GEOS-Chem 12.6.0

GEOS-Chem 12.6.0
Released 18 Oct 2019

Contains the following updates:
(1) Combined heterogeneous chemistry updates, includes
(1a) N2O5, NO3, NO2 reactive uptake updates
(1b) Subgrid cloud NOy chemistry
(2) HNO3 cold-temperature deposition
(3) Quick fix for aerosol pH calculation when dry
(4) Remove isoprene in VBS (leaving aqueous)
(5) Updated aerosol hygroscopicity and optics
(6) Add EDGAR BCPI and BCPO emissions for remaining sectors to DICE-Africa
(7) Simple parameterization for CO2 dependence of stomatal resistance (off by default)
(8) Aerosol nitrate photolysis option (off by default)
(9) CMake in GEOS-Chem Classic (optional)
(10) Enable GEOS-Chem "Classic" netCDF (History) diagnostics to be subsetted vertically and horizontally
(11) BB4CMIP historical biomass burning emissions (1750-2014) (optional)
(12) Surface diagnostic (O3, HNO3) with user-selected height
(13) APM update and integration with GEOS-Chem 12

For more information about this release. please see:
http://wiki.geos-chem.org/GEOS-Chem_12#12.6.0

To view the benchmark evaluation plots, please see:
http://wiki.seas.harvard.edu/geos-chem/index.php/Benchmark/GEOS-Chem_12.6.0

Read the GEOS-Chem online manual at:
http://manual.geos-chem.org

This release is compatible with GCHP. See the GCHP online manual for more information:
http://wiki.geos-chem.org/Getting_Started_With_GCHP

Learn how you can run GEOS-Chem on the Amazon Web Services cloud computing platform:
http://cloud.geos-chem.org