GEOS-Chem v10-01
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What's new in this version
GEOS-Chem v9-02 contains the following major updates and improvements. The order has been determined by the GEOS-Chem Steering Committee.
NOTE: v9-02a, v9-02b, etc. denote 1-month benchmark simulations, which are designed to evaluate GEOS-Chem's performance at intermediate stages of development.
| Feature | Type | Submitted by | Benchmark(s) | Status |
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| Correction for GEOS-5 PBL heights | Bug Fix | Sajeev Philip(Dalhousie) | v9-02a | Approved 16 Oct 2012 |
| New soil NOx emission module | Science | Rynda Hudman Kay (EPA) Neil Moore (formerly of Dalhousie) Bram Maasakkers (Eindhoven) |
v9-02b | Approved 29 Oct 2012 |
| Bug fix in hdf_mod.F | Bug Fix | Sajeev Philip (Dalhousie) | " " | " " |
| Bug fixes for tagged CO simulation | Bug Fix | Jenny Fisher (Wollongong) GEOS-Chem Support Team |
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| Bug fix for nested simulation in nei_anthro_mod.F | Bug Fix | Sajeev Philip (Dalhousie) | " " | " " |
| EPA/NEI05 North American Hg emissions | Science | Yanxu Zhang (U. Washington) Lyatt Jaeglé (U. Washington) |
v9-02c + Hg benchmark (by Hg and POPs Working Group) |
Approved 29 Nov 2012 |
| Nested-grid Hg simulation | Science | Yanxu Zhang (U. Washington) Lyatt Jaeglé (U. Washington) |
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| Streets future Hg emissions | Science | Bess Corbitt (Harvard) | " " | " " |
| Correct Hg simulation to use updated Hg(0) oxidation kinetics | Science | Bess Corbitt(Harvard) Justin Parrella (Harvard) |
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| Capability to use GEOS-Chem Br/BrO fields in Hg simulation | Science | Bess Corbitt(Harvard) Justin Parrella (Harvard) |
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| POPs simulation: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | Science | Carey Friedman (MIT) Noelle Selin (MIT) |
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| Bug fix for updated CAC emissions | Bug Fix | Aaron van Donkelaar (Dalhousie) | " " | " " |
| Grid-independent GEOS-Chem updates: Activation of new data pathways and other structural modifications | Structural | GEOS-Chem Support Team | v9-02d | Approved 19 Dec 2012 |
| Bug fix for Br2 emissions | Bug Fix | GEOS-Chem Support Team | " " | " " |
| Bug fix in regridding of anthropogenic emissions (NEI2005, Streets) | Bug Fix | GEOS-Chem Support Team | v9-02e | Approved 09 Jan 2013 |
| Additional bug fixes for MAP_A2A regridding | Bug Fix | GEOS-Chem Support Team | " " | " " |
| Bug fix for MEGAN emissions when using MERRA or GEOS-FP | Bug Fix | Tzung-May Fu (Peking University) | " " | " " |
| Inorganic chemistry updates | Science | Mat Evans (York) | v9-02f + 1-year benchmark |
1-mon benchmark: Approved 07 Feb 2013 1-year benchmark: Approved 20 Mar 2013 |
| Methyl peroxy nitrate (MPN) chemistry | Science | Ellie Browne (UC Berkeley) | " " | " " |
| Bug fixes for nested Hg simulation | Bug fix | Yanxu Zhang (U. Washington) | " " | " " |
| Prevent bad drydep flux values from being passed to the soil NOx emissions module | Bug fix | Patrick Kim (Harvard) GEOS-Chem Support Team |
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| Adopt Paulot isoprene scheme as standard | Science | Fabien Paulot (Harvard) Eloise Marais (Harvard) Jingqiu Mao (NOAA/GFDL) Mat Evans (York) |
v9-02g + 1-year benchmark |
1-mon benchmark: Approved 24 Mar 2013 1-year benchmark: Approved 01 Apr 2013 |
| Fix RO2+HO2 rate constant | Science | Fabien Paulot (Harvard) | " " | " " |
| Increase NO3 uptake by aerosol | Science | Jingqiu Mao (NOAA/GFDL) | " " | " " |
| Bug fix for declaration of GEOS-FP PFICU, PFLCU, PFILSAN, PFLLSAN fields | Bug fix | GEOS-Chem Support Team | " " | " " |
| Bug in EMIS_STREETS_ANTHRO_05x0666 | Bug fix | Jenny Fisher (U. Wollongong) | " " | " " |
| Bug fix for reading OH file in offline simulations | Bug fix | GEOS-Chem Support Team | " " | " " |
| Removal of NOx-Ox partitioning | Science | GEOS-Chem Support Team | v9-02h | Approved 15 May 2013 |
| Inhibition of N2O5 uptake by nitrate aerosol | Science | Lin Zhang (Beijing University) | v9-02i | Approved 17 May 2013 |
| Improved HO2 uptake by aerosol | Science | Jingqiu Mao (NOAA/GFDL) | v9-02j + 1-year benchmark |
1-mon benchmark: Approved 28 May 2013 1-year benchmark: Approved 03 Jun 2013 |
| Inline the latest source code modifications updates for the TOMAS microphysics package into GEOS-Chem | Structural | Sal Farina (CSU) GEOS-Chem Support Team |
v9-02k + Hg benchmark |
Approved 07 Jun 2013 Hg benchmark pending approval |
| Additional modifications to enable GEOS-Chem to run within the GEOS-5 GCM | Structural | GEOS-Chem Support Team | " " | " " |
| Streamlining of the code in GeosCore/mercury_mod.F | Structural | Chris Holmes (UC Irvine) | " " | " " |
| Rewriting inefficient subroutine calls to avoid wasting memory and CPU cycles | Structural | GEOS-Chem Support Team | " " | " " |
| Updated NH3 seasonal scaling factors over the US | Science | Lin Zhang (Peking University) | v9-02l + 1-year benchmark |
1-mon benchmark: Approved 26 Jun 2013 1-year benchmark: Approved 02 Jul 2013 |
| Updated Canadian NH3 inventory | Science | Wai-Ho Lo (Dalhousie) | " " | " " |
| Bug in wet deposition Henry's constant | Bug fix | Fabien Paulot | " " | " " |
| Add DRYACET to globchem.dat | Bug fix | Emily Fischer (Harvard) | " " | " " |
| Fix diurnal NOx scale factors and fix double counting of biofuels over Mexico, Canada, and Europe | Bug Fix | Christoph Keller (Harvard) | " " | " " |
| Bug fix for 3-hourly GFED3 emissions | Bug fix | Christoph Keller (Harvard) | " " | " " |
| Bug fix in grid_mod.F90 | Bug Fix | Christoph Keller (Harvard) | " " | " " |
| Bug fix for anthropogenic scaling factors for years 2006 and later | Bug fix | Jenny Fisher (U. Wollongong) | " " | " " |
| Correct additional bugs in ship emissions w/ non-local PBL mixing | Bug Fix | Chris Holmes (UC Irvine) Geert Vinken (Eindhoven) |
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| Bug fix for ship CO emissions | Bug Fix | Chris Holmes (UC Irvine) | " " | " " |
| Fix typo in VOLCPRESS definition | Bug fix | Thibaud Thonat (U. Edinburgh) | " " | " " |
| Eliminate several more array temporaries | Structural | GEOS-Chem Support Team | " " | " " |
| Bug fixes in day-of-week computation | Bug fix | GEOS-Chem Support Team | " " | " " |
| Bug fixes in diag48_mod.F | Bug fix | Jenny Fisher (U. Wollongong) | " " | " " |
| Bug fix in emissions for offline aerosol simulation | Bug fix | GEOS-Chem Support Team | " " | " " |
| RCP emission scenarios | Science | Chris Holmes (UC Irvine) | v9-02m + CH4 benchmark (by Carbon Gases & Organics WG) |
1-mon benchmark: Approved 30 Jul 2013 |
| EDGAR v4.2 emissions for CH4 simulation | Science | Kevin Wecht (Harvard) | " " | " " |
| Update anthropogenic scale factors through 2010 | Science | Aaron van Donkelaar (Dalhousie) | " " | " " |
| Update GFED3 emissions to 2011 | Science | Prasad Kasibhatla (Duke) | " " | " " |
| Update TOMS overhead O3 columns to 2010 | Science | Jenny Fisher (U. Wollongong) | " " | " " |
| Include 12-bin and 15-bin configurations of TOMAS | Science | Sal Farina (CSU) | " " | " " |
| Corrected minor bugs for GCAP that were introduced by GIGC edits | Bug fix | GEOS-Chem Support Team | " " | " " |
| Prevent negative emissions over Canada | Bug fix | Fabien Paulot (Harvard) Christoph Keller (Harvard) |
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| AEIC aircraft emissions inventory | Science | Sebastian Eastham (MIT) Steven Barrett (MIT) |
v9-02n | Approved 12 Aug 2013 |
| SOA simulation with semi-volatile POA | Science | Havala Pye (EPA) GEOS-Chem Support Team |
v9-02o | Approved 03 Sep 2013 |
| Implement non-local PBL mixing in the Rn-Pb-Be simulation | Science | Jintai Lin (Peking University) GEOS-Chem Support Team |
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| Minor bug fix in TOMAS sulfate emissions | Bug fix | Sal Farina (CSU) | " " | " " |
| Bug fix in ND36 diagnostic when ship emissions are turned off | Bug fix | Yanko Davila (U. Colorado) | " " | " " |
| Initial modifications for GEOS-Chem Unit Tester | Structural | GEOS-Chem Support Team | " " | " " |
| Cloud water pH for sulfate formation | Science | Becky Alexander (U. Washington) | v9-02p | Approved 13 Sep 2013 |
| Fix molecular weights of RIP and IEPOX used in drydep_mod.F | Bug fix | GEOS-Chem Support Team | " " | " " |
| Bug fixes to prevent floating-point invalid errors | Bug fix | GEOS-Chem Support Team | " " | " " |
| Update jv_spec.dat and jv_spec_aod.dat with better representation of OC growth with RH and correction to sulfate optics | Science | David Ridley (MIT) Randall Martin (Dalhousie) |
v9-02q | Approved 17 Sep 2013 |
| Bug fix in jv_spec_aod.dat for dust species | Bug fix | Gabriele Curci (U. L'Aquila) | " " | " " |
| Nested-grid model at 0.25° x 0.3125° resolution using GEOS-5 "FP" met data product from GMAO | Structural | Yuxuan Wang (Tsinghua) GEOS-Chem Support Team |
v9-02r + Rn-Pb-Be benchmark + Nested-grid benchmark (by Nested Model WG) |
1-mon benchmarks: Approved 14 Dec 2013 1-year benchmarks: Approved 14 Jan 2014 |
| High-resolution emissions for above nested-grid model | Science | Yuxuan Wang (Tsinghua) GEOS-Chem Support Team |
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| Global simulations with GEOS-5 "FP" data product from GMAO (Needed for the 0.25° x 0.3125° nested-grid simulations) |
Structural | GEOS-Chem Support Team | " " | " " |
| Additional minor bug fixes | Bug fix | GEOS-Chem Support Team | " " | " " |
| Fix bug in CAC NH3 emission files | Bug fix | Wai Ho Lo (Dalhousie) | " " | " " |
| Update molecular weight of sea salt tracers | Science | Colette Heald (MIT) | " " | " " |
| Bug fix for NEI2005 SO4 emissions in sulfate_mod.F | Bug fix | Jenny Fisher (U. Wollongong) | Last-minute update | |
| Add unit tester capability (i.e. to automatically compile GEOS-Chem for all met fields/grid combinations in order to spot common errors) | Structural | GEOS-Chem Support Team | Now in place as an external package | 22 Aug 2013 |
| HELD OVER UNTIL THE NEXT VERSION | ||||
| Acid uptake on dust aerosols | Science | T. Duncan Fairlie (NASA/LARC) | TBD + 1-year benchmark | On hold |
| Update to EDGAR 4.2 anthropogenic emissions | Science | Meng Li and Qiang Zhang (Tsinghua) Sajeev Philip (Dalhousie) |
TBD | On hold |
| Improve temporal resolution of anthropogenic CO2 sources | Science | Ray Nassar (Environment Canada) | TBD + CO2 benchmark (by Carbon Gases & Organics WG) | On hold |
| Replace CASA CO2 biosphere climatology with year-specific fluxes | Science | Ray Nassar (Environment Canada) Dylan Jones (U. Toronto) |
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--Melissa Sulprizio 12:09, 13 December 2013 (EST)
