Terminal olefin carbon bond (R-C=C) OLE
TOLUENE Toluene and other monoalkyl aromatics TOL
SO2 Sulfur dioxide SO2
C10H16 Terpene TERP
NH3 Ammonia NH3
CH4 Methane CH4
XO2 NO to NO2 conversion from alkylperoxy (RO2) radical XO2
XO2N NO to organic nitrate conversion from alkylperoxy (RO2) radical XO2N
ROR Secondary alkoxy radical ROR
CL2 Chlorine gas CL2
HOCL Hypochlorous acid HOCL
HCL Hydrogen chloride HCL

Particulate Matters

SO4 Sulfate ASO4J
NH4NO3 Ammonium nitrate ANH4J+ANO3J
CB1+CB2 Black carbon, hydrophobic+ hydrophillic AECJ
OC1+OC2 Organic carbon, hydrophobic+hydrophillic APOCJ
SSLT1+SSLT2 Sea salt, 0.1–0.5 μm, 0.5–1.5 μm ANAJ/ACLJ
SSLT3+SSLT4 Sea salt, 1.5–5 μm, 5–10 μm ANAK/ACLK