GEOS-Chem model development priorities
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On this page we list the current priorities for GEOS-Chem development. This list is continuously updated based on code readiness and input from the Working Groups and the Steering Committee. For history of past releases see the GEOS-Chem Versions wiki page.
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Merged and awaiting release
See the links below for items merged and awaiting release.
Patch version in development | Minor version in development |
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GEOS-Chem 13.1.3 | GEOS-Chem 13.2.0 |
Feature integration in progress
Feature | Contributor(s) | Model scope | Ease of implementation | Notes |
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Update US emissions to NEI2016 (as option) | Barron Henderson (EPA) Lyssa Freese (MIT) |
Emissions | Easy |
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Updated offline dust emissions | Yanshun Li (WUStL) | Emissions | Easy | |
Updates to enable automated run directory creation | GCST | Run directory | Medium | |
Modularize FAST-JX | Lizzie Lundgren (GCST) | Structural | Difficult |
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Feature integration in the queue
Feature | Contributor(s) | Model scope | Ease of implementation | Notes |
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Dust emissions from Meng et al. (in review) | Jun Meng (WUStL) Yanshun Li (WUStL) |
Emissions | Easy | |
Updated Rn-222 emissions | Bo Zhang | Emissions | Easy |
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Climatologies for lightning NOx | Lee Murray (Rochester) | Emissions | Easy | |
C2H4 and C2H2 chemistry | Kelvin Bates (Harvard) Ke Li (Harvard) |
Chemistry | Medium | |
HMS chemistry | Jonathan Moch (Harvard) | Chemistry | Medium |
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Updated aerosol dry deposition | Jeff Pierce (CSU) | Dry deposition | Easy | |
Adaptive chemical solver (as option) | Lu Shen (Harvard) | Chemistry | Difficult | |
Joint CO2-CO-CH4-OCS simulation | Beata Bukosa (NIWA) Kevin Bowman (JPL) |
Specialty simulation | Medium |
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Feature integration not yet prioritized
Feature | Contributor(s) | Model scope | Ease of implementation | Notes |
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Stratospheric HCN chemistry | Armin Kleinbohl (JPL) Debra Weisenstein (Harvard, retired) |
Chemistry | Medium |
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MEGAN3 | Sam Silva (MIT) | Emissions | Medium |
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GC-YIBs biosphere-atmospheric chemistry coupled model | Xu Yue (NUIST) | Science | Easy | |
Ecophysiology module in GEOS-Chem for biosphere-atmosphere exchange | Joey Lam(CUHK) Amos Tai (CUHK) |
Science | Easy |
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Extend UCX into the mesosphere | Sebastian Eastham (MIT) Eric Fleming (NASA GMAO) |
Chemistry | Easy | |
Archived CMIP6 Met Products for GEOS-Chem Input | Lee Murray (Rochester) | Input data | Easy |
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Updated Hg chemistry | Viral Shah (Harvard) Colin Thackray (Harvard) |
Chemistry | Medium | |
Landcover/Fire Emissions Offline LPJlmfire | Loretta Mickley (Harvard) Yang Li (Harvard) |
Emissions | Easy |
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Canopy Physics Model | Sam Silva (MIT) | Science | Medium |
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Almost there (< 6 months)
Feature | Contributor(s) | Model scope | Notes |
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Implement H2 chemistry in UCX | Chris Holmes (FSU) | Chemistry |
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Updated offline biogenic emissions | Hongjian Weng (PKU) | Emissions |
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Updated offline sea salt emissions | Hongjian Weng (PKU) | Emissions |
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Updated offline soil NOx emissions | Hongjian Weng (PKU) | Emissions |
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Provide recommended rather than hard-coded scaling factors for online emissions | GCST | Emissions |
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Provide climatologies for volcano emissions | GCST | Emissions |
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Provide climatologies for open fire emissions | GCST | Emissions |
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Diagnostic to archive XCO2, XCO, and XCH4 | Dylan Jones (Toronto) | Diagnostic | |
Provide archived TCR-2 GEOS-Chem OH fields for carbon simulations | Kazu Miyazaki (JPL) | Input data | |
Aromatic VOC chemistry | Kelvin Bates (Harvard) Ke Li (Harvard) |
Chemistry | |
BrC aging | Xuan Wang (Harvard) Melanie Hammer(Dalhousie) |
Chemistry | |
Shared Socioeconomic Pathways Emission Inventories | Hong Liao (NUIST) | Emissions |
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Rediagnosis of RAS convection in GEOS-Chem | Tailong He (Toronto) Dylan Jones (Toronto) Andrea Molod (NASA/GMAO) |
Convection |
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Read-in of native GEOS output | WUStL GCST | Input data |
GCHP only |
Change GCHP advection inputs to use total pressure and mixing ratio rather than dry | Sebastian Eastham (MIT) | Transport |
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Add capability to read mass fluxes for use in advection | Sebastian Eastham (MIT) | Transport |
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Over the horizon (6-12 months)
Feature | Contributor(s) | Model scope | Notes |
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Methylethylketone chemistry | Jared Brewer (CSU) | Chemistry | |
Add sulfate dependence to SOA yield from isoprene in simple SOA | Eloise Marais (Leicester) | Chemistry | |
GTMM updates | Ben Geyman (Harvard) | Hg simulation |
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Integrating GMAO's tracer gridded component in GCHP | Christoph Keller (NASA GMAO) | Transport Tracer simulation | |
Streamlining of specialty simulations through HEMCO and KPP | GCST | Chemistry, Specialty simulations |
Longer term (12-24 months)
Feature | Contributor(s) | Model scope | Notes |
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GCHP Adjoint | Daven Henze (CU Boulder) | Structural | |
Implement isotope simulation for CO and CH4 in GCHP | Lee Murray (Rochester) | Specialty simulation | |
Migrate LETFK DA scheme to GCHP | Kazu Miyazaki (JPL) | Structural | |
Super fast chemistry scheme | Benjamin Brown-Steiner (AER) Makoto Kelp (Harvard) |
Chemistry |
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Add non-volatile cations to ISORROPIA | Becky Alexander (UW) | Aerosols | |
DMS oxidation scheme updating | Becky Alexander (UW) Qianjie Chen (UW) |
Chemistry |
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Heterogeneous sulfate production | Lin Zhang (PKU) Becky Alexander (UW) Yuxuan Wang (U. Houston) |
Chemistry |
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Hg in WRF-GC | Yanxu Zhang (Nanjing) | Hg simulation | |
Hg with blowing snow | Yanxu Xhang (Nanjing) | Emissions, Hg simulation | |
Hg isotopes | Xiaotian Xu, Yanxu Xhang (Nanjing) | Hg simulation | |
Hg in CESM CAM-CHEM | Peng Zhang, Yanxu Xhang (Nanjing) | Hg simulation | |
Complex / multicomplex variables | Shannon Capps (Drexel) | Structural |