GEOS-Chem 13.3.0

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GEOS-Chem Versions Page

This page includes information about GEOS-Chem 13.3.0 which is currently in development.

Version overview

The items listed below have been added to GEOS-Chem 13.3.0 since GEOS-Chem 13.2.0. See also the following Github pages:

Feature Contributor(s) Model scope Notes
Updates that will affect full-chemistry benchmark simulations
Aromatic VOC chemistry Kelvin Bates (Harvard)
Ke Li (Harvard)
Mike Long (Harvard)
Chemistry
C2H2 and C2H4 chemistry Kelvin Bates (Harvard)
Ke Li (Harvard)
Mike Long (GCST)
Chemistry
CH3O2 + OH reaction Kelvin Bates (Harvard) Chemistry
HMS chemistry (via sulfate_mod.F90) Jonathan Moch (Harvard)
Mike Long (GCST)
Chemistry
Updates to IONO2 hydrolysis from Wang et al. (2021) Tomas Sherwen (York) Chemistry
Revise gamma(N2O5) computation; cap A at 3.2e-8 Viral Shah (Harvard) Chemistry
Bug fixes in heterogeneous chemistry: Viral Shah (Harvard)
Chris Holmes(FSU)
Chemistry
Cleaning up heterogeneous chemistry reaction rate computations Bob Yantosca (GCST) Chemistry &
Structural
Updated aerosol dry deposition Jeff Pierce (CSU) Dry deposition
Avoid double counting of acetone source from monoterpenes when using online MEGAN Dylan Millet (UMN) Emissions
Update volcano emissions to May 2020 and add climatology Christoph Keller (NASA/GMAO) Emissions
Updates that will NOT affect full-chemistry benchmark simulations
Updated offline dust emissions from Meng et al. (2021) Jun Meng (WUStL)
Yanshun Li (WUStL)
Emissions
Update US emissions to NEI2016 (as option) Barron Henderson (EPA)
Lyssa Freese (MIT)
Melissa Sulprizio (GCST)
Emissions
Send all HEMCO error messages to GEOS-Chem log Lizzie Lundgren (GCST) HEMCO
The ObsPack diagnostic can now use the ?ADV? wildcard Jessica Haskins (MIT) Diagnostics
Features only affecting GCHP:
Include thread number in GEOS-Chem and HEMCO error messages Lizzie Lundgren (GCST) GCHP/GEOS


GCHP Adjoint updates Colin Lee (CU Boulder) GCHP

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
GEOS-Chem Restart Files Default Updated full-chemistry and TOMAS restart files with new species for 13.3.0 added. ExtData/GEOSCHEM_RESTARTS/v2021-09/
Boundary conditions Default
(nested-grid simulations only)
Updated sample nested-grid boundary conditions with new species for 13.3.0 added. ExtData/HEMCO/SAMPLE_BCs/v2021-09/
OFFLINE_DUST Default Offline dust emissions from Meng et al. (2021) HEMCO/OFFLINE_DUST/v2021-08
VOLCANO Default Update offline dust emissions to May 2020 and add climatology HEMCO/VOLCANO/v2021-09
NEI2016 Optional EPA NEI2016 emissions (2002-2020) HEMCO/NEI2016/v2021-06

1-month benchmarks

TBD

1-year benchmarks

TBD