GEOS-Chem no-diff-to-benchmark

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This page includes information about the GEOS-Chem "no-diff-to-benchmark" development stream, which contains updates and fixes that will not affect the fullchem benchmark simulations. These updates are mergeable at any time, either into the next Y version or into a standalone Z version.

Updates that will not affect fullchem benchmark simulations

Feature	Contributor(s)	Model scope	Notes and references
Prevent POAEMISS variable from being assigned if not allocated	Seb Eastham (UCL)	Bug fix	geoschem/geos-chem PR #1987 geoschem/geos-chem #1771
Fix incorrect comment on static H2O option	Seb Eastham (UCL)	Documentation	geoschem/geos-chem PR #2013
Improve missing CH4 emissions error message	Lizzie Lundgren (Harvard)	Error reporting	geoschem/geos-chem PR #2039
Increase string length for netCDF variable name	Melissa Sulprizio (Harvard)	HEMCO	geoschem/HEMCO PR #248
Rename HEMCO_Config.rc.sample to HEMCO_Config.rc	Nicholas Balasus (Harvard)	HEMCO standalone	geoschem/HEMCO PR #245
Add a --no-bootstrap option to integration tests	Bob Yantosca (Harvard)	Testing	geoschem/geos-chem PR #1990
Use integer flags to denote species units instead of strings	Bob Yantosca (Harvard)	Unit conversion	geoschem/geos-chem PR #1796

Updates that only affect GCHP

Feature	Contributor(s)	Model scope	Notes and references
Lower GCHP timestep threshold if > C180 rather than >= C180	Lizzie Lundgren (Harvard)	GCHP	geoschem/geos-chem PR #2040
TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Updates that only affect GEOS-Chem in CESM

Feature	Contributor(s)	Model scope	Notes and references
GEOS-Chem 14.1.2 release for GEOS-Chem in CESM	Lizzie Lundgren (Harvard)	CESM	geoschem/geos-chem/releases/tag/14.1.2