GEOS-Chem diagnostic output files

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On this page, we list the files that are generated by GEOS-Chem's various diagnostic packages.

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 from being created 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.

In the table below, YYYYMMDD and hhmms corresponds to the simulation date and time at which the file was created. The z indicates UTC (sometimes called "Zulu" time).

History diagnostic file name Format Collection Created by Added/Removed
GEOSChem.AdvFluxVert.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF AdvFluxVert
  • All simulations
  • Typically used only with benchmark
GEOSChem.AerosolMass.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF AerosolMass
  • All full-chemistry simulations
  • Aerosol-only simulations
GEOSChem.Aerosols.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF Aerosols
  • All full-chemistry simulations
  • Aerosol-only simulations
GEOSChem.BoundaryConditions.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF BoundaryConditions
  • Can be created by all simulations
  • Can be read in by nested-grid simulations
GEOSChem.Budget.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF Budget
  • All simulations
GEOSChem.CH4.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF CH4
  • CH4 simulations
GEOSChem.CloudConvFlux.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF CloudConvFlux
  • All simulations
GEOSChem.ConcAboveSfc.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF ConcAboveSfc
  • Full-chemistry simulations
GEOSChem.ConcAfterChem.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF ConcAfterChem
  • All full-chemistry simulations
  • CH4 simulation
GEOSChem.DryDep.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF DryDep
  • All simulations with dry-depositing species
GEOSChem.Jvalues.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF JValues
  • All full-chemistry simulations
GEOSChem.KppDiags.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF KppDiags
  • All full-chemistry simulations
GEOSChem.LevelEdgeDiags.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF LevelEdgeDiags
  • All simulations
GEOSChem.MercuryChem.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF MercuryChem
  • Hg simulation
  • tagHg simulation
GEOSChem.MercuryEmis.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF MercuryEmis
  • Hg simulation
  • tagHg simulation
GEOSChem.MercuryOcean.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF MercuryOcean
  • Hg simulation
  • tagHg simulation
GEOSChem.POPs.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF POPs
  • Hg simulation
  • tagHg simulation
GEOSChem.ProdLoss.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF ProdLoss
  • All full-chemistry simulations
  • Aerosol-only simulation
  • tagCO simulation
  • tagO3 simulation
GEOSChem.RadioNuclide.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF RadioNuclide
  • TransportTraces simulation
GEOSChem.SpeciesConc.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF SpeciesConc
  • All simulations
GEOSChem.StateChm.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF StateChm
  • All simulations
GEOSChem.StateMet.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF StateMet
  • All simulations
GEOSChem.Transport.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF Transport
  • All simulations
  • Typicaly only used with benchmark
GEOSChem.WetLossConv.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF WetLossConv
  • All simulations with soluble species
GEOSChem.WetLossLS.YYYYMMDD_hhmmz.nc4 netCDF WetLossLS
  • All simulations with soluble species

--Bob Yantosca (talk) 16:13, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

HEMCO diagnostic ouptut

The HEMCO diagnostic output files will be created in the OutputDir/ folder in your GEOS-Chem run directory. For more information, please see our The HEMCO User's Guide: Diagnostics.

In the table below, YYYYMMDD and hhmms corresponds to the simulation date and time at which the file was created.

History diagnostic file name Format Collections Created by
HEMCO_diagnostics.YYYYMMDDhhmm.nc netCDF Diagnostics requested in HEMCO_Diagn.rc
  • All simulations

--Bob Yantosca (talk) 16:07, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

Planeflight diagnostic output

ObsPack diagnostic output

Satellite timeseries diagnostic output in bpch format

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