Feature description
PROTEUS has the option to post-process with 'offline' disequilibrium chemistry using VULCAN's chemical kinetics modelling. This sums species' production/loss/transport rates at each layer of the atmosphere, to timestep their abundances. The steady state abundances are currently saved into a CSV file but the rate information is discarded.
Preferred solution
Storing reaction rate information from VULCAN is valuable, as it helps diagnose which pathways are dominant and why certain species are formed. This should ideally be kept as a NetCDF file, since there's a lot of information to store per layer of the atmosphere.
Additional information
Arose during conversation with @rdc49 about his K2-18 b project, in which the CO and CO2 abundances (and their ratio) are seemingly correlated with the N budget. Also some behaviour with H2O production.
Feature description
PROTEUS has the option to post-process with 'offline' disequilibrium chemistry using VULCAN's chemical kinetics modelling. This sums species' production/loss/transport rates at each layer of the atmosphere, to timestep their abundances. The steady state abundances are currently saved into a CSV file but the rate information is discarded.
Preferred solution
Storing reaction rate information from VULCAN is valuable, as it helps diagnose which pathways are dominant and why certain species are formed. This should ideally be kept as a NetCDF file, since there's a lot of information to store per layer of the atmosphere.
Additional information
Arose during conversation with @rdc49 about his K2-18 b project, in which the CO and CO2 abundances (and their ratio) are seemingly correlated with the N budget. Also some behaviour with H2O production.