GEOS-Chem 13.3.2

Release date: 18 Nov 2021

This is a bug fix release and features the following updates:

• Fixed incorrect file path for OFFLINE_DUST emissions in ExtData.rc (zero-diff update)

See the GEOS-Chem 13.3.2 page for more information on these updates.

What's Changed

• Fix outdated path in GCHP fullchem config file ExtData.rc by @lizziel in #1017

Full Changelog: 13.3.1...13.3.2

GEOS-Chem 13.3.1

Release date: 15 Nov 2021

This is a bug fix release featuring the following updates:

• Nested grid simulations (except CH4) at 0.5° x 0.625° now use default timesteps of 600 s (transport) and 1200 s (chemistry)
• Diagnostic fixes
• GCHP fixes

See the GEOS-Chem 13.3.1 page for a complete list of updates.

What's Changed

• Bugfix: Wrong Timer_End call at the beginning of Integrate 2 by @jimmielin in #961
• Add fixes to diaglist_mod.F90 to permit collection names with "_" by @yantosca in #976
• Remove calls to Convert_Spc_Units in planeflight_mod.F90 by @yantosca in #978
• Modify fullchem_mod.F90 to print concentrations & rates after KPP "Integrate failed twice" error by @yantosca in #980
• Update run/shared/cleanRunDir.sh to remove additional GCHP logs (closes #982) by @yantosca in #983
• Bug fix: Remove second underscore from state_chm Hg fields (closes #957) by @yantosca in #986

Full Changelog: 13.3.0...13.3.1

GEOS-Chem 13.3.0

Release date: 15 Nov 2021

This is a minor version release featuring the following updates:

• Chemistry mechanism updates
• Heterogeneous chemistry updates
• Emissions updates (NEI2016 as an option)
• Diagnostic updates
• GCHP adjoint updates

See the GEOS-Chem 13.3.0 page for a complete list of updates.

What's Changed

• Minor update in the deposition menu in input.geos. by @joeylamcy in #636
• Add script for interactively running integration tests (for usage on aws) by @laestrada in #894
• Clean up heterogenous chemistry rate-law functions -- excluding sulfur chemistry updates to KPP by @yantosca in #897
• HMS Chemistry, adding updates of Moch et al 2020 (replaces PR #456) by @yantosca in #905
• Add C2H2 + C2H4 chemistry from Kelvin Bates plus CH3O2 + OH reaction (implemented by Mike Long) by @msl3v in #904
• Fix typo in CloudHet functions: Use MIN instead of MAX for ff by @yantosca in #912
• Revise N2O5 gamma calculation by @yantosca in #913
• ClNO2 + {SALACL,SALCCL,HCL} hetchem rxns should yield HNO2, not HNO3 by @yantosca in #914
• Meng offline dust by @YanshunLi-washu in #816
• Add advected species wildcard for ObsPack diagnostics + point to SAMPLE_BCs/v2021-09 folder by @yantosca in #922
• NEI2016 emissions by @msulprizio in #920
• Update volcano emissions to May 2020 by @msulprizio in #921
• Update IONO2 hydrolysis following Wang et al 2021 (supersedes PR #719) by @yantosca in #923
• Updates for aromatic chem per Kelvin Bates - MSL by @msl3v in #919
• Include PET number in error messages if using ESMF by @lizziel in #925
• Fix typos for NEI in GCHP's HISTORY.rc following 13.3.0-alpha.8 update by @msulprizio in #927
• Integration test bug fixes: (1) nested-grid int tests; (2) run directory naming by @yantosca in #929
• Updated aerosol dry deposition by @msulprizio in #658
• Updating adjoint code with bug fixes and accounting for structural changes by @TerribleNews in #797
• Fix registering species-based quantities in state_chm_mod.F90 by @yantosca in #942
• Fix numerical issues that halted GCHP benchmark simulations (closes geoschem/gchp #170) by @yantosca in #985

New Contributors

• @joeylamcy made their first contribution in #636
• @msl3v made their first contribution in #904
• @YanshunLi-washu made their first contribution in #816

Full Changelog: 13.2.1...13.3.0

GEOS-Chem 13.2.1

Release date: 10 Sep 2021

This is a bug fix release featuring the following updates:

• Retire tropchem simulation as an option
• Fixes for JvalO3O1D and JValO3O3P diagnostics
• Add WashU data server to GCHP data download script
• Bug fixes for planeflight diagnostic, nested-grid simulations, and Hg simulations

See the GEOS-Chem 13.2.1 page for a complete list of updates.

What's Changed

• Rebased #832 onto patch/13.2.1 by @LiamBindle in #834
• Minor GCHP run directory updates by @lizziel in #835
• GCHP interface should use LEN=ESMF_MAXPATHLEN for restart file path variable by @LiamBindle in #842
• Changed default log level for MAPL to WARNING (all PEs) and INFO (root PE) by @LiamBindle in #877
• Remove tropchem simulation option from GEOS-Chem Classic by @msulprizio in #890

Full Changelog: 13.2.0...13.2.1

GEOS-Chem 13.2.0

Release date: 07 Sep 2021

This is a minor version release featuring the following updates:

• CEDS v2 emissions
• Updated Yuan/BNU MODIS LAI
• Blowing snow emissions
• Luo et al 2020 wetdep (option)
• Trace metal simulation
• Several fixes for minor issues

See the GEOS-Chem 13.2.0 page for a complete list of updates.

What's Changed

• Update to CEDS v2 emissions by @msulprizio in #766
• Trace metals simulation -- brought up to GEOS-Chem 13 by @yantosca in #769
• Add lon & lat bounds to GEOS-Chem Classic HISTORY output by @yantosca in #774
• Implement Luo et al 2020 wet deposition algorithm (supersedes PR #522) by @yantosca in #779
• Blowing snow from sea salt aerosol by @lizziel in #777

Full Changelog: 13.1.2...13.2.0

GEOS-Chem 13.1.2

Release date: 06 Jun 2021

This is a bug fix release featuring the following updates:

• Update dry-run download script download_data.py to fetch GCAP2 data from the U. Rochester server
• Zero-diff updates required for CESM2-GC*
• Add .zenodo.json file for auto-filling of DOI fields

See the GEOS-Chem 13.1.2 page for a complete list of updates.

What's Changed

• [PULL REQUEST] Changes required for CESM2-GC by @fritzt in #728
• [PULL REQUEST] Update download_data.py to grab files from U. Rochester server by @yantosca in #764

Full Changelog: 13.1.1...13.1.2

GEOS-Chem 13.1.1

Release date: 22 Jun 2021

This is a bug fix release featuring the following updates:

• Bug fix for PM2.5 diagnostic
• GEOS-Chem updates for GEOS
• Enable GCHP to compile with GNU Fortran 10
• Expand support for GNU Fortran compilers to include version 10
• Fix bug in regex used for linking to ESMF

See the GEOS-Chem 13.1.1 page for a complete list of updates.

What's Changed

• GEOS-Chem updates for GEOS by @lizziel in #749

Full Changelog: 13.1.0...13.1.1

GEOS-Chem 13.1.0

Release date: 17 Jun 2021

This is a minor version release featuring the following updates:

• Distribute CEDS emissions vertically in the boundary layer
• Add diurnal scale factors of power plants emissions in China
• Fix H2O boundary conditions at tropopause
• Add GCAP 2.0
• Add bug fix for nested grid simulations to read boundary conditions continuously
• Update GMAO submodules in GCHP
• Add monthly diagnostic capability to History for GCHP

See the GEOS-Chem 13.1.0 page for a complete list of updates.

What's Changed

• Remove useless computations from KPP rate-law routines + OMP Collapse by @yantosca in #663
• Fix typo in call to HetIxCycleSSA (in KPP/fullchem/gckpp_HetRates.F90) by @yantosca in #664
• Remove all code for RRTMG binary diagnostics by @lizziel in #651
• Extraction of J-rates from KPP via planeflight diagnostic by @tsherwen in #615
• 12.9.2+simplify calc met by @cdholmes in #495
• Added new logging system files to run directory creation for GCHP by @sdeastham in #595
• Add co2 run by @TerribleNews in #582
• HEMCO grid feature and interface restructuring by @jimmielin in #681
• Merge GEOS-Chem 13.0.2 into the 13.1.0 development branch by @yantosca in #691
• Fix parallelization issues in ISORROPIA and get_ndep_mod.F90 by @yantosca in #695
• GCHP no diff run directory updates by @lizziel in #682
• More stable stratospheric H2O boundary condition by @sdeastham in #689
• GCAP 2.0 by @ltmurray in #670
• GCHP history updates by @lizziel in #709
• Add simplified README.md for GEOS-Chem main folder by @yantosca in #704
• Fix array-out-of-bounds error in dust_mod.F90 for APM microphysics sims by @yantosca in #715
• Remove GCHP-only text from GC-Classic History files by @lizziel in #720
• Add diurnal scaling of Chinese power plant emissions by @msulprizio in #724

Full Changelog: 13.0.2...13.1.0

GEOS-Chem 13.0.2

Release date: 12 Apr 2021

This is a bug fix release featuring the following updates:

• Fix for bug introduced in 13.0.1 where met fields were only being read on the first timestep

See the GEOS-Chem 13.0.2 page for a complete list of updates.

GEOS-Chem 13.0.1

Release date: 23 Mar 2021

This is a bug fix release featuring the following updates:

• Use online dust emissions (DustDead) by default
• Add several fixes for the GEOS-Chem Classic dry-run option
• Force GEOS-Chem Classic restart file to match simulation date
• Avoid "Is_Gas and Is_Aerosol are both false" error when adding new P/L species in KPP

See the GEOS-Chem 13.0.1 page for a complete list of updates

What's Changed

• [PULL REQUEST] Bug fixes for GEOS-Chem Classic dry-run simulations by @yantosca in #661

Full Changelog: 13.0.0...13.0.1