Difference between revisions of "Getting Started with GEOS-Chem"

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GEOS-Chem Main Page

Overview

On this page we provide information on getting started with GEOS-Chem "classic." Please see the Getting Started With GCHP page for information on the next generation of GEOS-Chem.

Quick Start Guide

1. GEOS-Chem overview
2. Minimum system requirements
3. Downloading source code
4. Downloading data directories
5. Creating run directories
6. Configuring runs
7. Compiling
8. Running
9. Output files
10. Visualizing and processing output
11. Coding and debugging
12. Getting help
13. Further reading

Getting help

• Frequently asked questions about GEOS-Chem
• Guide to GEOS-Chem error messages
• Recent bugs and fixes
• Tips on how to debug GEOS-Chem effectively
• Submitting GEOS-Chem support requests

Further reading

Grids

• FlexGrid: Defining custom horizontal and vertical grids (new in 12.4.0)
• GEOS-Chem horizontal grids
• GEOS-Chem vertical grids

Meteorology fields

• Overview of GMAO met data products
• Version history of GMAO met data products

Species

• Species in GEOS-Chem
• GEOS-Chem species database
• Physical properties of GEOS-Chem species

Model components

• Emissions
• Chemistry
  • FlexChem
• Advection
• Boundary layer mixing
• Cloud convection
• Dry deposition
  • Leaf area indices in GEOS-Chem
  • Olson land map
• Wet deposition

Aerosols

• Carbonaceous aerosols
• Mineral dust aerosols
• Secondary organic aerosols
• Sea salt aerosols
• Sulfate aerosols
• Aerosol-only simulation
• Aerosol optical properties
• Aerosol thermodynamical equilibrium
• Aerosol Microphysics
  • APM
  • TOMAS

Diagnostics

• List of diagnostics archived to netCDF format
• List of diagnostics archived to bpch format
• ObsPack diagnostic
• Planeflight diagnostic
• Archiving diagnostics from HEMCO
• Diagnostic time step
• Additional diagnostics

Validation

• Benchmarking
• Performance