GEOS-Chem v9-02

NOTE: In light of our new benchmarking procedure instituted at IGC5, every GEOS-Chem version released to the user community is now a public release, in the sense that we run a 1-year benchmark before making the code available. The 1-month benchmarks now replace what we used to call "beta releases". This allows us to retire the last two numbers in the version name. We shall henceforth denote GEOS-Chem versions as GEOS-Chem v9-02, etc. instead of using the previous nomenclature (e.g. GEOS-Chem v9-01-03).

Overview

• Previous version: GEOS-Chem v9-01-03
• Next version: TBD

What's new in this version

GEOS-Chem v9-02 shall contain the following major updates and improvements. (NOTE: The order of inclusion is subject to change):

Feature	Type	Submitted by	Benchmark (1 Month)	Status
SOA simulation with semi-volatile POA	Science	Havala Pye (EPA) GEOS-Chem Support Team	TBD	TBD
Update TOMS O3 columns	Science	Jenny Fisher (Harvard)	TBD	TBD
EPA/NEI05 North American Hg emissions	Science	Yanxu Zhang (U. Washington) Lyatt Jaeglé (U. Washington)	TBD	TBD
Nested-grid Hg simulation	Science	Yanxu Zhang (U. Washington) Lyatt Jaeglé (U. Washington)	TBD	TBD
Streets future Hg emissions	Science	Bess Corbitt (Harvard)	TBD	TBD
Correct Hg simulation to use updated Hg(0) oxidation kinetics and Br/BrO fields	Science	Bess Corbitt(Harvard) Justin Parrella (Harvard)	TBD	TBD
Fix to jv_spec_aod.dat	Bug fix	Gabriele Curci (University of L'Aquila)	TBD	TBD
Updated tagged Ox simulation	Structural	Hongyu Liu (Natl' Institute of Aerospace)	TBD	TBD
Updating photolysis from FAST-J to FAST-JX	Science	Jingqiu Mao (Princeton)	TBD	TBD
Correction for GEOS-5 PBL heights	Science	Sajeev Philip (Dalhousie)	TBD	TBD
Updated CAC ammonia emissions inventory	Science	Wai-Ho Lo (Dalhousie)	TBD	TBD

--Bob Y. 11:32, 29 August 2012 (EDT)

Previous issues now resolved in GEOS-Chem v9-02

TBD

Outstanding issues not yet resolved in GEOS-Chem v9-02

TBD