History diagnostics output

GEOS-Chem History diagnostics are comprised of several diagnostic collections. Each diagnostic collection contains a series of diagnostic fields that may be archived from a GEOS-Chem Classic simulation.

In the HISTORY.rc configuration file (which is located in your GEOS-Chem Classic run directory, you will find a list of default diagnostic collections. These are collections that have been predefined for you. You may edit the HISTORY.rc configuration file to select which diagnostic collections you wish to archive from your GEOS-Chem Classic simulation. You may also define your own custom diagnostic collectinons.

The filenames listed below correspond to the default diagnostic collections in the HISTORY.rc file.

GEOS-Chem History diagnostics output files

History output file

Diagnostic collection

Used in simulations

GEOSChem.AdvFluxVert.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

AdvFluxVert

fullchem

GEOSChem.AerosolMass.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

AerosolMass

fullchem aerosol

GEOSChem.Aerosols.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

Aerosols

fullchem aerosol

GEOSChem.BoundaryConditions.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

BoundaryConditions

Nested-grid simulations

GEOSChem.CH4.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

CH4

CH4

GEOSChem.CloudConvFlux.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

CloudConvFlux

All simulations

GEOSChem.ConcAboveSfc.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

ConcAboveSfc

fullchem

GEOSChem.ConcAfterChem.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

ConcAfterChem

fullchem

GEOSChem.DryDep.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

DryDep

All simulations with dry- depositing species

GEOSChem.JValues.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

JValues

fullchem Hg

GEOSChem.KppDiags.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

KppDiags

fullchem Hg

GEOSChem.LevelEdgeDiags.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

LevelEdgeDiags

All simulations

GEOSChem.MercuryChem.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

MercuryChem

Hg

GEOSChem.MercuryEmis.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

MercuryEmis

Hg

GEOSChem.MercuryOcean.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

MercuryOcean

Hg

GEOSChem.POPs.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

POPs

POPs

GEOSChem.Metrics.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

Metrics

fullchem CH4

GEOSChem.ProdLoss.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

ProdLoss

fullchem aerosol tagCO tagO3

GEOSChem.RadioNuclide.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

RadioNuclide

TransportTracers

GEOSChem.Restart.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

Restart

All simulations

GEOSChem.RxnRates.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

RxnRates

fullchem CH4 Hg

GEOSChem.SatDiagn.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

SatDiagn

All simulations

GEOSChem.SpeciesConc.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

SpeciesConc

All simulations

GEOSChem.StateChm.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

StateChm

All simulations

GEOSChem.StateMet.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

StateMet

All simulations

GEOSChem.WetLossConv.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

WetLossConv

All simulations with wet-depositing species

GEOSChem.WetLossLS.YYYYMMDD_hhhmmz.nc4

WetLossLS

All simulations with wet-depositing species