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Revision as of 17:02, 24 June 2011
On this page we have posted complete information about all benchmark simulations (both 1-month and 1-year) for GEOS-Chem v9-01-01.
1-month benchmarks
v9-01-01
Description | |
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New features added into GEOS-Chem: | See this listing of new features in v9-01-01 |
Developer name(s) and institution(s): | See this listing of new features in v9-01-01 |
Version, resolution, met fields used: | v9-01-01, GEOS-5 (47L), 4x5 |
1-month benchmark finished on: | Tue Jun 7 17:04:42 EDT 2011 |
Compared to previous benchmark: | v8-03-02 |
This update will impact: (select all that apply with boldface) |
Advection, BL Mixing, Convection, Met Fields, Dry Dep, Wet Dep, Stratosphere, Anthro Emiss, Biogenic Emiss, Biomass Emiss, Photolysis, Chemistry, Other (please specify): Lightning, Diagnostics, |
Plots may be viewed at: | ftp://ftp.as.harvard.edu/pub/geos-chem/1mo_benchmarks/v9-01-01/ |
Metrics | |
Global mean OH (from log file): | 13.1878102519336 x 105 molec/cm3 |
Methyl chloroform lifetime: | 4.7490 years |
Did either of these change by more than 5%? | No (but v9-01-01 is 4.8% higher) |
At the SURFACE, list all species that changed by 10% or more: | None |
Comments on SURFACE differences: | |
At 500 hPa, list all species that changed by 10% or more: | None |
Comments on 500 hPa differences: | |
In the ZONAL MEAN PLOTS, list all species that changed by 10% or more: | None |
Comments on ZONAL MEAN differences: | Small changes in tropospheric OH on order of +/-0.05% |
In the EMISSION RATIO maps, list all species that changed by 10% or more: | None |
Comments on EMISSION RATIO differences: | No changes in emissions. |
Additional or summary comments: | |
Approval | |
Requires further investigation: | NO |
Approved: | YES |
Date of approval: | 07 Jun 2011 |
1-year benchmarks
For each benchmark run, plots comparing modeled aerosols to observations are now available. The plotting program and observations were provided by Colette Heald.
Run0
Three GEOS-Chem model versions were compared to each other:
Color | Quantity Plotted | Met Type | Anthro emissions | Biofuel emissions | Lightning Emissions | Linoz | Annual Mean OH [105 molec/cm3] |
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Red | v8-02-04-Run1 | GEOS-5, 4x5 | Same as v8-02-04-Run0 | Same as v8-02-04-Run0 | Same as v8-02-04-Run0 | OFF | 11.048 |
Green | v8-02-04-Run2 | GEOS-5, 4x5 | " " | " " | " " | ON | 11.067 |
Blue | v9-01-01-Run0 (w/ post-release patches) |
GEOS-5, 4x5 | + ICOADS ship emissions + Bug fixes for ship emissions |
+ Bug fix for biofuels in EPA/NEI05 | " " | " " | 11.865 |
Black | Observations |
The output plots for Run0 (both PostScript and PDF format) may be downloaded from:
ftp ftp.as.harvard.edu cd pub/geos-chem/1yr_benchmarks/v9-01-01/geos5/2005/Run0/output/ps mget * cd pub/geos-chem/1yr_benchmarks/v9-01-01/geos5/2005/Run0/output/pdf mget *
You may also view the PDF files online by pointing your browser to
ftp://ftp.as.harvard.edu/pub/geos-chem/1yr_benchmarks/v9-01-01/geos5/2005/Run0/output/pdf/
--Bob Y. 12:04, 24 June 2011 (EDT)
Run1
Three GEOS-Chem model versions were compared to each other:
Color | Quantity Plotted | Met type | Anthro emissions | Biofuel emissions | Lightning Emissions | Linoz | Annual Mean OH [105 molec/cm3] |
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Red | v8-02-04-Run2 | GEOS-5, 4x5 | Same as v8-02-04-Run0 | Same as v8-02-04-Run0 | Same as v8-02-04-Run0 | ON | 11.067 |
Green | v9-01-01-Run0 (w/ post-release patches) |
GEOS-5, 4x5 | + ICOADS ship emissions + Bug fixes for ship emissions |
+ Bug fix for biofuels in EPA/NEI05 | " " | " " | 11.865 |
Blue | v9-01-01-Run1 (w/ post-release patches) |
GEOS-5, 4x5 | " " | " " | + Updated LNOx algorithm from Lee Murray | " " | 12.242 |
Black | Observations |
The output plots for Run1 (both PostScript and PDF format) may be downloaded from:
ftp ftp.as.harvard.edu cd pub/geos-chem/1yr_benchmarks/v9-01-01/geos5/2005/Run1/output/ps mget * cd pub/geos-chem/1yr_benchmarks/v9-01-01/geos5/2005/Run1/output/pdf mget *
You may also view the PDF files online by pointing your browser to
ftp://ftp.as.harvard.edu/pub/geos-chem/1yr_benchmarks/v9-01-01/geos5/2005/Run1/output/pdf/
--Bob Y. 12:04, 24 June 2011 (EDT)