GEOS-Chem diagnostic output files

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1. Minimum system requirements
2. Downloading source code
3. Downloading data directories
4. Creating run directories
5. Configuring runs
6. Compiling
7. Running
8. Output files
   • Log files
   • Restart files
   • Diagnostic output files
9. Visualizing and processing output
10. Coding and debugging
11. Further reading

We will be adding some more information here shortly. In the meantime, please see our Guide to GEOS-Chem diagnostics for more information about files that are generated by the various GEOS_Chem diagnostics.

History diagnostics output

The following files, which correspond to the default History diagnostic collections, will be created in the OutputDir/ folder in your GEOS-Chem run directory. You can prevent any of these files by commenting out the collection name in the HISTORY.rc configuration file. You can also add your own new collections (i.e. requesting species concentrations for both time-averaged and instantaneous averaging modes) by updating HISTORY.rc.

For more information, please see our Guide to GEOS-Chem History diagnostics.

Diagnostic file name	Collection	Can be used with	Added/Removed
GEOSChem.AdvFluxVert.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4	AdvFluxVert	all simulations Typically only used with benchmark	Added in 12.6.0
GEOSChem.AerosolMass.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4	AerosolMass	All full-chemistry simulations Aerosol-only simulations

GEOSChem.Aerosols.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.BoundaryConditions.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.Budget.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.CH4.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.CloudConvFlux.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.ConcAboveSfc.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.ConcAfterChem.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.DryDep.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.Jvalues.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.KppDiags.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.LevelEdgeDiags.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.MercuryChem.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.MercuryEmis..YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.MercuryOcean.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.POPs.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.ProdLoss.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.RadioNuclide.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.SpeciesConc.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.StateChm.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.StateMet.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.Transport.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.WetLossConv.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 GEOSChem.WetLossLS.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4

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