diff --git a/options/SPECIES/SPECIES_040 b/options/SPECIES/SPECIES_040
index 28c4552dad6c25fd8e39b5287efcf4dfdc71727c..db99287224c30d394f99c78aea4e5a611a059ce3 100644
--- a/options/SPECIES/SPECIES_040
+++ b/options/SPECIES/SPECIES_040
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 &SPECIES_PARAMS
- PSPECIES="EXAMPLE",          ! Tracer name
+ PSPECIES="BC",               ! Tracer name
  PDECAY=-9.9,                 ! Species half life
  PWETA_GAS=-0.9E-9,           ! Below-cloud scavenging (gases) - A (weta_gas)
  PWETB_GAS=-9.9,              ! Below-cloud scavenging (gases) - B (wetb_gas)
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@
  PCSNOW_AERO=1.0,             ! Below-cloud scavenging (particles) - Csnow (csnow_aero)
  PCCN_AERO=0.9,               ! In-cloud scavenging (particles) - CCNeff (ccn_aero)
  PIN_AERO=0.1,                ! In-cloud scavenging (particles) - INeff (in_aero)
- PDENSITY=1000.0,             ! Dry deposition (particles) - rho
- PDQUER=50.0E-06,             ! Dry deposition (particles) - dquer (equivalent diameter for shape)
+ PDENSITY=2000.0,             ! Dry deposition (particles) - rho
+ PDQUER=4.0E-07,              ! Dry deposition (particles) - dquer
  PDSIGMA=3.3,                 ! Dry deposition (particles) - dsig
- PNDIA=1,                     ! Dry deposition (particles) - number of diameter bins
  PDRYVEL=-9.9,                ! Alternative: dry deposition velocity
  PRELDIFF=-9.9,               ! Dry deposition (gases) - D
  PHENRY=-0.9E-9,              ! Dry deposition (gases) - Henrys const.
@@ -19,10 +18,4 @@
  POHCCONST=-0.9E-9,           ! OH Reaction rate - C [cm^3/molecule/sec]
  POHDCONST=-9.9,              ! OH Reaction rate - D [K]
  POHNCONST=2.0,               ! OH Reaction rate - C [cm^3/molecule/sec]
- PSHAPE=1,                    ! 0 for sphere, 1 any shape (defined by axes PLA,PIA,PSA), 2-cylinder, 3-cube, 4-tetrahedron, 5-octahedron, 6-ellipsoid
- PASPECTRATIO=20.0            ! Aspect ratio of cylinders: works for PSHAPE=2 only
- PLA=940,                     ! Longest axis in micrometer (Bagheri & Bonadonna 2016): only for PSHAPE=1
- PIA=9.4,                     ! Intermediate axis in micrometer: only for PSHAPE=1
- PSA=9.4,                     ! Smallest axis in micrometer: only for PSHAPE=1
- PORIENT=0,                   ! 0 for horizontal, 1 for random orientation of particles, 2 for an average between random and horizontal
  /