GEOS-Chem 14.0.0

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Version overview

The following items have been added to GEOS-Chem 14.0.0 since the last GEOS-Chem version GEOS-Chem 13.4.0. Also see the following Github pages:

Feature Contributor(s) Model scope Notes and references
Updates that will affect full-chemistry benchmark simulations
Fix bugs causing differences when splitting up GC-Classic and GCHP simulations in time Lizzie Lundgren (Harvard) Initialization
  • geoschem/geos-chem PR #1229
  • GCHP fullchem simulations now identical if broken up in time
  • Differences in GC-Classic persist due to I/O precision limitation of HEMCO
Remove unnecessary met-fields from GC-Classic restart file that caused incorrect initial meteorology Lizzie Lundgren (Harvard) Initialization
Fix GC-Classic pressure fixer bug causing high ozone bias over poles in 13.4 global simulations Lizzie Lundgren (Harvard) Meteorology
Fix dry deposition of methanol over oceans Lizzie Lundgren (Harvard)
Kelvin Bates (Harvard) 		Dry deposition
Add missing entries for POG and pFe in HEMCO_Config.rc Charley Fite (FSU)
Melissa Sulprizio (Harvard) 		Emissions
Updates that will NOT affect full-chemistry benchmark simulations
Updated offline biogenic VOC emissions
  • NOTE: Offline emissions are not used for benchmark simulations
 Hongjian Weng (PKU) Emissions
Updated offline soil NOx emissions
  • NOTE: Offline emissions are not used for benchmark simulations
 Hongjian Weng (PKU) Emissions
Replace input.geos with geoschem_config.yml Bob Yantosca (Harvard) Input files
Update to KPP 2.5.0 Bob Yantosca (Harvard) Structural
Change 4D State_Chm%Species array to vector of 3D concentration arrays Lizzie Lundgren (Harvard) Structural
Fix to save boundary conditions on first timestep Eloise Marais (UCL) Diagnostics
Fix bug in total OC diagnostic Lizzie Lundgren (Harvard) Diagnostics
Avoid div-by-zero in routine MMR_Compute_Flux Bob Yantosca (Harvard) Bug fix
Minor HEMCO updates, including: Bob Yantosca (Harvard)
Lizzie Lundgren (Harvard)
Melissa Sulprizio (Harvard) 		Structural
Fix compilation errors with the KPP/custom mechanism Lixu Jin (U. Montana)
Bob Yantosca (Harvard) 		User-built custom mechanisms with KPP
Bug fixes for the Hg simulation via KPP Ari Feinberg (MIT)
Viral Shah (GMAO)
Bob Yantosca (Harvard) 		Hg simulation
Updates for GEOS from GMAO Christoph Keller (GMAO) GEOS
Updates for GEOS-Chem and HEMCO in CESM Thibaud Fritz (MIT)
Lizzie Lundgren (Harvard)
Haipeng Lin (Harvard) 		CESM
Updates for GEOS-Chem in WRF-GC Haipeng Lin (Harvard) WRF-GC
Bug fix: Remove duplicate SO4 in the KPP aciduptake.eqn file Tomas Sherwen (York) Bug fix


Bug fix: Update HEMCO_Config.rc file to read newer CEDS data for the CO2 specialty simulation Bob Yantosca (Harvard) Bug fix
Bug fix in run directory creation for simulations with GCAP2 meteorology Lee Murray (U. Rochester) Run directory creation
Automated GEOS-Chem user registration (at first-time run directory creation) Lucas Estrada (Harvard) Run directory creation
Updates that will only affect GCHP
Upgrade GMAO libraries in GCHP Liam Bindle (WUStL)
Lizzie Lundgren (Harvard) 		Structural
Add option to use native GEOS-FP met fields in GCHP
  • Includes choice of mass fluxes or derived winds for advection
 Liam Bindle (WUStL) Met fields
Run directory updates to easily break up GCHP runs in time Lizzie Lundgren (Harvard) Structural
Bug fixes for MEGAN HEMCO extension Lizzie Lundgren (Harvard) Emissions
Vertical Mass Flux Diagnostic to be Scaled By 1/Dt Liam Bindle (WUStL) Diagnostics
Bug fix: Fix typo in path for Volcano_Table in GCHP run directory creation Killian Murphy (York) Bug fix
Bug fix: GCHP run directories incorrectly used MERRA2 if selecting GEOS-FP Liam Bindle (WUStL) Bug fix

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 Simulations What was added? Directory
GEOS-FP All Native GEOS-FP met fields at c720 resolution (~12 km), includes mass fluxes and derived winds.
Using these fields is an option in GCHP. 		GEOS_C720
OFFLINE_BIOVOC Full-chemistry;
Aerosols 		Updated offline biogenic VOC emissions to include the following updates based on GEOS-Chem 13.2.0:
  • Use new version Yuan-processed MODIS LAI (v2021-06);
  • Fix the unit bug for soil NOx emission;
  • Add methanol (MOH);
  • All emissions are now all in kg species/m2/s instead of kgC/m2/s
 HEMCO/OFFLINE_BIOVOC/v2021-12
OFFLINE_SOILNOX Full-chemistry Updated offline soil NOx emissions to include the following updates based on GEOS-Chem 13.2.0:
  • Fix the unit bug for soil NOx emission;
  • All emissions are now all in kg species/m2/s instead of kgN/m2/s
 HEMCO/OFFLINE_SOILNOX/v2021-12
GEOSCHEM_RESTARTS Full-chemistry;
TransportTracers 		Updated restart files to ones saved out from 1-year benchmarks for 14.0.0-rc.3 GEOSCHEM_RESTARTS/GC_14.0.0

1-month full-chemistry benchmarks

1-month benchmark setup

The following table describes the GEOS-Chem setup for both GEOS-Chem Classic and GCHP 1-month benchmark simulations.

Git tag(s):
  • GEOS-Chem Classic: 14.0.0-rc.3 (aka 14.0.0-alpha.10)
  • GCHP: 14.0.0-rc.3 (aka 14.0.0-alpha.10)
  • HEMCO: 3.5.0-rc.3
Compared to previous benchmark: 13.4.0-rc.4
Software environment:
  • gcc 10.2.0
  • OpenMPI 4.1.0
  • netcdf-fortran 4.5.3
  • CMake 3.17.3
  • ESMF 8.0.1
Model resolution:
  • GEOS-Chem Classic: 4° x 5°
  • GCHP: c24
Meteorology fields: MERRA-2
  • GEOS-Chem Classic: 4° x 5°
  • GCHP: 0.5° x 0.625°
Initial conditions: July 1, 2019
  • NOTE: GCHP c48 restart file regridded from GEOS-Chem Classic 4° x 5°
Benchmark month: July 2019
Chemistry setup: See fullchem.eqn
This version will impact:
(select all that apply with boldface)
  • Emissions
  • Photolysis
  • Chemistry
  • Dry Deposition
  • Wet Deposition
  • Advection
  • BL Mixing
  • Convection
  • Meteorology Fields
  • Other (please specify): Initial conditions

1-month internal benchmarks

Each update that will introduce a significant change in the full-chemistry simulation is tagged with an alpha version in Git. For each of these alpha versions, the GCST runs an internal 1-month benchmark simulation to isolate the impact from that update.

For more details on the update(s) included in each alpha version and a link to benchmark results, see this Google sheet.

1-month benchmark assessment form

Performance GEOS-Chem Classic GCHP
Grid resolution: 4° x 5° C24
# CPUs, nodes: 62 CPUs
1 node (AWS) 		62 CPUs
1 nodes (AWS)
Wall time: 06:34:40 06:31:28
Global mean OH:
(% change from previous version) 		11.97993514227 x 105 molec/cm3
(-0.52%) 		11.96980993701 x 105 molec/cm3
(-0.01%)
Methyl chloroform lifetime:
(% change from previous version) 		5.153411 years
(+0.43%) 		5.139423 years
(+0.024%)
Methane lifetime:
(% change from previous version) 		8.684125 years
(+0.41%) 		8.656943 years
(+0.027%)
Details
Species, J-Values, and COLUMN AOD values that changed by 10% or more at the surface: GEOS-Chem Classic 14.0.0 vs 13.4.0 GCHP 14.0.0 vs 13.4.0
Species and J-Values that changed by 10% or more at 500 hPa: GEOS-Chem Classic 14.0.0 vs 13.4.0 GCHP 14.0.0 vs 13.4.0
Species and J-Values that changed by 10% or more in zonal mean: GEOS-Chem Classic 14.0.0 vs 13.4.0 GCHP 14.0.0 vs 13.4.0
Emissions that changed by 10% or more: GEOS-Chem Classic 14.0.0 vs 13.4.0 GCHP 14.0.0 vs 13.4.0
Overview
Below we summarize the notable changes caused by specific updates. See also the internal benchmark results which isolate impacts from specific updates.

1. Fix GC-Classic pressure fixer bug that caused high ozone bias over poles in 13.4.0 global simulations

This fix addressed the high O3 bias over the poles and decreased O3 by up to 10 ppb at high latitudes as shown in this plot. Global mean OH concentrations changed by -0.49% with this fix.

This bug was identified when examining large differences in GEOS-Chem Classic vs GCHP that were introduced in 13.4.0. The decreases in O3 seen in GEOS-Chem Classic in this version largely correct the increases in O3 in GEOS-Chem Classic observed in 13.4.0


2. Fix dry deposition of methanol over oceans

This fix removed double counting of MOH dry deposition over the oceans and therefore caused a slight increase in MOH concentrations over the oceans. See this plot. Global mean OH concentrations changed by -0.02% with this fix.


3. Add missing entries for POG and pFe in HEMCO_Config.rc

This update increases pFe concentrations and emissions totals. In particular, entries for pFe were added for the AEIC2019, which are on by default in benchmark simulations causing the following increase in total pFe emissions:

     pFe Total          :           0.006824            0.006851      0.000028     0.405

NOTE: POG1 and POG2 are only utilized in complex SOA with SVPOA simulations so changing those species does not impact the benchmark output.


4. Fixes incorrect AOD wavelength used in Fast-JX for aerosol/dust

This fix causes small differences in AOD for OCPI, SO4, ISOP, and stratospheric liquid aerosol as shown in these plots. Other differences in AOD between 13.4.0 and 14.0.0 are primarily caused by the larger changes from the GEOS-Chem Classic pressure fixer bug.

5. Fix bugs causing differences when splitting up GC-Classic and GCHP simulations in time

Small differences were introduced by the these fixes because of impacts on initial conditions.

1-month GEOS-Chem Classic version comparison (14.0.0 vs 13.4.0)

Below are links to plots and tables comparing 1-month simulations for GEOS-Chem Classic 14.0.0-rc.3 (Dev) and GEOS-Chem Classic 13.4.0-rc.4 (Ref).

Species Category 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, HMS, BCPI, BCPO, OCPI, OCPO, AERI, BrSALA, BrSALC, ISALA, ISALC, NITs, SALA, SALC, SO4s, Simple_SOA, Complex_SOA, pFe

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere column total AOD
Bromine

Bry, BrOx, Br, Br2, BrCl, BrNO2, BrNO3, BrO, CH3Br, CH2Br2, CHBr3, HOBr, HBr

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere column total
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 column total
Nitrogen

NOy, NOx, HNO2, HNO3, HNO4, MPAN, NIT, NO, NO2, NO3, N2O5, MPN, PAN, PPN, N2O, NHx, NH3, NH4, MENO3, ETNO3, IPRNO3, NPRNO3, AONITA, ETHN, BZPAN, NPHEN

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere column total
Primary Organics

EOH, MOH, ISOP, MTPA, MTPO, LIMO, ALK4, BENZ, CH4, C2H2, C2H4, C2H6, C3H8, PRPE, TOLU, XYLE

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere column total
Secondary Organics

ACTA, ALD2, BALD, CH2O, HPALDs, MACR, IEPOX, ACET, HAC, MEK, MVK, ISOPN, GLYC, GLYX, HCOOH, MAP, PHEN, RCHO, ETHP, MP

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere column total
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 column total
Sulfur

SOx, DMS, HMS, OCS, SO2, SO4

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere column total
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

Tables by inventory

Global mass Entire atmosphere

Troposphere only

Metrics OH concentration, MCF lifetime, CH4 lifetime

1-month GCHP version comparison (14.0.0 vs 13.4.0)

Below are links to plots and tables comparing 1-month simulations for GCHP 14.0.0-rc.3 (Dev) and GCHP 13.4.0-rc.4 (Ref).

Species Category2 Plots Additional Information
Level Map Zonal Mean Emissions
Oxidants

O3, CO, OH, NOx

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere column total
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, pFe

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere column total AOD
Bromine

Bry, BrOx, Br, Br2, BrCl, BrNO2, BrNO3, BrO, CH3Br, CH2Br2, CHBr3, HOBr, HBr

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere column total
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 column total
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 column total
Primary Organics

EOH, MOH, ISOP, MTPA, MTPO, LIMO, ALK4, BENZ, CH4, C2H6, C3H8, PRPE, TOLU, XYLE

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere column total
Secondary Organics

ACTA, ALD2, CH2O, HPALDs, MACR, IEPOX, ACET, HAC, MEK, MVK, ISOPN, GLYC, GLYX, HCOOH, MAP, RCHO, MP

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere column total
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 column total
Sulfur

SOx, DMS, HMS, OCS, SO2, SO4

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere column total
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

Tables by inventory

Global mass Entire atmosphere

Troposphere only

1-month GCHP vs GEOS-Chem Classic comparison

Below are links to plots and tables comparing 1-month simulations for GCHP 14.0.0-rc.3 (Dev) and GEOS-Chem Classic 14.0.0-rc.3 (Ref).

Species Category2 Plots Additional Information
Level Map Zonal Mean Emissions
Oxidants

O3, CO, OH, NOx

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere column total
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, pFe

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere column total AOD
Bromine

Bry, BrOx, Br, Br2, BrCl, BrNO2, BrNO3, BrO, CH3Br, CH2Br2, CHBr3, HOBr, HBr

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere column total
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 column total
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 column total
Primary Organics

EOH, MOH, ISOP, MTPA, MTPO, LIMO, ALK4, BENZ, CH4, C2H6, C3H8, PRPE, TOLU, XYLE

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere column total
Secondary Organics

ACTA, ALD2, CH2O, HPALDs, MACR, IEPOX, ACET, HAC, MEK, MVK, ISOPN, GLYC, GLYX, HCOOH, MAP, RCHO, MP

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere column total
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 column total
Sulfur

SOx, DMS, HMS, OCS, SO2, SO4

sfc 500hPa full column stratosphere column total
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

Tables by inventory

Global mass Entire atmosphere

Troposphere only

1-month GCHP vs GEOS-Chem-Classic diff-of-diffs

Below are links to plots and tables comparing 1-month simulations for GCHP 14.0.0-rc.3 - 13.4.0-rc.4 (Dev) and GEOS-Chem Classic GCHP 14.0.0-rc.3 - 13.4.0-rc.4 (Ref).

Species Category2 Plots
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, pFe

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, HAC, MEK, MVK, ISOPN, GLYC, 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

1-year full-chemistry benchmarks

1-year fullchem benchmark setup

The following table describes the GEOS-Chem setup for both GEOS-Chem Classic and GCHP 1-year benchmark simulations.

Git tag(s):
Compared to previous benchmark: 13.4.0
Software environment: gcc 10.2.0
OpenMPI 4.1.0
netcdf-fortran 4.5.3
CMake 3.17.3
ESMF 8.0.1
Model resolution:
  • GEOS-Chem Classic: 4° x 5°
  • GCHP: c24
Meteorology fields: MERRA-2
  • GEOS-Chem Classic: 4° x 5°
  • GCHP: 0.5° x 0.625°
Spin-up initial conditions: *January 1, 2019 from 14.0.0 10-year benchmark
  • NOTE: GCHP c48 regridded from GEOS-Chem Classic 4° x 5°
Benchmark date: Spin-up run: Jan 2010 - Dec 2018
Production run: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

1-year fullchem GEOS-Chem Classic version comparison (14.0.0 vs 13.4.0)

Below are links to plots and tables comparing 1-year full-chemistry simulations for GEOS-Chem Classic 14.0.0-rc.3 (Dev) and GEOS-Chem Classic 13.4.0-rc.4 (Ref).

Category1 Plots Additional Information
Level Map Zonal Mean Emissions
Oxidants

O3, CO, OH, NOx

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
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

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column AOD

Aerosol profiles
Aerosol burdens
Global mean AOD

Bromine

Bry, BrOx, Br, Br2, BrCl, BrNO2, BrNO3, BrO, CH4Br, CH2Br2, CH2Br2, CH3Br3, HOBr, HBr

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Chlorine

Cly, ClOx, Cl, ClO, Cl2, Cl2O2, ClOO, ClNO2, ClNO3, CCl4, CFCs, CH3Cl, CH2Cl2, CH4CCl3, HOCl, HCl, Halons, HCFCs, OClO

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere -
Iodine

Iy, IxOy, I, I2, IBr, ICl, IO, INO2, IONO2, CH3I, CH2I2, CH2ICl, CH2IBr, HI, HOI, OIO

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Nitrogen

NOy, NOx, HNO2, HNO3, HNO4, MPAN, NIT, NO, NO2, NO3, N2O5, MPN, PAN, PPN, N2O, NHx, NH3, NH4, MENO3, ETNO3, IPRNO3, NPRNO3

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Primary Organics

EOH, MOH, ISOP, MTPA, MTPO, LIMO, ALK4, BENZ, CH4, C2H6, C3H8, PRPE, TOLU, XYLE

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Secondary Organics

ACTA, ALD2, CH2O, HPALDs, MACR, IEPOX, ACET, MEK, MVK, ISOPN, GLYX, HCOOH, MAP, RCHO, MP

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Secondary Organic Aerosols

TSOA0, TSOA1, TSOA2, TSOA3, ASOA1, ASOA2, ASOA3, ASOAN, TSOG0, TSOG1, TSOG2, TSOG3, ASOG1, ASOG2, ASOG3, INDIOL, LVOCOA, SOAIE, SOAGX, SOAP, SOAS

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Sulfur

SOx, DMS, OCS, SO2, SO4

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
ROy

H2O2, H, H2, H2O, HO2, O1D, OH, RO2

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere -
J-values Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere -
 
Emissions by HEMCO category
Emission totals
Global mass
Metrics
Model vs Observations

1-year fullchem GCHP vs GEOS-Chem Classic comparison

Below are links to plots and tables comparing 1-year full-chemistry simulations for GCHP 14.0.0-rc.3 (Dev) and GEOS-Chem Classic 14.0.0-rc.3 (Ref).

Category1 Plots Additional Information
Level Map Zonal Mean Emissions
Oxidants

O3, CO, OH, NOx

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Column total
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, pFe

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Column total AOD

Aerosol burdens
Global mean AOD

Bromine

Bry, BrOx, Br, Br2, BrCl, BrNO2, BrNO3, BrO, CH4Br, CH2Br2, CH2Br2, CH3Br3, HOBr, HBr

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Column total
Chlorine

Cly, ClOx, Cl, ClO, Cl2, Cl2O2, ClOO, ClNO2, ClNO3, CCl4, CFCs, CH3Cl, CH2Cl2, CH4CCl3, HOCl, HCl, Halons, HCFCs, OClO

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere -
Iodine

Iy, IxOy, I, I2, IBr, ICl, IO, INO2, IONO2, CH3I, CH2I2, CH2ICl, CH2IBr, HI, HOI, OIO

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Column total
Nitrogen

NOy, NOx, HNO2, HNO3, HNO4, MPAN, NIT, NO, NO2, NO3, N2O5, MPN, PAN, PPN, N2O, NHx, NH3, NH4, MENO3, ETNO3, IPRNO3, NPRNO3

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Column total
Primary Organics

EOH, MOH, ISOP, MTPA, MTPO, LIMO, ALK4, BENZ, CH4, C2H6, C3H8, PRPE, TOLU, XYLE

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Column total
Secondary Organics

ACTA, ALD2, CH2O, HPALDs, MACR, IEPOX, ACET, HAC, MEK, MVK, ISOPN, GLYC, GLYX, HCOOH, MAP, RCHO, MP

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Column total
Secondary Organic Aerosols

TSOA0, TSOA1, TSOA2, TSOA3, ASOA1, ASOA2, ASOA3, ASOAN, TSOG0, TSOG1, TSOG2, TSOG3, ASOG1, ASOG2, ASOG3, INDIOL, LVOCOA, SOAIE, SOAGX, SOAP, SOAS

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Column total
Sulfur

SOx, DMS, OCS, SO2, SO4

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Column total
ROy

H2O2, H, H2, H2O, HO2, O1D, OH, RO2

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere -
J-values Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere -
 
Emissions by HEMCO category
Emission totals
Global mass
Metrics

OH concentration, MCF lifetime, CH4 lifetime

1-year transport tracers benchmarks

1-year transport benchmark setup

The following table describes the setup for the GEOS-Chem Classic 1-year transport tracer benchmark simulation.

Git tag(s): 14.0.0-rc.3
Compared to previous benchmark: 13.2.0-beta.0
Software environment:
  • gcc 10.2.0
  • OpenMPI 4.1.0
  • netcdf-fortran 4.5.3
  • CMake 3.17.3
  • ESMF 8.0.1
Model resolution: 4° x 5°
Meteorology fields: MERRA-2 4° x 5°
Spin-up initial conditions: January 1, 2019 from GEOS-Chem 13.0.0 1-year transport tracer benchmark
Benchmark date: Spinup run: Jan 2009 - Dec 2018
Production run: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

1-year transport GEOS-Chem Classic version comparison (14.0.0 vs 13.2.0)

This table contains plots comparing 1-year transport tracer simulations for GEOS-Chem Classic 14.0.0-rc.3 (Dev) and GEOS-Chem Classic 13.2.0-beta.0 (Ref).

Category1 Plots
Level Map Zonal Mean
RnPbBeTracers

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

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere
PassiveTracers

PassiveTracer, SF6Tracer, CH3ITracer, COAnthroEmis25dayTracer, COAnthroEmis50dayTracer, COUniformEmis25dayTracer, GlobEmis90dayTracer, NHEmis90dayTracer, SHEmis90dayTrace

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere
WetLossConv

Pb210, Pb210Strat, Be7, Be7Strat, Be10, Be10Strat

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere
WetLossLS

Pb210, Pb210Strat, Be7, Be7Strat, Be10, Be10Strat

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere
 
Pb-Be Budgets GEOS-Chem 13.2.0-beta.0 (Ref): GEOS-Chem 14.0.0-rc.3 (Dev):
Strat-trop exchange GEOS-Chem 13.2.0-beta.0 (Ref): GEOS-Chem 14.0.0-rc.3(Dev):
Mass conservation Passive tracer

1-year transport GCHP version comparison (14.0.0 vs 13.2.0)

This table contains plots comparing 1-year transport tracer simulations for GCHP 14.0.0-rc.3 (Dev) and GCHP 13.2.0-beta.1 (Ref).

Category1 Plots
Level Map Zonal Mean
RnPbBeTracers

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

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere
PassiveTracers

PassiveTracer, SF6Tracer, CH3ITracer, COAnthroEmis25dayTracer, COAnthroEmis50dayTracer, COUniformEmis25dayTracer, GlobEmis90dayTracer, NHEmis90dayTracer, SHEmis90dayTrace

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere
WetLossConv

Pb210, Pb210Strat, Be7, Be7Strat, Be10, Be10Strat

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere
WetLossLS

Pb210, Pb210Strat, Be7, Be7Strat, Be10, Be10Strat

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere
 
Pb-Be Budgets GCHP 13.2.0-beta.0 (Ref): GCHP 14.0.0-rc.3 (Dev):


Mass conservation GCHP 13.2.0-beta.1 (Ref): GCHP 14.0.0-rc.3 (Dev):

1-year transport GCHP vs GEOS-Chem Classic comparison

This table contains plots comparing 1-year transport tracer simulations for GCHP 14.0.0-rc.3 (Dev) and GCClassic 14.0.0-rc.3 (Ref).

Category1 Plots
Level Map Zonal Mean
RnPbBeTracers

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

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere
PassiveTracers

PassiveTracer, SF6Tracer, CH3ITracer, COAnthroEmis25dayTracer, COAnthroEmis50dayTracer, COUniformEmis25dayTracer, GlobEmis90dayTracer, NHEmis90dayTracer, SHEmis90dayTrace

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere
WetLossConv

Pb210, Pb210Strat, Be7, Be7Strat, Be10, Be10Strat

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere
WetLossLS

Pb210, Pb210Strat, Be7, Be7Strat, Be10, Be10Strat

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere
 
Pb-Be Budgets GCHP 13.2.0-beta.0 (Ref): GCHP 14.0.0-rc.3 (Dev):


Mass conservation GCClassic 14.0.0-rc.3 (Ref): GCHP 14.0.0-rc.3 (Dev):

10-year full-chemistry benchmarks

10-year fullchem benchmark setup

The following table describes the GEOS-Chem setup for both GEOS-Chem Classic and GCHP 10-year benchmark simulations.

Git tag(s): 14.0.0-rc.3
Compared to previous benchmark: 13.0.0 10-year benchmark
Software environment:
  • gcc 10.2.0
  • OpenMPI 4.1.0
  • netcdf-fortran 4.5.3
  • CMake 3.17.3
  • ESMF 8.0.1
Model resolution:
  • GEOS-Chem Classic: 4° x 5°
  • GCHP: c24
Meteorology fields: MERRA-2
  • GEOS-Chem Classic: 4° x 5°
  • GCHP: 0.5° x 0.625°
Initial conditions: January 1, 2020 from 14.0.0-rc.3 1-year benchmarks
  • NOTE: GCHP c24 restart file regridded from GEOS-Chem Classic 4° x 5°
Benchmark date: Jan 2010 - Dec 2019

Model output for 2010-2019

Output from the 10-year benchmarks can be accessed using the links below.

GCClassic
GCHP

The monthly mean output includes several diagnostics, including AerosolMass, Aerosols, JValues, ProsLoss, and SpeciesConc among many others. These output are used as input in the aerosol-only, CH4, POPs, tagCH4, tagCO, tagO3 starting in GEOS-Chem 14.0.2.

The restart files may be used to initialize full-chemistry GEOS-Chem simulations. For more information see the Restart files chapter of geos-chem.readthedocs.io.

10-year fullchem GEOS-Chem Classic version comparison (14.0.0 vs 13.0.0)

Below are links to plots and tables comparing the final year (2019) of a 10-year full-chemistry simulation with GEOS-Chem Classic 14.0.0-rc.3 (Dev) vs 13.0.0-rc.0 (Ref).

Category1 Plots Additional Information
Level Map Zonal Mean Emissions
Oxidants

O3, CO, OH, NOx

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
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

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column AOD

Aerosol profiles
Aerosol burdens
Global mean AOD

Bromine

Bry, BrOx, Br, Br2, BrCl, BrNO2, BrNO3, BrO, CH4Br, CH2Br2, CH2Br2, CH3Br3, HOBr, HBr

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Chlorine

Cly, ClOx, Cl, ClO, Cl2, Cl2O2, ClOO, ClNO2, ClNO3, CCl4, CFCs, CH3Cl, CH2Cl2, CH4CCl3, HOCl, HCl, Halons, HCFCs, OClO

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere -
Iodine

Iy, IxOy, I, I2, IBr, ICl, IO, INO2, IONO2, CH3I, CH2I2, CH2ICl, CH2IBr, HI, HOI, OIO

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Nitrogen

NOy, NOx, HNO2, HNO3, HNO4, MPAN, NIT, NO, NO2, NO3, N2O5, MPN, PAN, PPN, N2O, NHx, NH3, NH4, MENO3, ETNO3, IPRNO3, NPRNO3

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Primary Organics

EOH, MOH, ISOP, MTPA, MTPO, LIMO, ALK4, BENZ, CH4, C2H6, C3H8, PRPE, TOLU, XYLE

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Secondary Organics

ACTA, ALD2, CH2O, HPALDs, MACR, IEPOX, ACET, MEK, MVK, ISOPN, GLYX, HCOOH, MAP, RCHO, MP

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Secondary Organic Aerosols

TSOA0, TSOA1, TSOA2, TSOA3, ASOA1, ASOA2, ASOA3, ASOAN, TSOG0, TSOG1, TSOG2, TSOG3, ASOG1, ASOG2, ASOG3, INDIOL, LVOCOA, SOAIE, SOAGX, SOAP, SOAS

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Sulfur

SOx, DMS, OCS, SO2, SO4

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
ROy

H2O2, H, H2, H2O, HO2, O1D, OH, RO2

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere -
J-values Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere -
 
Emissions by HEMCO category
Emission totals
Global mass
Metrics
Model vs Observations
Stratosphere

10-year fullchem GCHP version comparison (14.0.0 vs 13.0.0)

Below are links to plots and tables comparing the final year (2019) of a 10-year full-chemistry simulation with GCHP 14.0.0-rc.3 (Dev) vs 13.0.0-rc.0 (Ref).

Category1 Plots Additional Information
Level Map Zonal Mean Emissions
Oxidants

O3, CO, OH, NOx

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
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

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column AOD

Aerosol burdens
Global mean AOD

Bromine

Bry, BrOx, Br, Br2, BrCl, BrNO2, BrNO3, BrO, CH4Br, CH2Br2, CH2Br2, CH3Br3, HOBr, HBr

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Chlorine

Cly, ClOx, Cl, ClO, Cl2, Cl2O2, ClOO, ClNO2, ClNO3, CCl4, CFCs, CH3Cl, CH2Cl2, CH4CCl3, HOCl, HCl, Halons, HCFCs, OClO

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere -
Iodine

Iy, IxOy, I, I2, IBr, ICl, IO, INO2, IONO2, CH3I, CH2I2, CH2ICl, CH2IBr, HI, HOI, OIO

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Nitrogen

NOy, NOx, HNO2, HNO3, HNO4, MPAN, NIT, NO, NO2, NO3, N2O5, MPN, PAN, PPN, N2O, NHx, NH3, NH4, MENO3, ETNO3, IPRNO3, NPRNO3

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Primary Organics

EOH, MOH, ISOP, MTPA, MTPO, LIMO, ALK4, BENZ, CH4, C2H6, C3H8, PRPE, TOLU, XYLE

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Secondary Organics

ACTA, ALD2, CH2O, HPALDs, MACR, IEPOX, ACET, MEK, MVK, ISOPN, GLYX, HCOOH, MAP, RCHO, MP

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Secondary Organic Aerosols

TSOA0, TSOA1, TSOA2, TSOA3, ASOA1, ASOA2, ASOA3, ASOAN, TSOG0, TSOG1, TSOG2, TSOG3, ASOG1, ASOG2, ASOG3, INDIOL, LVOCOA, SOAIE, SOAGX, SOAP, SOAS

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Sulfur

SOx, DMS, OCS, SO2, SO4

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
ROy

H2O2, H, H2, H2O, HO2, O1D, OH, RO2

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere -
J-values Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere -
 
Emissions by HEMCO category
Emission totals
Global mass
Metrics
Stratosphere

10-year fullchem GCHP vs GEOS-Chem Classic comparison

Below are links to plots and tables comparing the final year (2019) of 10-year full-chemistry simulations with GCHP 14.0.0 (Dev) and GEOS-Chem Classic 14.0.0 (Ref).

Category1 Plots Additional Information
Level Map Zonal Mean Emissions
Oxidants

O3, CO, OH, NOx

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
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

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column AOD
Bromine

Bry, BrOx, Br, Br2, BrCl, BrNO2, BrNO3, BrO, CH4Br, CH2Br2, CH2Br2, CH3Br3, HOBr, HBr

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Chlorine

Cly, ClOx, Cl, ClO, Cl2, Cl2O2, ClOO, ClNO2, ClNO3, CCl4, CFCs, CH3Cl, CH2Cl2, CH4CCl3, HOCl, HCl, Halons, HCFCs, OClO

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere -
Iodine

Iy, IxOy, I, I2, IBr, ICl, IO, INO2, IONO2, CH3I, CH2I2, CH2ICl, CH2IBr, HI, HOI, OIO

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Nitrogen

NOy, NOx, HNO2, HNO3, HNO4, MPAN, NIT, NO, NO2, NO3, N2O5, MPN, PAN, PPN, N2O, NHx, NH3, NH4, MENO3, ETNO3, IPRNO3, NPRNO3

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Primary Organics

EOH, MOH, ISOP, MTPA, MTPO, LIMO, ALK4, BENZ, CH4, C2H6, C3H8, PRPE, TOLU, XYLE

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Secondary Organics

ACTA, ALD2, CH2O, HPALDs, MACR, IEPOX, ACET, MEK, MVK, ISOPN, GLYX, HCOOH, MAP, RCHO, MP

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Secondary Organic Aerosols

TSOA0, TSOA1, TSOA2, TSOA3, ASOA1, ASOA2, ASOA3, ASOAN, TSOG0, TSOG1, TSOG2, TSOG3, ASOG1, ASOG2, ASOG3, INDIOL, LVOCOA, SOAIE, SOAGX, SOAP, SOAS

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
Sulfur

SOx, DMS, OCS, SO2, SO4

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere Full column
ROy

H2O2, H, H2, H2O, HO2, O1D, OH, RO2

Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere -
J-values Surface 500 hPa Full column Stratosphere -
 
Emissions by HEMCO category
Emission totals
Global mass
Metrics

OH concentration, MCF lifetime, CH4 lifetime

Stratosphere
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