[BUG/ISSUE] Nested-grid integration tests fail

[yantosca]

A recent set of GEOS-Chem Classic integration tests showed the following results:

geosfp_025x03125_CH4_na_47L......................Execute Simulation.....FAIL
geosfp_025x03125_fullchem_na_47L.................Execute Simulation.....FAIL
merra2_05x0625_CH4_na_47L........................Execute Simulation.....FAIL
merra2_05x0625_fullchem_as_47L...................Execute Simulation.....PASS
 
Summary of test results:
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Execution tests passed: 69
Execution tests failed: 3
Execution tests not yet completed: 0

[yantosca]

The solutions were as follows:

1. The nested-grid CH4 integration tests failed because there was no sample boundary conditions file for the CH4 simulation in the new HEMCO/SAMPLE_BCs/v2021-07/ path. We have created a new sample boundary conditions file and have uploaded it to HEMCO/SAMPLE_BCs/v2021-07/CH4 folder in the HEMCO directory tree. This update (commit e5dd660) allows the geosfp_025x03125_CH4_na_47L and merra2_05x0625_CH4_na_47L to pass integration tests.

2. The geosfp_025x03125_fullchem_na_47L simulation did not pass integration tests because by default the NEI2011_HOURLY emissions are activated whenever a North-American nested-grid run directory is created. But the NEI2011 emissions only have scale factors up to 2016, and now the default simulation start date that we use is 2019/07/01. The time-default cycle flags in the HEMCO_Config.rc will cause the run to stop because the simulation date is outside of the emissions time range. We have modified the run/GCClassic/createRunDir.sh script (in commit 213931a ) to turn off both NEI2011_HOURLY and NEI2011_MONMEAN by default when creating a North-American nested-grid run directory. This update now lets the geosfp_025x03125_fullchem_na_47L pass integration tests.

Both of these updates will ship with GEOS-Chem 13.2.1, which will be released immedately after 13.2.0 (once benchmarking has concluded).