HgBenchmark_nested_NA

Developed by Yanxu Zhang Last updated 13 Jan 2013

This directory contains a set of IDL scripts used to benchmark new and updated versions of the GEOS-Chem mercury model at 0.5x0.666 North America grid. The primary script used is MERCURY_BENCHMARK_NESTED_NA; this will call all other necessary routines.

Included in this directory are tracerinfo.dat and diaginfo.dat files. However, you may want to replace these with the versions created by your simulations.

The benchmarking scripts compare a "new" model run to a "reference" simulation. If no reference file is specified, the new run will be compared to the default file (included here) default.05x0666.NA.2009. This file uses the model version documented in Zhang et al. 2012 which is based on v9-01-02c. Note: I have met some techniqal problem to upload the default.05x0666.NA.2009 file. Please directly contact Yanxu Zhang to get this file.

To run the benchmarking procedures, enter the following at an IDL prompt: MERCURY_BENCHMARK_NESTED_NA, FILENAME=FILENAME, REFERENCE=REFERENCE, $ PSFILENAME=PSFILENAME

Here, FILENAME is the name of the file containing output for the "new" run, REFERENCE is the name of the file containing output for the "reference" run, PSFILENAME is the name of the postscript in which the output will be saved (default is mercury_benchmark_nested_na.ps).

If you have questions, please contact Yanxu Zhang: zhangyanxv@gmail.com