GEOS-Chem v10-01 benchmark history

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On this page we have posted complete information about all benchmark simulations (both 1-month and 1-year) for GEOS-Chem v10-01.

1-yr benchmarks

TBD

Here is the assessment form for 1-month benchmark simulation v10-01b.

Description
New features added into GEOS-Chem:	UCX strat chem mechanism, includes: Stratospheric chemistry Stratospheric aerosols Fast-JX photolysis mechanism
Developer name(s) and institution(s):	UCX: Sebastian Eastham (MIT) Fast-JX: Jingqiu Mao (Princeton)
Version, resolution, met fields used:	TBD
1-month benchmark finished on:	TBD
Performance statistics:	Ran on TBD CPUs of TBD (2.659 GHz x 8 CPU) Wall time: TBD Scalability: TBD
Compared to previous benchmark:	v10-01a
This update will impact: (select all that apply with boldface)	Advection, BL Mixing, Convection, Met Fields, Dry Dep, Wet Dep, Stratosphere, Anthro Emiss, Biogenic Emiss, Biomass Emiss, Photolysis, Chemistry, Other (please specify):
Plots may be viewed at:	TBD
Metrics
Global mean OH (from log file):	TBD x 10⁵ molec/cm³
Methyl chloroform lifetime:	TBD years
Did either of these change by more than 5%?	TBD
At the SURFACE, list all species that changed by 10% or more:	TBD
Comments on SURFACE differences:	TBD
At 500 hPa, list all species that changed by 10% or more:	TBD
Comments on 500 hPa differences:	TBD
In the ZONAL MEAN differences, list all species that changed by 10% or more:	TBD
Comments on ZONAL MEAN differences:	TBD
In the EMISSION RATIO maps, list all species that changed by 10% or more:	TBD
Comments on EMISSION RATIO differences:	TBD
Additional or summary comments:	TBD
Approval
Requires further investigation:	TBD
Approved:	TBD
Date of approval:	TBD

--Melissa Sulprizio 12:16, 3 February 2014 (EST)

Here is the assessment form for 1-month benchmark simulation v10-01a.

Description
New features added into GEOS-Chem:	Updates to dry deposition when using the Olson 2001 land map
Developer name(s) and institution(s):	Patrick Kim (Harvard)
Version, resolution, met fields used:	TBD
1-month benchmark finished on:	TBD
Performance statistics:	Ran on TBD CPUs of TBD (2.659 GHz x 8 CPU) Wall time: TBD Scalability: TBD
Compared to previous benchmark:	v9-02r w/ GEOS-FP meteorology
This update will impact: (select all that apply with boldface)	Advection, BL Mixing, Convection, Met Fields, Dry Dep, Wet Dep, Stratosphere, Anthro Emiss, Biogenic Emiss, Biomass Emiss, Photolysis, Chemistry, Other (please specify):
Plots may be viewed at:	TBD
Metrics
Global mean OH (from log file):	TBD x 10⁵ molec/cm³
Methyl chloroform lifetime:	TBD years
Did either of these change by more than 5%?	TBD
At the SURFACE, list all species that changed by 10% or more:	TBD
Comments on SURFACE differences:	TBD
At 500 hPa, list all species that changed by 10% or more:	TBD
Comments on 500 hPa differences:	TBD
In the ZONAL MEAN differences, list all species that changed by 10% or more:	TBD
Comments on ZONAL MEAN differences:	TBD
In the EMISSION RATIO maps, list all species that changed by 10% or more:	TBD
Comments on EMISSION RATIO differences:	TBD
Additional or summary comments:	TBD
Approval
Requires further investigation:	TBD
Approved:	TBD
Date of approval:	TBD

--Melissa Sulprizio 12:16, 3 February 2014 (EST)