Topping, David and Barley, Mark and Bane, Michael and Higham, Nicholas J. and Aumont, Berbard and Dingle, Nicholas and McFiggans, Gordon (2016) UManSysProp V1.0: An Online and Open-Source Facility for Molecular Property Prediction and Atmospheric Aerosol Calculations. Geoscientific Model Development, 9 (2). pp. 899-914.
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In this paper we describe the development and application of a new web-based facility, UManSysProp (http://umansysprop.seaes.manchester.ac.uk), for automating predictions of molecular and atmospheric aerosol properties. Current facilities include pure component vapour pressures, critical properties, and sub-cooled densities of organic molecules; activity coefficient predictions for mixed inorganic�organic liquid systems; hygroscopic growth factors and CCN (cloud condensation nuclei) activation potential of mixed inorganic�organic aerosol particles; and absorptive partitioning calculations with/without a treatment of non-ideality. The aim of this new facility is to provide a single point of reference for all properties relevant to atmospheric aerosol that have been checked for applicability to atmospheric compounds where possible. The group contribution approach allows users to upload molecular information in the form of SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System) strings and UManSysProp will automatically extract the relevant information for calculations. Built using open-source chemical informatics, and hosted at the University of Manchester, the facilities are provided via a browser and device-friendly web interface, or can be accessed using the user�s own code via a JSON API (application program interface). We also provide the source code for all predictive techniques provided on the site, covered by the GNU GPL (General Public License) license to encourage development of a user community. We have released this via a Github repository (doi:10.5281/zenodo.45143). In this paper we demonstrate its use with specific examples that can be simulated using the web-browser interface.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | MSC 2010, the AMS's Mathematics Subject Classification > 65 Numerical analysis PACS 2010, the AIP's Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme > 50 PHYSICS OF GASES, PLASMAS, AND ELECTRIC DISCHARGES > 51 Physics of gases |
| Depositing User: | Nick Higham |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2016 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Oct 2017 14:13 |
| URI: | https://eprints.maths.manchester.ac.uk/id/eprint/2444 |
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