First-Order Loss

First-Order Loss reactions take the form:

\[\ce{X} \rightarrow\]

where \(\ce{X}\) is the species being lost.

First-Order loss rate constants are constant. A conforming implementation of version 1.0.0 of the configuration will provide ways to dynamically update wet deposition rates if nonconstant rates are needed.

Input data for first-order loss reactions have the following format:

YAML

type: FIRST_ORDER_LOSS
species: species name
scaling factor: 1.2

JSON

{
    "type": "FIRST_ORDER_LOSS",
    "species": "species name",
    "scaling factor": 1.2
}

The key-value pair species is required, and its value must be the name of the species being removed by the reaction. The scaling factor is optional and can be used to set a constant scaling factor for the rate constant. When a scaling factor is not provided, it is assumed to be 1.0. All other data is optional and will be available to external modules during initialization. Rate constants are in units of \((\mathrm{s}^{-1})\).