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+&SPECIES_PARAMS
+ 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)
+ PCRAIN_AERO=1.0,             ! Below-cloud scavenging (particles) - Crain (crain_aero)
+ 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=2000.0,             ! Dry deposition (particles) - rho
+ PDQUER=4.0E-07,              ! Dry deposition (particles) - dquer
+ PDSIGMA=3.3,                 ! Dry deposition (particles) - dsig
+ PDRYVEL=-9.9,                ! Alternative: dry deposition velocity
+ PRELDIFF=-9.9,               ! Dry deposition (gases) - D
+ PHENRY=-0.9E-9,              ! Dry deposition (gases) - Henrys const.
+ PF0=-9,                      ! Dry deposition (gases) - f0 (reactivity)
+ PWEIGHTMOLAR=-9.9,           ! molweight
+ 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]
+ /