![]() | A multi-scale chemistry-transport model for atmospheric composition analysis and forecast
Current version: CHIMERE v2020r3 |
What's new? |
- [2023/06]: CHIMERE Workshop in Paris on June 22 and 23, 2023
- [2022/11]: Release of emiSURF_v2020r4
- [2022/09]: Wikipedia CHIMERE web pages [FR], [ENG]
- [2022/09]: Documentation "How is the code distributed?" [FR] [ENG]
- [2021/11]: Release of the v2020r3 version
- [2021/07]: Release of the v2020r2 version
- [2020/11]: Release of the v2020r1 version
2023 Workshop |
- The CHIMERE workshop will take place on June 22 and 23, 2023 at the Sorbonne Universite Campus (UPMC) in the center of Paris.
- 4, place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, Metro line 7 , stop Jussieu.
- Rotonde 44-45, first floor, room 102 (Centre Internationale des Conferences)
- The Workshop Agenda is available here:
New functionalities in v2020 version |
- WRF-CHIMERE online coupled model: The model can be used offline (with interfaces for ECMWF, WRF) or online coupled with WRF, for direct and indirect aerosol effects. Please read the WRF public notice
- Natural emissions: with the addition of dimethyl sulfide, new schemes for sea-salt, improvements for mineral dust and biomass burning and addition of NOx from lightning.
- Aerosols chemistry: with the addition of the SOAP thermodynamical model, as well as Volatility Basis Set scheme and the new H2O aerosol scheme for organic aerosols
- Subgrid scale variability: for cells with anthropogenic emissions with several activity sectors, it is possible to have pollutant concentrations for each.
- Vertical transport: Updated strategy for vertical advection of pollutants and implementation of the Despres and Lagoutiere (1999) antidiffusive advection scheme
Open positions |
- Post-doc position: Numerical modeling for hemispheric transport, Escalair project, coord. Romain Pennel,
- Post-doc position: WRF-chimere modelling in mountainous areas (Chile, Alps), Netdesa project, coord. Laurent Menut,

Hemispheric domain
Model description |
General presentation |
- CHIMERE is an open source multi-scale chemistry-transport model designed to produce (i) accurate analysis of pollution episodes, (ii) daily forecasts of ozone, aerosols and other pollutants, (iii) long-term simulations (entire seasons or years) for emission control scenarios.
- CHIMERE runs over a range of spatial scale, from the hemispheric to the urban scale with resolutions from 1km to several degrees.
- CHIMERE has many different options for simulations which make it also a powerful research tool for testing parameterizations. CHIMERE is a parallel model that has been tested on machines ranging from desktop PCs running the GNU/Linux operating system, to massively parallel supercomputers (HPCD at ECMWF).
- On this server, documentation and source codes are free to access. The model is proposed with a complete environment: global model climatologies for boundary conditions, programs for emissions (anthropogenic with emisurf, biomass burning).
- To learn how to use and modify the model, training sessions are organized once a year
Reference papers |
- Online coupling
- Tuccella P., et al., Implementation of aerosol-cloud interaction within WRF-CHIMERE online coupled model: evaluation and investigation of the indirect radiative effect from anthropogenic emission reduction on the Benelux, Atmosphere 2019, 10, 20; doi:10.3390/atmos10010020,
- Briant, R. et al., Aerosol-radiation interaction modelling using online coupling between the WRF 3.7.1 meteorological model and the CHIMERE 2016 chemistry-transport model, through the OASIS3-MCT coupler, Geosci. Model Dev., 10, 927-944, doi:10.5194/gmd-10-927-2017, 2017,
- Tuccella P., et al., Implementation of aerosol-cloud interaction within WRF-CHIMERE online coupled model: evaluation and investigation of the indirect radiative effect from anthropogenic emission reduction on the Benelux, Atmosphere 2019, 10, 20; doi:10.3390/atmos10010020,
- Model overviews
- Menut L., B. Bessagnet, R.Briant, A.Cholakian, F.Couvidat, S.Mailler, R.Pennel, G.Siour, P.Tuccella, S.Turquety, and M.Valari, The CHIMERE v2020r1 online chemistry-transport model, Geoscientific Model Development, 14, 6781-6811, 2021,
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- Mailler S. et al., CHIMERE-2017: from urban to hemispheric chemistry-transport modeling , Geosci. Model Dev., 10, 2397-2423, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-2397-2017,
, 2017
- Menut L., B. Bessagnet, R.Briant, A.Cholakian, F.Couvidat, S.Mailler, R.Pennel, G.Siour, P.Tuccella, S.Turquety, and M.Valari, The CHIMERE v2020r1 online chemistry-transport model, Geoscientific Model Development, 14, 6781-6811, 2021,
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Documentation, scripts, publications... |
- CHIMERE's use 2019 survey results
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For a complete description of the model, download the CHIMERE Documentation
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- A detailed list of known issues found (will be updated on a regular basis).
- List of publications using CHIMERE
Download the source codes and databases, register on the users mailing list |
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Where is the model used? |
The model is used in research institutes and in operational centers for forecast:
- France and Europe with
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- Europe with Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS)
- Italy: University of L'Aquila - CETEMPS
- Belgium: IRCELINE
- The Netherlands: KNMI
- South America and Argentina: CONAE
- In France and for specific regions: Airparif, AtmoSud, AtmoGrandEst, Air Normand
- In Europe and for specific regions: Il modello previsionale kAIROS (Italy)
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