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A further advance occurred when Chesnavich et al. (1980) applied variational transition state theory (Chesnavich and Bowers 1982 Garrett and Truhlar 1979a,b,c,d Horiuti 1938 Keck 1967 Wigner 1937) to calculate the thermal rate coefficient for capture in a noncentral field. Under the assumptions that a classical mechanical treatment is valid and that the reactants are in equilibrium, this treatment provides an upper bound to the true rate coefficient. The upper bound was then compared to calculations by the classical trajectory method (Bunker 1971 Porter and Raff 1976 Raff and Thompson 1985 Truhlar and Muckerman 1979) of the true thermal rate coefficient for capture on the ion-dipole potential energy surface and to experimental data (Bohme 1979) on thermal ion-polar molecule rate coefficients. The results showed that the variational bound, the trajectory results, and the experimental upper bound were all in excellent agreement. Some time later, Su and Chesnavich (Su 1985 Su and Chesnavich 1982) parameterized the collision rate coefficient by using trajectory calculations. 

In Table II we compare rate coefficients calculated [20] for the He + HCt reaction using three different theories - the ACCSA, the statistical adiabatic channel model (SACM) of Troe [14] and classical trajectory calculations [16]. The trajectory calculations have been parameterized to give the simple formula... 

Maergoiz et al. [28-30] performed classical trajectory calculations for ion-dipole, ion-quadrupole and dipole-dipole collisions, deriving results for capture rate coefficients and expressing them in terms of two reduced parameters, the reduced temperature, d, closely related to the Tr parameter in the work of Chesnavich and co-workers, and the Massey parameter, which is equal to the ratio of the coUisional timescale to the rotational period of the neutral. 3> 1 corresponds to the adiabatic limit (see below). They gave parameterized expressions for k /ki, similar to those given by Su and Chesnavich [26], but extending the range of validity. 

Instead of seeking an analytical expression for the rate coefficient on the basis of classical expressions for the ion-molecule interaction potential, an alternative approach is to model the reaction process through a series of classical trajectory calculations. The details are somewhat complicated and so the interested reader should consult the original references. Importantly, the results of such trajectory calculations have been parameterized by Su and Chesnavich to give expressions which allow calculation of the rate coefficient [27], The resulting rate coefficient, termed the capture rate coefficient, heap, is given by... 

Recently, the dynamics of collisions between H and H atoms were examined in QCL trajectory calculations on a potentiaP which is a parameterized best fit to an accurate ab initio surface for collinear The... 

If the final structure either deviates from the refined model or does not match the NMR restraints (8) one has to revise the experimental data and the parameters used in the DG and MD computations (9). In many cases, mistakes are made when preparing and performing the computational processes (10) or even experimental errors might be present (11). Those errors include a wrong NMR peak assignment, no precise calibration of the NOE/ROE signals, an incorrect conversion of the experimental data to constraints, and a nonfactual parameterization of the rMD and fMD trajectories. In such cases either new calculations or new experiments must be performed. 

The reactions of the bare sodium ion with all neutrals were determined to proceed via a three-body association mechanism and the rate constants measured cover a large range from a slow association reaction with NH3 to a near-collision rate with CH3OC2H4OCH3 (DMOE). The lifetimes of the intermediate complexes obtained using parameterized trajectory results and the experimental rates compare fairly well with predictions based on RRKM theory. The calculations also accounted for the large isotope effect observed for the more rapid clustering of ND3 than NH3 to Na+. 

The stereochemical product distribution of the VCP rearrangement to CP was calculated based on quasiclassical trajectories (VENUS-MOPAQ run on a modified AMI PES parameterized to reproduce ab inito energies (AM1-SRP). Trajectories were initialized at TS1, TS2, and TS3 with quasiclassical TS sampling, in which initial coordinates and momenta that approximated a quantum mechanical Boltzmann distribution were generated by the TS normal-mode sampling procedure. 

The difference from classical force field based simulations where the forces are calculated from pre-defined pair potentials is that the forces are derived from the global potential energy surface of an electronic structure theory. The vastly higher computational costs of an electronic structure calculation restrict the system size and the length of trajectories accessible by ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. However, it becomes clear that CPMD and AIMD are important steps towards general predictive methods, due to their independence from parameterizations. 

The Eta model is a regional weather prediction primitive equation model for synoptic and meso-scale processes. The model uses several sophisticated numerical methods and parameterization [21,78]. Using the viscous sublayer scheme for surface mixing [79], the Eta model has clear advantages in performing calculations of the surface pollutant flux. This is also the case with the calculation of lower level air trajectories in complex topographic conditions, such as on the Balkan Peninsula [80]. 

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