Legend for History diagnostics
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This section contains a description of how the information about each diagnostic quantity is arranged in the sections below.
General information about each diagnostic
The tables below list the following parameters for each diagnostic that is archived to bpch format:
Diagnostic name | The name of the given diagnostic quantity that will be archived to netCDF file format.
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Description | A short overview of the given diagnostic. |
Units | The physical units of the given diagnostic quantity. |
Wildcards | A list of wildcards that can be used to specify all possible species, wavelength bins, etc. for the given diagnostic quantity. For a complete list of wildcards, please see the table below. |
Simulations | A list of simulations for which this particular diagnostic is valid. |
Bpch equivalent | The NDxx diagnostic number (and slot) under which the same diagnostic is available as bpch output. See the List of diagnostics archived to bpch format wiki page for more information. |
Notes | Lists supplemental information for the given diagnostic. |
Wildcards and prefixes
The following terms are used in the tables below.
Term | Explanation | Example |
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<spcname> | Short name of a GEOS-Chem species, used in several diagnostics listed below.
NOTES:
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<photobin> | Number of a given wavelength bin for FAST-JX photolysis |
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Chem_ | To request diagnostic output for fields of the State_Chm object (other than SpeciesConc), add this prefix in front of the field name. (Prefix is case-insensitive.) |
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Met_ | To request diagnostic output for fields of the State_Met object, add this prefix in front of the field name. (Prefix is case-insensitive.) |
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--Bob Yantosca (talk) 14:00, 8 June 2018 (UTC)