Release v11.0.1 on 2023-05-18

Zero-diff to Previous Release: YES

Restart Changes: NO, with minor exception to solar mentioned below

Major Changes:

• Merge in GEOS/mitgcm #547 #724 #423 #22 GEOS_OceanGridComp v2.0.0
• Add datalake #557
• Restructure make_bcs scripts #740
• Update make_bcs legacy input path #718 and associated PRs
• Reorganize make_bcs output directory #729
• Bug fix to address errors that caused fail of start-stop regression test for most Catchment-CN4.5 land tiles #657
• Bug fix remapping of CatchCN restart variables (RZMM, TGWM, SFMM) #741
• Update AGCM.rc.tmpl for reordered sw cloud optics file in RRTMGP v1.6 #446. The INTERNAL state of SOLAR now has COSZSW, CLDxxSW, and TAUxxPAR added to it.
• Remove Rome detection at NAS, fixes for AWS and unknown #460
• Add more processes for tiles for catch restart #18
• Fix issue with topo linking, pass in stretched grid options #14
• Fixture changes:
  • GEOSgcm_App v2.1.0 => v2.1.2
  • GEOSgcm_GridComp v2.0.0 => v2.1.1
  • MAPL v2.38.1 => v2.39.1
  • GEOSradiation_GridComp v1.3.0 => v1.4.0
  • RRTMGP geos/v1.5+1.0.0 => geos/v1.6+1.1.0
  • GEOS_Util v1.1.1 => v2.0.0
  • ESMA_cmake v3.28.0 => v3.29.0
  • ESMA_env v4.9.1 => v4.9.2
  • New MITgcm

Release v11.0.0 (Krok) on 2023-05-11

Zero-diff to Pre-release v11.0.0-rc.1: NO

Restart Changes: YES

Major Changes:

• Updated L181 and L91 ak/bk to remove kinks in 1st derivative of DZ. Adjusted top four aks for L137.
• Brought in changes from Hazardous Weather Testbed tags.
• Stretched-grid updates.
• Ability to output to generic X-Y grids (such as Lambert Conformal).
• New output diagnostics availible.
• Re-enabling wet scavenging tendency output.
• Additional tunings for physics.
• Improvements to gcm_regress.j for separate start-stop and layout tests.
• More details regarding the changes can be found here:
  • GEOSgcm_App
  • GEOSgcm_GridComp
  • FVdycoreCubed_GridComp
  • fvdycore
  • GMAO_Shared
  • GOCART
  • MAPL

Release v10.26.0 on 2023-04-19

Zero-diff to Previous Release v10.25.1: YES (except for minor differences listed below)

Restart Changes: YES (see below)

Non-zero-diff Changes:

1. LONG_NAME changes for some fields in catch restart
2. TR restart includes additional tracers to be used in R21C
3. TKM field was added to turb restart

Major Changes:

• This release brings in R21C updates
• Added new HISTORY_R21C.rc.tmpl
• Clarification of some LONG_NAME attributes from surface
• Added exports for new diagnostics
• Modified observed precip regridding to use conservative algorithm
• Modified ADD_INCS to properly export wind tendencies
• Updates for lowest-model-level forcing collections

Pre-release of Krok

Zero-diff to Previous Release: NO

Restart Changes: YES

Major Non-zero-diff Changes:

• Refactor MoistGridComp to separate GF, UW, BACM, GFDL and MGB2 codebases into distinct interface modules and leverage shared process level code in a new moist Process_Library module (L72 defaults to BACM_1M).
• TRB and Moist refactoring support updates to new vertical levels beyond L72 including a move to GF2020 and new cldmicro schemes (L72 defaults to GF-Legacy).
• GWD code includes new convective background scheme and anisotropic ridge orographic scheme (L72 defaults to old schemes).
• FV3 updated to support stretched grids and dual hydrostatic/non-hydrostatic build.

Release v10.25.1 on 2023-03-08

Zero-diff to Previous Release: YES

Restart Changes: NO

Major Zero-diff Changes:

• Introducing IGNI as a new component that integrates fire weather observations into fuel moisture codes and fire behavior indexes based on the CFFWI system by @adarmenov in #699 #710 #410
• "make boundary conditions" (make_bcs) package updates:
  • Update paths to use a new inputs area by @biljanaorescanin in #694
  • Cleanup and reorganization of files in ./Raster by @gmao-rreichle in #707
  • Add new 0.66 degree MOM6 grid into make_bcs by @yvikhlya in #712
• Cleanup of Catchment-CN constants in CatchmentCNRst.F90 by @gmao-jkolassa in #682
• Removed unused code in GWD by @bena-nasa in #705
• NAS updates:
  • Allow only Rome builds to run on Romes at NAS by @mathomp4 in #411
  • Add Rome detections to other setup scripts by @mathomp4 in #414
• Got AERO_PROVIDER=GMICHEM working with necessary changes to AGCM.rc to run with it (aerosol optics files) by @ssteenro in #416
• Additions to GMAO_ods to include trace gas support for CoDAS. Also includes more OMPS and AMSR support from Ricardo's rt_g530_1.6.0_merge tag by @briardew in #311
• Move regrid and remap_restarts from post directory to pre directory by @mathomp4 in #3
• Plot updates:
  • Updates for QBO labeling and added MOIST variables by @sdrabenh in #6
  • 3CH and quickplot updates by @lltakacs in #8
• Update to Baselibs 7.8.1 (ESMF 8.4.1) to avoid possible memory corruption bug #533
• Update to ESMA_cmake v3.26.0 to better handle Rome nodes #531
• Updates to MAPL 2.35.2 which includes:
  • Changes from @weiyuan-jiang needed by the land group.
  • Bug fixes for ExtData from @bena-nasa and fixes for UFS folks

Release v10.25.0 on 2023-01-20

Zero-diff to Previous Release: Not always

Restart Changes: NO

Potential Non-zero-diff Changes:

• Updated to use 2021 NRL Solar File by @mathomp4 in #366
• Updated to use ExtData2G by default by @vbuchard in #381

Zero-diff Changes for Stock Configuration

• Fixes to allow non-72-level runs to use ExtData2G by @mathomp4 in #389
• Updated logging.yaml by adding YAML linter by @mathomp4 in #391

Structural Changes

• Moved GEOS_Util out of GMAO_Shared into its own repository.

Release v10.24.0 on 2023-01-18

Zero-diff to Previous Release: YES

Restart Changes: NO

Major Zero-diff Changes:

• Moved TR, GMI, and StratChem to separate repositories by @mathomp4 in #509

Release v10.23.3 on 2023-01-18

Zero-diff to Previous Release: YES

Restart Changes: NO

Major Zero-diff Changes:

• Improved the user interface of mk_runofftbl.F90 by @sanAkel in #693
• Updates for WSTAR Calculation and plots package by @lltakacs in #313
• Upticks to additional repositories:
  1. MAPL v2.33.0 -> v2.34.2 highlights:
     • Fixed the naming convention of the split field name (#1874). For this, before on split fields in History you'd get out DU, DU002, DU003. But now MAPL will do DU001, DU002, DU003
     • Updates for better support of State Specs in GOCART (see GEOS-ESM/GOCART#202)
       1. Support for * expansion in long names
       2. Support to fill %d in long names
  2. ESMA_cmake v3.21.0 -> v3.24.0
  3. GEOSchem_GridComp v1.11.0
  4. GEOS_OceanGridComp v1.2.1
  5. MOM6 geos/v2.1.0

Release v10.23.2 on 2022-12-19

Zero-diff to Previous Release: YES

Restart Changes: NO

Major Zero-diff Changes:

• Read bcs parameters from target bc directory instead of from catchment restart file by @weiyuan-jiang in #670
• Remove snowalb from restart file when target bc does not have it by @weiyuan-jiang in #673
• Restore mk_CatchRestarts so regrid.pl will not work with new bcs with snowalb anymore by @weiyuan-jiang in #674
• Add adjustable tolerance to the rasterization routine by @atrayano in #663
• Add Option to Use MODIS-based Snow Albedo Climatology by @biljanaorescanin in #618
• Further cleanup and reorganization of make_bcs by @weiyuan-jiang in #634
• Add optional data sea ice thickness for atmosphere-only configuration by @sanAkel in #686
• Add warning about QQJ,K in the context of new GMI mechanisms by @mmanyin in #378
• Update path for M2_REPLAY_ANA_LOCATION by @sanAkel in #377
• HISTORY.AOGCM-MOM5.rc.tmpl updated to be consistent with the MOM6 and AMIP templates by @yvikhlya in #382
• regrid_exch: tile_hist.data removed from history template by @yvikhlya in #383
• Add a warning message for users that regrid.pl is being phased out and replaced with remap_restarts.py by @biljanaorescanin in #304
• Bug fix for remapping MERRA-2 from 2021-06 to 2021-09 by @mathomp4 in #303
• Make MERRA2 remapping with remap_restarts.py consistent with regrid.pl by @mathomp4 in #308
• Modify remap_restarts.py to use argparse by @mathomp4 in #291
• Further OBIO support added to RRTMGP and Chou-Suarez in GEOSradiation_GridComp v1.2.0
• Upticked from MAPL v2.30.2 to MAPL v2.33.0
• Upticks in env, cmake, and ecbuild

Release v10.23.1 on 2022-11-18

Zero-diff to Previous Release: YES and NO (see below)

Restart Changes: YES

Non-zero-diff Changes:

• Uptick GEOSradiation_GridComp to v1.1.0. Two fields (FSWBANDN and FSWBANDNAN) in solar_internal_rst were previously MAPL_UNDEF because there was no facility in RRTMG to calculate them yet. This facility is now added and thus this restart is technically non-zero-diff but these fields now have realistic values by @mathomp4 in #483

Major Zero-diff Changes:

• Upticked GEOSchem_GridCom from v1.10.1 to v1.10.4 (see release additional notes)
• Upticked MAPL from v2.25.0 to v2.30.2 (see additional release notes)
• Upticked GOCART from v2.1.0 to v2.1.2 (see additional release notes)
• RRTMG enabled two new exports DROBIO and DFOBIO (downwelling direct and diffuse fluxes all-sky, with aerosol) in the 33 bands used by ORadBioGC. These calculations can be turned on if RRTMG_TO_OBIO: .TRUE. appears in AGCM.rc when RRTMG SW is run by @mathomp4 in #483
• Updates for Spack Stack by @mathomp4 in #643
• Removed CUDA macros from GEOS_GwdGridComp by @darianboggs in #636
• Removed unused NCEP code from GEOS_GwdGridComp by @darianboggs in #640
• Modified RUN1 to load balance by @aoloso in #647
• Added support for CatchCN ensemble run by @weiyuan-jiang in #645
• Added CatchCN vars to rst by @weiyuan-jiang in #658
• Corrected units for mislabeled CatchCNCLM45 variables by @gmao-jkolassa in #660
• Updated HISTORY for coupled model applications by @sanAkel in #359
• Bugfix and updates to gmichem_setup by @mmanyin in #361
• Updated Oserver calculations by @mathomp4 in #347
• Added explicit CONTACT to History by @mathomp4 in #367
• Fixed cloning for coupled experiments by @mathomp4 in #365
• Added GEOSCHEMchem_ExtData.yaml to list of yaml files for EXTDATA2G by @christophkeller in #368
• Updated gmichem_setup and stratchem_setup by @mmanyin in #270
• Bugfix for forecast template and changes for default forecast HISTORY by @sdrabenh in #373
• Added preliminary support for Singularity by @mathomp4 in #350
• Made GMAO_etc to depend on GMAO_perllib by @mathomp4 in #297
• Updated EASE grid tile file name by @weiyuan-jiang in #295
• Fixed gcmpost.script logic to generate xdf.tabl for collections with monthly:1 attribute by @sdrabenh in #300
• In addition to the above changes, these additional repositories were up-ticked as well:
  1. cmake v3.19.0
  2. env v4.6.0
  3. NCEP_Shared v1.2.1
  4. FVdycoreCubed_GridComp v1.12.1
  5. fvdycore v1.5.0

Full list of changes for GCM fixture: v10.23.0...v10.23.1