GEOS-Chem 13.0.0
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Contents
Version overview
The following items have been added to GEOS-Chem 13.0.0 since the last benchmark for GEOS-Chem 12.9.0.
New data directories
The following data directories have been added or updated in this version. You will have to download the directories relevant to your simulation.
Inventory | Type | What was added? | Directory |
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CEDS | DEFAULT (full-chemistry simulations) |
CEDS_GBD-MAPS emission inventory (1970 - 2017) | HEMCO/CEDS/v2020-08/ |
QFED | OPTIONAL | Update QFED emissions through July 2020 | HEMCO/QFED/v2018-07/ |
ODIAC CO2 | DEFAULT (CO2 simulations) |
ODIAC fossil fuel emissions for CO2 simulations | HEMCO/CO2/v2019-12/ |
MERCURY | OPTIONAL (Hg simulations) |
Updated Streets Hg emissions |
HEMCO/MERCURY/v2020-07/ |
CH4 | DEFAULT (CH4 simulations) |
Global Inventory of Methane Emissions from Fuel Exploitation | HEMCO/CH4/v2020-02/ |
1-month benchmarks
Model setup
The following table describes the GEOS-Chem setup for both GEOS-Chem Classic and GCHP 1-month benchmark simulations.
Git tag(s): | 13.0.0-rc.0 |
Compared to previous benchmark: | 12.9.0 |
Software environment: | ifort 18.0.5 openmpi 4.0.1 netcdf-fortran 4.5.2 cmake 3.16.1 |
Meteorology fields: | MERRA-2
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Benchmark month: | July 2019 |
This version will impact: (select all that apply with boldface) |
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Benchmark Plots and Tables
NOTES:
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- Species categories and lumped species are defined in YAML files within the GEOS-Chem post-processing software GCPy.
GEOS-Chem Classic version comparison
Below are links to plots and tables comparing 1-month simulations for GEOS-Chem Classic 12.9.0 (Ref) and GEOS-Chem Classic 13.0.0 (Dev).
Species Category | Plots | Additional Information | ||||
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Level Map | Zonal Mean | Emissions | ||||
Oxidants
O3, CO, OH, NOx |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Aerosols
DST1, DST2, DST3, DST4, NH4, NIT, SO4, BCPI, BCPO, OCPI, OCPO, AERI, BrSALA, BrSALC, ISALA, ISALC, NITs, SALA, SALC, SO4s, Simple_SOA, Complex_SOA |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | AOD |
Bromine
Bry, BrOx, Br, Br2, BrCl, BrNO2, BrNO3, BrO, CH3Br, CH2Br2, CHBr3, HOBr, HBr |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Chlorine
Cly, ClOx, Cl, ClO, Cl2, Cl2O2, ClOO, ClNO2, ClNO3, CCl4, CFCs, CH3Cl, CH2Cl2, CH3CCl3, CHCl3, HOCl, HCl, Halons, HCFCs, OClO |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | -- | |
Iodine
Iy, IxOy, I, I2, IBr, ICl, IO, IONO, IONO2, CH3I, CH2I2, CH2ICl, CH2IBr, HI, HOI, OIO |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Nitrogen
NOy, NOx, HNO2, HNO3, HNO4, MPAN, NIT, NO, NO2, NO3, N2O5, MPN, PAN, PPN, N2O, NHx, NH3, NH4, MENO3, ETNO3, IPRNO3, NPRNO3 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Primary Organics
EOH, MOH, ISOP, MTPA, MTPO, LIMO, ALK4, BENZ, CH4, C2H6, C3H8, PRPE, TOLU, XYLE |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Secondary Organics
ACTA, ALD2, CH2O, HPALDs, MACR, IEPOX, ACET, MEK, MVK, ISOPN, GLYX, HCOOH, MAP, RCHO, MP |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Secondary Organic Aerosols
TSOA0, TSOA1, TSOA2, TSOA3, ASOA1, ASOA2, ASOA3, ASOAN, TSOG0, TSOG1, TSOG2, TSOG3, ASOG1, ASOG2, ASOG3, INDIOL, LVOCOA, SOAIE, SOAGX, SOAP, SOAS |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Sulfur
SOx, DMS, OCS, SO2, SO4 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
ROy
H2O2, H, H2, H2O, HO2, O1D, OH, RO2 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | -- | |
J-values | sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | -- | -- |
Emissions by HEMCO category | Total
Aircraft, Anthropogenic, Biomass Burning, Biogenic, Lightning, Natural, Ocean, Seabirds, Decaying Plants, Ship, Soil, Degassing Volcanoes, Erupting Volcanoes | |||||
Emission totals | Tables by species | |||||
Global mass | Entire atmosphere | |||||
Metrics | OH concentration, MCF lifetime, CH4 lifetime | |||||
Budgets | Budgets after operations
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GCHP version comparison
Below are links to plots and tables comparing 1-month simulations for GCHP 12.9.0 (Ref) and GCHP 13.0.0 (Dev).
Species Category2 | Plots | Additional Information | ||||
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Level Map | Zonal Mean | Emissions | ||||
Oxidants
O3, CO, OH, NOx |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Aerosols
DST1, DST2, DST3, DST4, NH4, NIT, SO4, BCPI, BCPO, OCPI, OCPO, AERI, BrSALA, BrSALC, ISALA, ISALC, NITs, SALA, SALC, SO4s, Simple_SOA, Complex_SOA |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | AOD |
Bromine
Bry, BrOx, Br, Br2, BrCl, BrNO2, BrNO3, BrO, CH3Br, CH2Br2, CHBr3, HOBr, HBr |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Chlorine
Cly, ClOx, Cl, ClO, Cl2, Cl2O2, ClOO, ClNO2, ClNO3, CCl4, CFCs, CH3Cl, CH2Cl2, CH3CCl3, CHCl3, HOCl, HCl, Halons, HCFCs, OClO |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | -- | |
Iodine
Iy, IxOy, I, I2, IBr, ICl, IO, IONO, IONO2, CH3I, CH2I2, CH2ICl, CH2IBr, HI, HOI, OIO |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Nitrogen
NOy, NOx, HNO2, HNO3, HNO4, MPAN, NIT, NO, NO2, NO3, N2O5, MPN, PAN, PPN, N2O, NHx, NH3, NH4, MENO3, ETNO3, IPRNO3, NPRNO3 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Primary Organics
EOH, MOH, ISOP, MTPA, MTPO, LIMO, ALK4, BENZ, CH4, C2H6, C3H8, PRPE, TOLU, XYLE |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Secondary Organics
ACTA, ALD2, CH2O, HPALDs, MACR, IEPOX, ACET, MEK, MVK, ISOPN, GLYX, HCOOH, MAP, RCHO, MP |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Secondary Organic Aerosols
TSOA0, TSOA1, TSOA2, TSOA3, ASOA1, ASOA2, ASOA3, ASOAN, TSOG0, TSOG1, TSOG2, TSOG3, ASOG1, ASOG2, ASOG3, INDIOL, LVOCOA, SOAIE, SOAGX, SOAP, SOAS |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Sulfur
SOx, DMS, OCS, SO2, SO4 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
ROy
H2O2, H, H2, H2O, HO2, O1D, OH, RO2 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | -- | |
J-values | sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | -- | -- |
Emissions by HEMCO category | Total
Aircraft, Anthropogenic, Biomass Burning, Biogenic, Lightning, Natural, Ocean, Seabirds, Decaying Plants, Ship, Soil, Degassing Volcanoes, Erupting Volcanoes | |||||
Emission totals | Tables by species | |||||
Global mass | Entire atmosphere | |||||
Budgets | Budgets after operations |
GCHP and GEOS-Chem Classic comparison
Below are links to plots and tables comparing 1-month simulations for GEOS-Chem Classic 13.0.0 (Ref) and GCHP 13.0.0 (Dev).
Species Category2 | Plots | Additional Information | ||||
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Level Map | Zonal Mean | Emissions | ||||
Oxidants
O3, CO, OH, NOx |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Aerosols
DST1, DST2, DST3, DST4, NH4, NIT, SO4, BCPI, BCPO, OCPI, OCPO, AERI, BrSALA, BrSALC, ISALA, ISALC, NITs, SALA, SALC, SO4s, Simple_SOA, Complex_SOA |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | AOD |
Bromine
Bry, BrOx, Br, Br2, BrCl, BrNO2, BrNO3, BrO, CH3Br, CH2Br2, CHBr3, HOBr, HBr |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Chlorine
Cly, ClOx, Cl, ClO, Cl2, Cl2O2, ClOO, ClNO2, ClNO3, CCl4, CFCs, CH3Cl, CH2Cl2, CH3CCl3, CHCl3, HOCl, HCl, Halons, HCFCs, OClO |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | -- | |
Iodine
Iy, IxOy, I, I2, IBr, ICl, IO, IONO, IONO2, CH3I, CH2I2, CH2ICl, CH2IBr, HI, HOI, OIO |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Nitrogen
NOy, NOx, HNO2, HNO3, HNO4, MPAN, NIT, NO, NO2, NO3, N2O5, MPN, PAN, PPN, N2O, NHx, NH3, NH4, MENO3, ETNO3, IPRNO3, NPRNO3 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Primary Organics
EOH, MOH, ISOP, MTPA, MTPO, LIMO, ALK4, BENZ, CH4, C2H6, C3H8, PRPE, TOLU, XYLE |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Secondary Organics
ACTA, ALD2, CH2O, HPALDs, MACR, IEPOX, ACET, MEK, MVK, ISOPN, GLYX, HCOOH, MAP, RCHO, MP |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Secondary Organic Aerosols
TSOA0, TSOA1, TSOA2, TSOA3, ASOA1, ASOA2, ASOA3, ASOAN, TSOG0, TSOG1, TSOG2, TSOG3, ASOG1, ASOG2, ASOG3, INDIOL, LVOCOA, SOAIE, SOAGX, SOAP, SOAS |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
Sulfur
SOx, DMS, OCS, SO2, SO4 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | sfc | |
ROy
H2O2, H, H2, H2O, HO2, O1D, OH, RO2 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | -- | |
J-values | sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere | -- | -- |
Emissions by HEMCO category | Total
Aircraft, Anthropogenic, Biomass Burning, Biogenic, Lightning, Natural, Ocean, Seabirds, Decaying Plants, Ship, Soil, Degassing Volcanoes, Erupting Volcanoes | |||||
Emission totals | Tables by species | |||||
Global mass | Entire atmosphere | |||||
Budgets | Budgets after operations |
GCHP and GEOS-Chem Classic difference of differences
This table contains plots comparing the difference [GCHP 13.0.0 - GCHP 12.9.0] against the difference [GC Classic 13.0.0 - GC Classic 12.9.0], taken from 1-month benchmark simulations.
Category | Plots | |||
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Level Map | Zonal Mean | |||
Oxidants
O3, CO, OH, NOx |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Aerosols
DST1, DST2, DST3, DST4, NH4, NIT, SO4, BCPI, BCPO, OCPI, OCPO, AERI, BrSALA, BrSALC, ISALA, ISALC, NITs, SALA, SALC, SO4s, Simple_SOA, Complex_SOA |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Bromine
Bry, BrOx, Br, Br2, BrCl, BrNO2, BrNO3, BrO, CH3Br, CH2Br2, CHBr3, HOBr, HBr |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Chlorine
Cly, ClOx, Cl, ClO, Cl2, Cl2O2, ClOO, ClNO2, ClNO3, CCl4, CFCs, CH3Cl, CH2Cl2, CH3CCl3, CHCl3, HOCl, HCl, Halons, HCFCs, OClO |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Iodine
Iy, IxOy, I, I2, IBr, ICl, IO, IONO, IONO2, CH3I, CH2I2, CH2ICl, CH2IBr, HI, HOI, OIO |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Nitrogen
NOy, NOx, HNO2, HNO3, HNO4, MPAN, NIT, NO, NO2, NO3, N2O5, MPN, PAN, PPN, N2O, NHx, NH3, NH4, MENO3, ETNO3, IPRNO3, NPRNO3 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Primary Organics
EOH, MOH, ISOP, MTPA, MTPO, LIMO, ALK4, BENZ, CH4, C2H6, C3H8, PRPE, TOLU, XYLE |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Secondary Organics
ACTA, ALD2, CH2O, HPALDs, MACR, IEPOX, ACET, MEK, MVK, ISOPN, GLYX, HCOOH, MAP, RCHO, MP |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Secondary Organic Aerosols
TSOA0, TSOA1, TSOA2, TSOA3, ASOA1, ASOA2, ASOA3, ASOAN, TSOG0, TSOG1, TSOG2, TSOG3, ASOG1, ASOG2, ASOG3, INDIOL, LVOCOA, SOAIE, SOAGX, SOAP, SOAS |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Sulfur
SOx, DMS, OCS, SO2, SO4 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
ROy
H2O2, H, H2, H2O, HO2, O1D, OH, RO2 |
sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
NOTE: At present diff-of-diffs plots are only generated for species concentrations.
Benchmark assessment form
Performance | GEOS-Chem Classic | GCHP |
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Grid resolution: | 4x5 | C48 |
# CPUs, nodes: | 24 CPUs 1 node (Intel Cascade Lake) |
48 CPUs 2 nodes (Intel Broadwell) |
Wall time: | 06:54:01 | 14:26:01 |
CPU time / wall time: | 19.4750 | 47.0915 |
% of ideal performance: | 81.15% | 98.11% |
Memory: | 13.68 GB | 71.56 GB |
Global mean OH: (% change from previous version) |
11.22769648880 x 105 molec/cm3 (-8.60%) |
11.24518930757 x 105 molec/cm3 (N/A) |
Methyl chloroform lifetime: (% change from previous version) |
5.5460 years (+8.20%) |
5.5318 years (N/A) |
Methane lifetime: (% change from previous version) |
9.3297 years (+8.09%) |
9.3064 years (N/A) |
Details | ||
Species, J-Values, and COLUMN AOD values that changed by 10% or more at the surface: | GCClassic version comparison | GCHP version comparison |
Species and J-Values that changed by 10% or more at 500 hPa: | GCClassic version comparison | GCHP version comparison |
Species and J-Values that changed by 10% or more in zonal mean: | GCClassic version comparison | GCHP version comparison |
Emissions that changed by 10% or more: | GCClassic version comparison | GCHP version comparison |
Overview | ||
Below we summarize the notable changes caused by specific updates. Supplementary plots may be viewed at http://ftp.as.harvard.edu/gcgrid/geos-chem/validation/InternalBenchmarks/.
Changes to benchmark setup
From GC_12.9.0.log: =============================================================================== R E S T A R T F I L E I N P U T Min and Max of each species in restart file [mol/mol]: Species 1, ACET: Min = 1.000000003E-30 Max = 2.716920022E-08 Species 2, ACTA: Min = 1.000000003E-30 Max = 7.725763085E-11 Species 3, AERI: Min = 1.037870635E-15 Max = 7.207419123E-12 Species 4, ALD2: Min = 4.684888406E-23 Max = 4.086598082E-08 ... Species 88, HONIT: Min = 1.000000003E-30 Max = 1.707073372E-11 Species 89, HPALD1: Use background = 9.999999683E-21 Species 90, HPALD2: Use background = 9.999999683E-21 Species 91, HPALD3: Use background = 9.999999683E-21 Species 92, HPALD4: Use background = 9.999999683E-21 Species 93, HPETHNL: Use background = 9.999999683E-21 ... From GCC_13.0.0-beta.0.log: =============================================================================== R E S T A R T F I L E I N P U T Min and Max of each species in restart file [mol/mol]: Species 1, ACET: Min = 1.198645368E-22 Max = 1.961477203E-08 Species 2, ACTA: Min = 7.944660459E-23 Max = 9.854482785E-10 Species 3, AERI: Min = 3.872448817E-16 Max = 1.060779242E-11 Species 4, ALD2: Min = 3.997531496E-23 Max = 1.028521712E-08 ... Species 88, HONIT: Min = 8.688050479E-44 Max = 4.034103954E-11 Species 89, HPALD1: Min = 0.000000000E+00 Max = 8.148696995E-11 Species 90, HPALD2: Min = 0.000000000E+00 Max = 1.696967566E-10 Species 91, HPALD3: Min = 0.000000000E+00 Max = 5.354099109E-11 Species 92, HPALD4: Min = 0.000000000E+00 Max = 1.183441123E-10 Species 93, HPETHNL: Min = 0.000000000E+00 Max = 1.283986667E-10 ...
############################################################################### ### Emissions totals for inventory CEDS ### ### Ref = GCC_12.9.0; Dev = GCC_13.0.0-beta.0 ### ############################################################################### Ref Dev Dev - Ref CEDS ALD2 : 0.154944 0.154553 -0.000391 Tg CEDS ALK4 : 5.366765 6.199071 0.832306 Tg CEDS BCPI : 0.124817 0.091399 -0.033419 Tg CEDS BCPO : 0.499270 0.365595 -0.133675 Tg CEDS BENZ : 0.538499 0.540498 0.002000 Tg CEDS C2H6 : 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 Tg CEDS C3H8 : 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 Tg CEDS CH2O : 0.207237 0.188655 -0.018582 Tg CEDS CH4 : 0.000000 nan nan Tg CEDS CO : 48.242726 43.334313 -4.908413 Tg CEDS EOH : 0.338720 0.192327 -0.146393 Tg CEDS HCOOH : 0.790157 0.787156 -0.003002 Tg CEDS MEK : 0.259010 0.317764 0.058754 Tg CEDS MOH : 0.235222 0.256436 0.021214 Tg CEDS NH3 : 4.601724 4.532344 -0.069381 Tg CEDS NO : 6.332088 5.357930 -0.974158 Tg CEDS OCPI : 0.775254 0.517257 -0.257997 Tg CEDS OCPO : 0.775254 0.517257 -0.257997 Tg CEDS PRPE : 0.273593 0.278035 0.004443 Tg CEDS SO2 : 8.222032 5.677984 -2.544048 Tg CEDS SO4 : 0.254883 0.176018 -0.078865 Tg CEDS SOAP : 3.328738 2.990056 -0.338683 Tg CEDS TOLU : 0.641471 0.694438 0.052966 Tg CEDS XYLE : 0.627999 0.653520 0.025521 Tg CEDS pFe : 0.008222 0.005678 -0.002544 Tg
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Approval | ||
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Date of approval: |
1-year full-chemistry benchmarks
Model setup
The following table describes the GEOS-Chem setup for both GEOS-Chem Classic and GCHP 1-year benchmark simulations.
Git tag(s): | TBD |
Compared to previous benchmark: | 12.9.0 |
Software environment: | ifort 18.0.5 openmpi 4.0.1 netcdf-fortran 4.5.2 cmake 3.16.1 |
Meteorology fields: | MERRA-2
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Benchmark date: | Spin-up run: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 Production run: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019 |
Benchmark Plots and Tables
Coming soon
1-year transport tracers benchmarks
Model setup
The following table describes the GEOS-Chem setup for both GEOS-Chem Classic and GCHP 1-year benchmark simulations.
Git tag(s): | TBD |
Compared to previous benchmark: | 12.9.0 |
Software environment: | ifort 18.0.5 openmpi 4.0.1 netcdf-fortran 4.5.2 cmake 3.16.1 |
Meteorology fields: | MERRA-2
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Benchmark date: | Spinup run: Jan 2015 - Dec 2018 Production run: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019 |
Benchmark Plots and Tables
Coming soon
10-year stratospheric benchmarks
Model setup
The following table describes the GEOS-Chem setup for both GEOS-Chem Classic and GCHP 10-year benchmark simulations.
Git tag(s): | TBD |
Compared to previous benchmark: | N/A |
Software environment: | ifort 18.0.5 openmpi 4.0.1 netcdf-fortran 4.5.2 cmake 3.16.1 |
Meteorology fields: | MERRA-2
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Benchmark date: | Jan 2010 - Dec 2019 |
Benchmark Plots and Tables
Coming soon