Publications & Team

Citing gSAM–Chem

If you use gSAM–Chem in your research, please cite the primary model description paper:

Please also cite the SAM dynamical core on which gSAM–Chem is built:

Related Work

These papers inform the chemistry, emissions, and science context of gSAM–Chem:

• Transport and chemistry of isoprene and its oxidation products in deep convective clouds Related
  Bardakov, R., Thornton, J.A., Riipinen, I., Krejci, R., and Ekman, A.M.L.
  Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 2021, doi:10.1080/16000889.2021.1979856
• Inferring drivers of tropical isoprene: competing effects of emissions and chemistry Related
  Yoon, J.Y.S., Wells, K., Millet, D.B., Frankenberg, C., Sanghavi, S., Swann, A.L.S., Thornton, J.A., and Turner, A.J.
  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 26, 4509–4529, 2026, doi:10.5194/acp-26-4509-2026
• Impacts of interannual isoprene variations on methane lifetimes and trends Related
  Yoon, J.Y.S., Wells, K., Millet, D.B., Swann, A.L.S., Thornton, J.A., and Turner, A.J.
  Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2025GL114712, 2025, doi:10.1029/2025GL114712
• Sensitive response of atmospheric oxidative capacity to the uncertainty in the emissions of nitric oxide (NO) from soils in Amazonia Related
  Lee, B.H., Munger, J.M., Wofsy, S.C., Rizzo, L.V., Yoon, J.Y.S., Turner, A.J., Thornton, J.A., and Swann, A.L.S.
  Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL107214, 2024, doi:10.1029/2023GL107214

Development Team

gSAM–Chem was originally developed by members of the Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science at the University of Washington.

James Yoon

Ph.D. Student
Lead developer

Alex Turner

Assistant Professor
Atmospheric chemistry

Joel Thornton

Professor
Atmospheric chemistry

Peter Blossey

Research Professor
Cloud physics & LES

Contact

For questions about gSAM–Chem, please open an issue on GitHub. For other inquiries, contact James Yoon or Alex Turner:

• James Yoon: jyyoon@uw.edu
• Alex Turner: turneraj@uw.edu
• Source code: github.com/gsam-chem/gsam-chem

Acknowledgements

This work originated through the FETCH₄ project, supported by Schmidt Sciences via the VESRI program, and has continued with support from the U.S. Department of Energy (grant no. DE-SC0025239).