GEOS-Chem 13.0.0
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Version overview
The following items have been added to GEOS-Chem 13.0.0 since the last benchmark for GEOS-Chem 12.9.0.
New data directories
The following data directories have been added or updated in this version. You will have to download the directories relevant to your simulation.
Inventory | Type | What was added? | Directory |
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CEDS | DEFAULT (full-chemistry simulations) |
CEDS_GBD-MAPS emission inventory (1970 - 2017) | HEMCO/CEDS/v2020-08/ |
QFED | OPTIONAL | Update QFED emissions through July 2020 | HEMCO/QFED/v2018-07/ |
ODIAC CO2 | DEFAULT (CO2 simulations) |
ODIAC fossil fuel emissions for CO2 simulations | HEMCO/CO2/v2019-12/ |
MERCURY | OPTIONAL (Hg simulations) |
Updated Streets Hg emissions |
HEMCO/MERCURY/v2020-07/ |
CH4 | DEFAULT (CH4 simulations) |
Global Inventory of Methane Emissions from Fuel Exploitation | HEMCO/CH4/v2020-02/ |
1-month benchmarks
Model setup
The following table describes the GEOS-Chem setup for both GEOS-Chem Classic and GCHP 1-month benchmark simulations.
Git tag(s): | 13.0.0-rc.0 |
Compared to previous benchmark: | 12.9.0 |
Software environment: | ifort 18.0.5 openmpi 4.0.1 netcdf-fortran 4.5.2 cmake 3.16.1 |
Meteorology fields: | MERRA-2 |
Benchmark month: | July 2019 |
This version will impact: (select all that apply with boldface) |
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Benchmark Plots and Tables
NOTES:
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- Species categories and lumped species definitions are simple to adjust. Updating them requires only editing the YAML files.
GCClassic version comparison
Below are links to plots and tables comparing 1-month simulations for GEOS-Chem Classic 12.9.0 (Ref) and GEOS-Chem Classic 13.0.0 (Dev).
Species Category | Plots | Additional Information | ||||
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Level Map | Zonal Mean | Emissions | ||||
Oxidants
O3, CO, OH, NOx |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Aerosols
DST1, DST2, DST3, DST4, NH4, NIT, SO4, BCPI, BCPO, OCPI, OCPO, AERI, BrSALA, BrSALC, ISALA, ISALC, NITs, SALA, SALC, SO4s, Simple_SOA, Complex_SOA |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | AOD |
Bromine
Bry, BrOx, Br, Br2, BrCl, BrNO2, BrNO3, BrO, CH3Br, CH2Br2, CHBr3, HOBr, HBr |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Chlorine
Cly, ClOx, Cl, ClO, Cl2, Cl2O2, ClOO, ClNO2, ClNO3, CCl4, CFCs, CH3Cl, CH2Cl2, CH3CCl3, CHCl3, HOCl, HCl, Halons, HCFCs, OClO |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | -- | |
Iodine
Iy, IxOy, I, I2, IBr, ICl, IO, IONO, IONO2, CH3I, CH2I2, CH2ICl, CH2IBr, HI, HOI, OIO |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Nitrogen
NOy, NOx, HNO2, HNO3, HNO4, MPAN, NIT, NO, NO2, NO3, N2O5, MPN, PAN, PPN, N2O, NHx, NH3, NH4, MENO3, ETNO3, IPRNO3, NPRNO3 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Primary Organics
EOH, MOH, ISOP, MTPA, MTPO, LIMO, ALK4, BENZ, CH4, C2H6, C3H8, PRPE, TOLU, XYLE |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Secondary Organics
ACTA, ALD2, CH2O, HPALDs, MACR, IEPOX, ACET, MEK, MVK, ISOPN, GLYX, HCOOH, MAP, RCHO, MP |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Secondary Organic Aerosols
TSOA0, TSOA1, TSOA2, TSOA3, ASOA1, ASOA2, ASOA3, ASOAN, TSOG0, TSOG1, TSOG2, TSOG3, ASOG1, ASOG2, ASOG3, INDIOL, LVOCOA, SOAIE, SOAGX, SOAP, SOAS |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Sulfur
SOx, DMS, OCS, SO2, SO4 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
ROy
H2O2, H, H2, H2O, HO2, O1D, OH, RO2 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | -- | |
J-values | sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | -- | -- |
Emissions by HEMCO category | Total
Aircraft, Anthropogenic, Biomass Burning, Biogenic, Lightning, Natural, Ocean, Seabirds, Decaying Plants, Ship, Soil, Degassing Volcanoes, Erupting Volcanoes | |||||
Emission totals | Tables by species | |||||
Global mass | Entire atmosphere | |||||
Metrics | OH concentration, MCF lifetime, CH4 lifetime | |||||
Budgets | Budgets after operations
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GCHP version comparison
Below are links to plots and tables comparing 1-month simulations for GCHP 12.9.0 (Ref) and GCHP 13.0.0 (Dev).
Species Category2 | Plots | Additional Information | ||||
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Level Map | Zonal Mean | Emissions | ||||
Oxidants
O3, CO, OH, NOx |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Aerosols
DST1, DST2, DST3, DST4, NH4, NIT, SO4, BCPI, BCPO, OCPI, OCPO, AERI, BrSALA, BrSALC, ISALA, ISALC, NITs, SALA, SALC, SO4s, Simple_SOA, Complex_SOA |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | AOD |
Bromine
Bry, BrOx, Br, Br2, BrCl, BrNO2, BrNO3, BrO, CH3Br, CH2Br2, CHBr3, HOBr, HBr |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Chlorine
Cly, ClOx, Cl, ClO, Cl2, Cl2O2, ClOO, ClNO2, ClNO3, CCl4, CFCs, CH3Cl, CH2Cl2, CH3CCl3, CHCl3, HOCl, HCl, Halons, HCFCs, OClO |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | -- | |
Iodine
Iy, IxOy, I, I2, IBr, ICl, IO, IONO, IONO2, CH3I, CH2I2, CH2ICl, CH2IBr, HI, HOI, OIO |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Nitrogen
NOy, NOx, HNO2, HNO3, HNO4, MPAN, NIT, NO, NO2, NO3, N2O5, MPN, PAN, PPN, N2O, NHx, NH3, NH4, MENO3, ETNO3, IPRNO3, NPRNO3 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Primary Organics
EOH, MOH, ISOP, MTPA, MTPO, LIMO, ALK4, BENZ, CH4, C2H6, C3H8, PRPE, TOLU, XYLE |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Secondary Organics
ACTA, ALD2, CH2O, HPALDs, MACR, IEPOX, ACET, MEK, MVK, ISOPN, GLYX, HCOOH, MAP, RCHO, MP |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Secondary Organic Aerosols
TSOA0, TSOA1, TSOA2, TSOA3, ASOA1, ASOA2, ASOA3, ASOAN, TSOG0, TSOG1, TSOG2, TSOG3, ASOG1, ASOG2, ASOG3, INDIOL, LVOCOA, SOAIE, SOAGX, SOAP, SOAS |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Sulfur
SOx, DMS, OCS, SO2, SO4 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
ROy
H2O2, H, H2, H2O, HO2, O1D, OH, RO2 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | -- | |
J-values | sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | -- | -- |
Emissions by HEMCO category | Total
Aircraft, Anthropogenic, Biomass Burning, Biogenic, Lightning, Natural, Ocean, Seabirds, Decaying Plants, Ship, Soil, Degassing Volcanoes, Erupting Volcanoes | |||||
Emission totals | Tables by species | |||||
Global mass | Entire atmosphere | |||||
Budgets | Budgets after operations |
GCHP and GEOS-Chem Classic comparison
Below are links to plots and tables comparing 1-month simulations for GEOS-Chem Classic 13.0.0 (Ref) and GCHP 13.0.0 (Dev).
Species Category2 | Plots | Additional Information | ||||
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Level Map | Zonal Mean | Emissions | ||||
Oxidants
O3, CO, OH, NOx |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Aerosols
DST1, DST2, DST3, DST4, NH4, NIT, SO4, BCPI, BCPO, OCPI, OCPO, AERI, BrSALA, BrSALC, ISALA, ISALC, NITs, SALA, SALC, SO4s, Simple_SOA, Complex_SOA |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | AOD |
Bromine
Bry, BrOx, Br, Br2, BrCl, BrNO2, BrNO3, BrO, CH3Br, CH2Br2, CHBr3, HOBr, HBr |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Chlorine
Cly, ClOx, Cl, ClO, Cl2, Cl2O2, ClOO, ClNO2, ClNO3, CCl4, CFCs, CH3Cl, CH2Cl2, CH3CCl3, CHCl3, HOCl, HCl, Halons, HCFCs, OClO |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | -- | |
Iodine
Iy, IxOy, I, I2, IBr, ICl, IO, IONO, IONO2, CH3I, CH2I2, CH2ICl, CH2IBr, HI, HOI, OIO |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Nitrogen
NOy, NOx, HNO2, HNO3, HNO4, MPAN, NIT, NO, NO2, NO3, N2O5, MPN, PAN, PPN, N2O, NHx, NH3, NH4, MENO3, ETNO3, IPRNO3, NPRNO3 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Primary Organics
EOH, MOH, ISOP, MTPA, MTPO, LIMO, ALK4, BENZ, CH4, C2H6, C3H8, PRPE, TOLU, XYLE |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Secondary Organics
ACTA, ALD2, CH2O, HPALDs, MACR, IEPOX, ACET, MEK, MVK, ISOPN, GLYX, HCOOH, MAP, RCHO, MP |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Secondary Organic Aerosols
TSOA0, TSOA1, TSOA2, TSOA3, ASOA1, ASOA2, ASOA3, ASOAN, TSOG0, TSOG1, TSOG2, TSOG3, ASOG1, ASOG2, ASOG3, INDIOL, LVOCOA, SOAIE, SOAGX, SOAP, SOAS |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Sulfur
SOx, DMS, OCS, SO2, SO4 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
ROy
H2O2, H, H2, H2O, HO2, O1D, OH, RO2 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | -- | |
J-values | sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | -- | -- |
Emissions by HEMCO category | Total
Aircraft, Anthropogenic, Biomass Burning, Biogenic, Lightning, Natural, Ocean, Seabirds, Decaying Plants, Ship, Soil, Degassing Volcanoes, Erupting Volcanoes | |||||
Emission totals | Tables by species | |||||
Global mass | Entire atmosphere | |||||
Budgets | Budgets after operations |
GCHP and GEOS-Chem Classic difference of differences
This table contains plots comparing the difference [GCHP 13.0.0 - GCHP 12.9.0] against the difference [GC Classic 13.0.0 - GC Classic 12.9.0], taken from 1-month benchmark simulations.
Category | Plots | |||
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Level Map | Zonal Mean | |||
Oxidants
O3, CO, OH, NOx |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Aerosols
DST1, DST2, DST3, DST4, NH4, NIT, SO4, BCPI, BCPO, OCPI, OCPO, AERI, BrSALA, BrSALC, ISALA, ISALC, NITs, SALA, SALC, SO4s, Simple_SOA, Complex_SOA |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Bromine
Bry, BrOx, Br, Br2, BrCl, BrNO2, BrNO3, BrO, CH3Br, CH2Br2, CHBr3, HOBr, HBr |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Chlorine
Cly, ClOx, Cl, ClO, Cl2, Cl2O2, ClOO, ClNO2, ClNO3, CCl4, CFCs, CH3Cl, CH2Cl2, CH3CCl3, CHCl3, HOCl, HCl, Halons, HCFCs, OClO |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Iodine
Iy, IxOy, I, I2, IBr, ICl, IO, IONO, IONO2, CH3I, CH2I2, CH2ICl, CH2IBr, HI, HOI, OIO |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Nitrogen
NOy, NOx, HNO2, HNO3, HNO4, MPAN, NIT, NO, NO2, NO3, N2O5, MPN, PAN, PPN, N2O, NHx, NH3, NH4, MENO3, ETNO3, IPRNO3, NPRNO3 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Primary Organics
EOH, MOH, ISOP, MTPA, MTPO, LIMO, ALK4, BENZ, CH4, C2H6, C3H8, PRPE, TOLU, XYLE |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Secondary Organics
ACTA, ALD2, CH2O, HPALDs, MACR, IEPOX, ACET, MEK, MVK, ISOPN, GLYX, HCOOH, MAP, RCHO, MP |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Secondary Organic Aerosols
TSOA0, TSOA1, TSOA2, TSOA3, ASOA1, ASOA2, ASOA3, ASOAN, TSOG0, TSOG1, TSOG2, TSOG3, ASOG1, ASOG2, ASOG3, INDIOL, LVOCOA, SOAIE, SOAGX, SOAP, SOAS |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Sulfur
SOx, DMS, OCS, SO2, SO4 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
ROy
H2O2, H, H2, H2O, HO2, O1D, OH, RO2 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
NOTE: At present, we have only created the diff-of-diffs plots for species concentration. This can be extended to other categories in the future.
Benchmark assessment form
Performance | GCClassic | GCHP |
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# CPUs, nodes: | 24 CPUs 1 node (Intel Cascade Lake) |
48 CPUs 2 nodes (Intel Broadwell) |
Wall time: | 06:54:01 | 14:26:01 |
CPU time / wall time: | 19.4750 | 47.0915 |
% of ideal performance: | 81.15% | 98.11% |
Memory: | 13.6795 GB | 133.28 GB |
Global mean OH: (% change from previous version) |
11.22769648880 x 105 molec/cm3 (-8.60%) |
11.24518930757 x 105 molec/cm3 (N/A) |
Methyl chloroform lifetime: (% change from previous version) |
5.5460 years (+8.20%) |
5.5318 years (N/A) |
Methane lifetime: (% change from previous version) |
9.3297 years (+8.09%) |
9.3064 years (N/A) |
Details | ||
Species, J-Values, and COLUMN AOD values that changed by 10% or more at the surface: | GCClassic version comparison | GCHP version comparison |
Species and J-Values that changed by 10% or more at 500 hPa: | GCClassic version comparison | GCHP version comparison |
Species and J-Values that changed by 10% or more in zonal mean: | GCClassic version comparison | GCHP version comparison |
Emissions that changed by 10% or more: | GCClassic version comparison | GCHP version comparison |
Overview | ||
Below we summarize the notable changes caused by specific updates.
Changes to benchmark setup
CEDS_GBD-MAPS emission inventory (1970 - 2017)
############################################################################### ### Emissions totals for inventory CEDS ### ### Ref = GCC_12.9.0; Dev = GCC_13.0.0-beta.0 ### ############################################################################### Ref Dev Dev - Ref CEDS ALD2 : 0.154944 0.154553 -0.000391 Tg CEDS ALK4 : 5.366765 6.199071 0.832306 Tg CEDS BCPI : 0.124817 0.091399 -0.033419 Tg CEDS BCPO : 0.499270 0.365595 -0.133675 Tg CEDS BENZ : 0.538499 0.540498 0.002000 Tg CEDS C2H6 : 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 Tg CEDS C3H8 : 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 Tg CEDS CH2O : 0.207237 0.188655 -0.018582 Tg CEDS CH4 : 0.000000 nan nan Tg CEDS CO : 48.242726 43.334313 -4.908413 Tg CEDS EOH : 0.338720 0.192327 -0.146393 Tg CEDS HCOOH : 0.790157 0.787156 -0.003002 Tg CEDS MEK : 0.259010 0.317764 0.058754 Tg CEDS MOH : 0.235222 0.256436 0.021214 Tg CEDS NH3 : 4.601724 4.532344 -0.069381 Tg CEDS NO : 6.332088 5.357930 -0.974158 Tg CEDS OCPI : 0.775254 0.517257 -0.257997 Tg CEDS OCPO : 0.775254 0.517257 -0.257997 Tg CEDS PRPE : 0.273593 0.278035 0.004443 Tg CEDS SO2 : 8.222032 5.677984 -2.544048 Tg CEDS SO4 : 0.254883 0.176018 -0.078865 Tg CEDS SOAP : 3.328738 2.990056 -0.338683 Tg CEDS TOLU : 0.641471 0.694438 0.052966 Tg CEDS XYLE : 0.627999 0.653520 0.025521 Tg CEDS pFe : 0.008222 0.005678 -0.002544 Tg
BENZ, C2H6, C3H8, EOH, ISOP, MEK, PRPE, TOLU, XYLE. Those species were traditionally treated as having a molecular weight of 12.0 g/mol which in some cases would be multiplied by the molecular ratio or number of carbon atoms in that species. Differences introduced by this update are primarily small, but arise from the difference between the actual species molecular weights compared to the molecular weight of carbon multiplied by the number of carbons (e.g. for acetone the actual molecular weight is 58.02 g/mol while it was previously treated as 12.0*3=36.0 g/mol). In addition, the GEOS-Chem and HEMCO output in 12.9.0 and earlier indicated units of v/v or kg/m2/s for many of these species when it was actually vC/v and kgC/m2/s, and this led to incorrect unit conversions in GCPy when creating benchmark plots and tables. Where possible, we have corrected that in this benchmark output for 13.0.0 so we are comparing similar units for 12.9.0 and 13.0.0 output but some species like EOH still show large differences. Heterogeneous chem fixes, performance improvements, and clarification
The following updates introduced differences on the order of numerical noise:
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Approval | ||
Requires further investigation: | ||
Approved by: | ||
Date of approval: |
1-year full-chemistry benchmarks
Model setup
The following table describes the GEOS-Chem setup for both GEOS-Chem Classic and GCHP 1-year benchmark simulations.
Git tag(s): | TBD |
Compared to previous benchmark: | 12.9.0 |
Software environment: | ifort 18.0.5 openmpi 4.0.1 netcdf-fortran 4.5.2 cmake 3.16.1 |
Meteorology fields: | MERRA-2 |
Benchmark date: | Spin-up run: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 Production run: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019 |
Benchmark Plots and Tables
Coming soon
1-year transport tracers benchmarks
Model setup
The following table describes the GEOS-Chem setup for both GEOS-Chem Classic and GCHP 1-year benchmark simulations.
Git tag(s): | TBD |
Compared to previous benchmark: | 12.9.0 |
Software environment: | ifort 18.0.5 openmpi 4.0.1 netcdf-fortran 4.5.2 cmake 3.16.1 |
Meteorology fields: | MERRA-2 |
Benchmark date: | Spinup run: Jan 2015 - Dec 2018 Production run: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019 |
Benchmark Plots and Tables
Coming soon
10-year stratospheric benchmarks
Model setup
The following table describes the GEOS-Chem setup for both GEOS-Chem Classic and GCHP 10-year benchmark simulations.
Git tag(s): | TBD |
Compared to previous benchmark: | N/A |
Software environment: | ifort 18.0.5 openmpi 4.0.1 netcdf-fortran 4.5.2 cmake 3.16.1 |
Meteorology fields: | MERRA-2 |
Benchmark date: | Jan 2010 - Dec 2019 |
Benchmark Plots and Tables
Coming soon