Benchmark/GEOS-Chem 12.9.0
This page includes information about all benchmark simulations for GEOS-Chem 12.9.0.
Contents
GEOS-Chem Classic 1-month benchmark
Benchmark plots
Enable PDF bookmarks1 in the files linked below to navigate between species. See the Species in GEOS-Chem wiki page for species definitions and details.
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 | |||||
Metrics | OH concentration, MCF lifetime, CH4 lifetime | |||||
Budgets | Budgets after operations
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1All plots created with GCPy have PDF bookmarks. If you do not see them in your browser try using a different browser (not Safari) or installing an Adobe Acrobat plug-in.
2Species category and lumped species definitions are simple to adjust. Updating them requires only editing the YAML files.
Benchmark assessment form
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New features added into GEOS-Chem |
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Version, resolution, met fields used: | GEOS-FP (72L), 4x5, July 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1-month benchmark finished on: | Tue Jun 30 04:27:21 EDT 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Performance statistics: |
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Git tag | 12.9.0-rc.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Compared to previous benchmark: | 12.8.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This update will impact: (select all that apply with boldface) |
Advection, BL Mixing, Convection, Met Fields, Dry Dep, Wet Dep, Stratosphere, Emissions, Photolysis, Chemistry, Other (please specify): | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unit test results may be viewed at: | http://ftp.as.harvard.edu/gcgrid/geos-chem/1mo_benchmarks/GC_12/12.9.0/GCC/Plots/GC_12.9.0_Jun26.results.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Metrics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Global mean OH from log file (% change): | 12.2836928383580 x 105 molec/cm3 (+3.55%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Methyl chloroform lifetime (% change): | 5.1257 years (-1.91%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Methane lifetime (% change): | 8.6311 years (-1.69%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overview | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments on observed differences: | Below we summarize the notable changes caused by specific updates.
############################################################################### ### Emissions totals for inventory LIGHTNOX ### ### Ref = GC_12.8.0; Dev = GC_12.9.0 ### ############################################################################### Ref Dev Dev - Ref LIGHTNOX NO : 1.700865 1.828790 0.127925 Tg
Total seconds spent in heterogeneous chemistry code: Before halogen chemistry updates 4863 After halogen chemistry updates 26348 After this fix 448
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List all SURFACE species, J-Values, and COLUMN AOD values that changed by 10% or more: |
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List all 500 hPa species and J-Values that changed by 10% or more : |
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List all ZONAL MEAN species and J-Values that changed by 10% or more: |
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List all EMISSIONS that changed by 10% or more: |
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Approval | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of approval: |
GCHP 1-month benchmark
The following sections contain validation plots for GCHP 12.9.0.
Comparison of GCHP versions
This table contains plots comparing GCHP 12.8.0 (Ref) and GCHP 12.9.0 (Dev) for a 1-month simulation.
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 |
Comparison of GCHP and GEOS-Chem Classic
This table contains plots comparing GEOS-Chem Classic 12.9.0 (Ref) against GCHP 12.9.0 (Dev) for a 1-month simulation.
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 12.9.0 - GCHP 12.8.0] against the difference [GC Classic 12.9.0 - GC Classic 12.8.0], taken from 1-month benchmark simulations.
Category | Plots | |||
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Level Map | Zonal Mean | |||
Oxidants | sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Aerosols | sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Bromine | sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Chlorine | sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Iodine | sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Nitrogen | sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Primary Organics | sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Secondary Organics | sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Secondary Organic Aerosols | sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
Sulfur | sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
ROy | sfc | 500hPa | full column | stratosphere |
NOTE: At present, we have only created the diff-of-diffs plots for species concentration. This can be extended to other categories in the future.
GEOS-Chem Classic 1-year benchmark
1-year benchmark overview
In this 1-year benchmark, two GEOS-Chem model versions are compared to each other:
1-year benchmark plots
These benchmarks plots were made using a combination of routines from GCPy and GAMAP. The 6-panel concentration, difference, and fractional difference plots and tables were created with GCPy, while the model vs observation plots were created with GAMAP because they have not been converted to Python yet.
Category1 | Plots | Additional Information | ||||
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Level Map | Zonal Mean | Emissions | ||||
Oxidants
O3, CO, OH, NOx |
Surface | 500 hPa | Full column | Stratosphere | Full column | |
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 |
Surface | 500 hPa | Full column | Stratosphere | Full column | AOD |
Bromine
Bry, BrOx, Br, Br2, BrCl, BrNO2, BrNO3, BrO, CH4Br, CH2Br2, CH2Br2, CH3Br3, HOBr, HBr |
Surface | 500 hPa | Full column | Stratosphere | Full column | |
Chlorine
Cly, ClOx, Cl, ClO, Cl2, Cl2O2, ClOO, ClNO2, ClNO3, CCl4, CFCs, CH3Cl, CH2Cl2, CH4CCl3, HOCl, HCl, Halons, HCFCs, OClO |
Surface | 500 hPa | Full column | Stratosphere | - | |
Iodine
Iy, IxOy, I, I2, IBr, ICl, IO, INO2, IONO2, CH3I, CH2I2, CH2ICl, CH2IBr, HI, HOI, OIO |
Surface | 500 hPa | Full column | Stratosphere | Full column | |
Nitrogen
NOy, NOx, HNO2, HNO3, HNO4, MPAN, NIT, NO, NO2, NO3, N2O5, MPN, PAN, PPN, N2O, NHx, NH3, NH4, MENO3, ETNO3, IPRNO3, NPRNO3 |
Surface | 500 hPa | Full column | Stratosphere | Full column | |
Primary Organics
EOH, MOH, ISOP, MTPA, MTPO, LIMO, ALK4, BENZ, CH4, C2H6, C3H8, PRPE, TOLU, XYLE |
Surface | 500 hPa | Full column | Stratosphere | Full column | |
Secondary Organics
ACTA, ALD2, CH2O, HPALDs, MACR, IEPOX, ACET, MEK, MVK, ISOPN, GLYX, HCOOH, MAP, RCHO, MP |
Surface | 500 hPa | Full column | Stratosphere | Full column | |
Secondary Organic Aerosols
TSOA0, TSOA1, TSOA2, TSOA3, ASOA1, ASOA2, ASOA3, ASOAN, TSOG0, TSOG1, TSOG2, TSOG3, ASOG1, ASOG2, ASOG3, INDIOL, LVOCOA, SOAIE, SOAGX, SOAP, SOAS |
Surface | 500 hPa | Full column | Stratosphere | Full column | |
Sulfur
SOx, DMS, OCS, SO2, SO4 |
Surface | 500 hPa | Full column | Stratosphere | Full column | |
ROy
H2O2, H, H2, H2O, HO2, O1D, OH, RO2 |
Surface | 500 hPa | Full column | Stratosphere | - | |
J-values | Surface | 500 hPa | Full column | Stratosphere | - | |
Emissions by HEMCO category |
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Emission totals | ||||||
Global mass | ||||||
Mean OH | ||||||
Model vs Observations |
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1Benchmark category definitions: benchmark_categories.yml
2Lumped species definitions: lumped_species.yml
NOTES:
- Category and lumped species definitions are simple to adjust.
- All plots created with GCPy have PDF bookmarks. If you do not see them in your browser try using a different browser (not Safari) or installing an Adobe Acrobat plug-in.