Input data for GEOS-Chem Classic¶
GEOS-Chem Classic reads (via HEMCO) several data files from disk during a simulation. These can be grouped into the following categories:
Data portals¶
Input data files for GEOS-Chem can be downloaded from one of the following portals:
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WashU
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The primary data portal for GEOS-Chem, geoschemdata.wustl.edu
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Amazon
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GEOS-Chem data on the Amazon cloud, s3://gcgrid
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Rochester
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Portal for the GCAP 2.0 meteorological data files, atmos.earth.rochester.edu
Initial conditions input data¶
Initial conditions include:
Initial species concentrations (aka Restart files) used to start a GEOS-Chem simulation.
Download method |
From portals |
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Run bashdatacatalog
on the |
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Direct data download (FTP or wget) |
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Globus, use endpoint GEOS-Chem data (WashU) |
\(^1\) We provide InitialConditions.csv
files (for each
GEOS-Chem version since 13.0.0) at our input-data-catalogs Github repository.
Chemistry input data¶
Chemistry input data includes:
Quantum yields and cross sections for FAST-JX photolysis
Climatology data for Linoz
Boundary conditions for UCX stratospheric chemistry routines
Download method |
From portals |
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Run bashdatacatalog
on the
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Direct data download (FTP or wget) |
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Globus, use endpoint GEOS-Chem data (WashU) |
\(^2\) We provide ChemistryInputs.csv
files (for each
GEOS-Chem version since 13.0.0) at our input-data-catalogs Github repository.
Emissions input data¶
Emissions input data includes the following data:
Emissions inventories
Input data for HEMCO Extensions
Input data for GEOS-Chem specialty simulations
Scale factors
Mask definitions
Surface boundary conditions
Leaf area indices
Land cover map
Download method |
From portals |
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Run bashdatacatalog
on the
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Direct data download (FTP or wget) |
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Globus, use endpoint GEOS-Chem data (WashU) |
\(^3\) We provide EmissionsInputs.csv
files (for each
GEOS-Chem version since 13.0.0) at our input-data-catalogs Github repository.
Meteorology input data¶
As described previously, GEOS-Chem Classic be driven by the following meteorology products:
Download method |
From portals |
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Run bashdatacatalog
on the
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Direct data download (FTP or wget) |
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Globus, use endpoint GEOS-Chem data (WashU) |
\(^4\) We provide a MeteorologyInputs.csv
file at our
input-data-catalogs Github repository.