Benchmark/GEOS-FP 5.25

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This page includes information about benchmark simulations comparing GEOS-FP 5.22.0 meteorology to GEOS-FP 5.25.1 meteorology using GEOS-Chem 12.8.0.

Major update to GEOS-FP meteorology

NASA’s Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) announced a major update to the GEOS-FP (“Forward-processing”) data stream. The switchover to GEOS-FP version 5.25.1 occurred on January 30, 2020. This new version contains the following updates to the GCM:

  1. New convection scheme: The RAS convection scheme used to date has now been replaced with Grell & Freitas deep convection plus Park & Bretherton shallow convection.
  2. New radiation scheme: The Chou-Suarez shortwave model has been replaced by RRTMG.

For more details, please read the full announcement about the update to GEOS-FP 5.25.1.

Because the GEOS-FP meteorological product is an operational dataset, system changes and updates such as these are made at regular intervals. This ensures that the GEOS-FP data product reflects the state of the science. If you use GEOS-FP met fields to drive GEOS-Chem simulations for model dates after January 30, 2020, note that the convection and radiation variables might show substantial differences with respect to prior dates.

The benchmark simulations below can be used to assess the impacts of this GEOS-FP system update. The simulations were completed for January 2020 using parallel streams of the GEOS-FP 5.22.0 and 5.25.1 products provided by GMAO.

NOTE: If you would prefer using a meteorology product that does not contain any system changes, then consider using the GMAO MERRA-2 reanalysis product. MERRA-2 has a native resolution of 0.5 degree x 0.625 degree native resolution, and is generated with a “frozen” assimilation system based on the GEOS GCM version 5.12.4. There are more than 30 years of assimilated MERRA-2 data available (~1980-present) for you to use with GEOS-Chem.

1-month full-chemistry benchmark plots

Enable PDF bookmarks1 in the files linked below to navigate between species. See the Species in GEOS-Chem wiki page for species definitions and details.

Species Category2 Plots Additional Information
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*

* Lightning NOx and volcano emissions are off in both simulations because no data are available for January 2020.

Emission totals Tables by species

Tables by inventory

Global mass Entire atmosphere

Troposphere only

Metrics OH concentration, MCF lifetime, CH4 lifetime
Budget tables

Budget totals by vertical region

1All plots created with GCPy have PDF bookmarks. If you do not see them in your browser try using a different browser (not Safari) or installing an Adobe Acrobat plug-in.

2Species category and lumped species definitions are simple to adjust. Updating them requires only editing the YAML files.

1-month transport tracer benchmark plots

Species Category2 Plots
Level Map Zonal Mean
RnPbBeTracers

Rn222, Pb210, Pb210Strat, Be7, Be7Strat, Be10, Be10Strat

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere
PassiveTracers

PassiveTracer, SF6Tracer, CH3ITracer, COAnthroEmis25dayTracer, COAnthroEmis50dayTracer, COUniformEmis25dayTracer, GlobEmis90dayTracer, NHEmis90dayTracer, SHEmis90dayTracer

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere
WetLossConv

Pb210, Pb210Strat, Be7, Be7Strat, Be10, Be10Strat

sfc 500 hPa full column strat
WetLossLS

Pb210, Pb210Strat, Be7, Be7Strat, Be10, Be10Strat

sfc 500 hPa full column strat
 
Pb-Be Budgets GEOS-FP 5.22.0 (Ref): GEOS-FP 5.25.1 (Dev):
Operation budgets
Strat-trop exchange GEOS-FP 5.22 (Ref): GEOS-FP 5.25 (Dev):