Getting Started with GEOS-Chem

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Overview

On this page we provide information on getting started with GEOS-Chem "Classic." (In the future we will be migrating this manual to ReadTheDocs.)

Please see gchp.readthedocs.io page for information about how to download and run GCHP.

Please see hemco.readthedocs.io page for information about how to download and run HEMCO (if you want to run HEMCO in standalone mode).

Table of contents

1. Minimum system requirements
2. Configuring your computational environment
3. Downloading source code
4. Downloading data directories
5. Creating run directories
6. Configuring runs
7. Compiling
8. Running
9. Output files
10. Python tools for use with GEOS-Chem
11. Coding and debugging
12. Further reading

Additional resources

• GEOS-Chem overview
• GEOS-Chem Guides
• GEOS-Chem YouTube Channel — contains tutorial videos
• The HEMCO User's Guide
• HEMCO examples

Getting help

• Frequently asked questions about GEOS-Chem
• Guide to GEOS-Chem error messages
• Recent bugs and fixes
• Tips on how to debug GEOS-Chem effectively
• Submitting GEOS-Chem support requests