GEOS-Chem Benchmarks

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This page contains links to all past GEOS-Chem benchmarks.

Some notes for the table below:

• GCC = GEOS-Chem "Classic" (uses OpenMP parallelization single node only)
• GCHP = GEOS-Chem High Performance (uses MPI parallelization)

GEOS-Chem version	Benchmark(s)	Notes
GEOS-Chem 12 release series
12.4.	1-month GCC 1-month GCHP	This is an unofficial benchmark and the first GCHP benchmark using GCPy
12.3.2	1-month GCC 1-month GCHP	This is an unofficial benchmark and the first GCHP benchmark using GCPy
12.3.0	1-month GCC	This is the first benchmark to utilize GCPy
12.2.0	1-month GCC 1-year transport	This is the first Transport Tracer benchmark (replaces Rn-Pb-Be benchmark)
12.1.0	1-month GCC
12.0.0 (aka v11-02-final)	1-month GCC 1-year GCC	Note change in GEOS-Chem version numbering system
GEOS-Chem 11 release series
v11-02f	1-month GCC 1-year GCC
v11-02e	1-month GCC 1-year GCC
v11-02d	1-month GCC 1-year GCC
v11-02c	1-month GCC 1-year GCC
v11-02b	1-month GCC 1-year GCC Rn-Pb-Be-Passive 1-month GCHP 1-year GCHP 1-year GCHP Rn-Pb-Be-Passive	This version marks the first official benchmark of GCHP
v11-02a	1-month 1-year
v11-01 public release	1-month 1-year
v11-01 provisional release	1-month
v11-01k	1-month 1-year
v11-01j	1-month
v11-01i	1-month 1-year Rn-Pb-Be
v11-01h	1-month 1-year Rn-Pb-Be
v11-01g	1-month 1-year
v11-01f	1-month w/ GEOS-FP 1-month w/ MERRA-2 1-year w/ GEOS-FP 1-year w/ MERRA-2 1-year Rn-Pb-Be
v11-01e	1-month
v11-01d	1-month 1-year 1-year Rn-Pb-Be
v11-01c	1-month
v11-01b	1-month 1-year 1-year Rn-Pb-Be
v11-01a	1-month
GEOS-Chem 10 release series
v10-01 public release	1-month w/ SOA on 1-month w/ SOA off 1-year 1-year Rn-Pb-Be	This is the first benchmark to include the SOA mechanism
v10-01i	1-month 1-year
v10-01h	1-month 1-year
v10-01g	1-month	This is the first version to only benchmark the UCX mechanism
v10-01f	1-month w/ tropchem 1-month w/ UCX
v10-01e	1-month w/ tropchem 1-month w/ UCX 1-year w/ tropchem 1-year w/ UCX
v10-01d	1-month w/ tropchem 1-month w/ UCX
v10-01c	1-month w/ tropchem 1-month w/ UCX 1-year w/ tropchem 1-year w/ UCX
v10-01b	1-month
v10-01a	1-month
GEOS-Chem 9 release series
v9-02	1-year v9-02r w/ GEOS-5 1-year v9-02r w/ GEOS-FP 1-year v9-02r Rn-Pb-Be 1-month v9-02r w/ GEOS-5 1-month v9-02r w/ GEOS-FP 1-month v9-02q 1-month v9-02p 1-month v9-02o 1-month v9-02o w/ SOA 1-month v9-02n 1-month v9-02m 1-year v9-02l 1-month v9-02l 1-month v9-02k 1-year v9-02j 1-month v9-02j 1-month v9-02i 1-month v9-02h 1-year v9-02g 1-month v9-02g 1-year v9-02f 1-month v9-02f 1-month v9-02e 1-month v9-02d 1-month v9-02c 1-year v9-02b 1-month v9-02b 1-month v9-02a	This is the first version to use GEOS-FP meteorology
v9-01-03	1-year v9-01-03r 1-month v9-01-03r 1-month v9-01-03q 1-month v9-01-03p 1-year v9-01-03o 1-month v9-01-03o 1-month v9-01-03n 1-month v9-01-03m 1-month v9-01-03l 1-month v9-01-03k 1-month v9-01-03j 1-month v9-01-03i 1-month v9-01-03h 1-month v9-01-03g 1-month v9-01-03f 1-year v9-01-03e 1-year v9-01-03e Rn-Pb-Be 1-month v9-01-03e 1-month v9-01-03d 1-month v9-01-03c 1-month v9-01-03b 1-month v9-01-03a
v9-01-02	1-year 1-year Rn-Pb-Be 1-month v9-01-02s 1-month v9-01-02r 1-month v9-01-02q 1-month v9-01-02p 1-month v9-01-02o 1-month v9-01-02n 1-month v9-01-02m 1-month v9-01-02l 1-month v9-01-0k 1-month v9-01-02j 1-month v9-01-02i 1-month v9-01-02h 1-month v9-01-02g 1-month v9-01-02f 1-month v9-01-02e 1-month v9-01-02d 1-month v9-01-02c 1-month v9-01-02b 1-month v9-01-02a
v9-01-01	1-year 1-month
For earlier benchmarks see this website.

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