GEOS-Chem v11-02 benchmark history

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On this page we have posted complete information about all benchmark simulations (both 1-month and 1-year) for GEOS-Chem v11-02.

1-year full-chemistry benchmarks

TBD

1-month benchmarks

v11-02a

Here is the assessment form for 1-month benchmark simulation v11-02a.

Description
New features added into GEOS-Chem:

Features affecting the full-chemistry simulation in this benchmark:

Feature Type Submitted by
Updating chemistry rate constants based on JPL Publication 15-10 Science Barron Henderson (US EPA)
Mat Evans (U. York)
Oxidants and Chemistry WG
Fixes to correct ALK4 lumping issue Science Barron Henderson (US EPA)
PAN updates Science Emily Fischer (CSU)
Monthly mean NEI2011 emissions Science GCST
Katie Travis (Harvard)
Bug fixes in the GEOS-Chem sulfate module: Bug fix Prasad Kasibhatla (Duke)
Qianjie Chen (UW)
Viral Shah (UW)
Fix bug in computation of dry deposition aerodynamic resistance Ra Bug fix Brian Boys (Dalhousie)
Fix acetone parameterization in hcox_seaflux_mod.F90 Bug fix GCST
Bug fix in cos(SZA) for start of timestep Bug fix Lizzie Lundgren (GCST)
Bug fixes for diagnostics: Bug fix Aaron van Donkelaar (Dalhousie)
Jenny Fisher (U. Wollongong)
GCST
Chris Holmes (Florida State)
Include TOA pressure when calculating dry pressure edges Science Seb Eastham (Harvard)


Features not affecting the full-chemistry simulation in this benchmark:

Feature Type Submitted by
Implement ISORROPIA v2.0 as a Fortran module (eliminating COMMON blocks) Structural Seb Eastham (Harvard)
GCST
Updates to the HEMCO emissions component: Structural
& Bug fix
Christoph Keller (NASA GMAO)
Seb Eastham (Harvard)
Jessica Morena (Dalhousie)
GCST
Brian Boys (Dalhousie)
Updates to gain computational speedup: Structural
& Bug fix
Mike Long (Harvard)
Bob Yantosca (GCST)
Fixed typo in nested-grid transport routine INIT_WINDOW Bug fix Bob Yantosca (GCST)
netCDF file I/O updates: Bug fix &
Structural
Chris Holmes (Florida State)
Andy Jacobson (NOAA)
GCST
Makefile and build sequence updates: Bug fix &
Structural
Jiawei Zhang (Harvard)
GCST
Bug fixes for running UCX in ESMF environment Bug fix Christoph Keller (NASA GMAO)
Removal of obsolete variables: Structural GCST
Version, resolution, met fields used: v11-02, GEOS-FP (72L), 4x5, July 2013
1-month benchmark finished on: TBD
Performance statistics:
Compared to previous benchmark: v11-01 public release
This update will impact:
(select all that apply with boldface)
Advection, BL Mixing, Convection, Met Fields, Dry Dep, Wet Dep, Stratosphere, Anthro Emiss, Biogenic Emiss, Biomass Emiss, Photolysis, Chemistry, Other (please specify):
Unit test results may be viewed at: TBD
Plots may be viewed at: TBD
Metrics
Global mean OH (from log file): TBD x 105 molec/cm3
Methyl chloroform lifetime: TBD years
Did either of these change by more than 5%? TBD
At the SURFACE, list all species that changed by 10% or more:
Comments on SURFACE differences:
At 500 hPa, list all species that changed by 10% or more:
Comments on 500 hPa differences:
In the ZONAL MEAN differences, list all species that changed by 10% or more:
Comments on ZONAL MEAN differences:
In the EMISSION RATIO maps, list all species that changed by 10% or more:
Comments on EMISSION RATIO differences:
Additional or summary comments:
Approval
Requires further investigation: TBD
Approved by: TBD
Date of approval: TBD

--Melissa Sulprizio (talk) 18:46, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

1-year Rn-Pb-Be benchmarks

TBD