Is rfasst applicable to GCAM v8 and after 2050?

[benhbm]

Hello, dear developers!

• rfasst re-scales emissions from GCAM regions to TM5-FASST regions which is the purpose of Module 1. In GCAM v8, Ukraine is separated as an independent region. So is rfasst applicable to GCAM v8 as the GCAM regions have changed?
• Can I use rfasst to predict the future concentration, health impact, and agricultural impact after 2050 (like 2080, 2100)? I noticed that the rfasst user guide focuses on the prediction in 2050, and the TM5-FASST model only discusses the impact before 2050.

Thank you!

[jawessel]

@benhbm I came here to ask the same question about which GCAM version this works with, and saw you already did. Based on the cited paper (https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.03820), I think it can be used to go to 2100. But it looks like maybe it was created with GCAM-v5.3 (based on Figure 2 in that link). If that is the case, there may be more than just the Ukraine breakout that would need updated.

[benhbm]

@jawessel Hello Wessel! Thanks for your sharing! I still have doubts after reading the cited paper (https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.03820). It's said that the data structure of GCAM has changed since v6 and I am still not sure whether rfasst is applicable to GCAM v6 and v7. This is what I most want to know!!! As for 2100, the TM5-FASST model is rarely employed to analysis the data in 2100, but I think rfasst remains applicable through 2100.

[jawessel]

@benhbm https://github.com/bc3LC/rfasst is the most up-to-date version and should work with GCAM8.

[benhbm]

@jawessel Wessel! Thanks very much for your sharing and this helps me a lot! May I ask where states that it can work with GCAM v8? I didn't see it throughout the documentation.

[pkufubo]

@benhbm https://github.com/bc3LC/rfasst is the most up-to-date version and should work with GCAM8.

Thanks for this!