Benchmark Test Runs

A series of benchmark runs are made for each release of the TIEGCM (since v1.93). Job scripts and namelist input files for these runs are available in subdirectories in the tests/ directory.

Netcdf files with the first history of each benchmark run are available in the data download file. These files can be used as start-up SOURCE files to reproduce the runs. The namelist input files and job scripts used to make the runs are provided in the tests/ directory of the release.

Full history file output for version 1.94 of the runs is available in subdirectories of http://download.hao.ucar.edu/pub/tgcm/tiegcm1.94 (single-history start-up files are also at this location). See also the *.control files in each subdirectory for a summary of dates and times of histories on each file. Links to individual benchmark runs are also provided below.

For version 1.94, the following benchmark runs were made:

1. control: 5-day control runs, started from steady-state histories at both equinoxes and both solstices, and at solar minimum and maximum conditions:

   mareqx: March Equinox (day 80)
   junsol: June Solstice (day 172)
   sepeqx: September Equinox (day 264)
   decsol: December Solstice (day 355)

   • Solar Minimum:

     POWER   = 18.
     CTPOTEN = 30.
     F107    = 70.
     F107A   = 70.
     

   • Solar Maximum:

     POWER   = 39.
     CTPOTEN = 60.
     F107    = 200.
     F107A   = 200.
     

   • History file output for control runs.

   • “Sanity check” postscript plots of TN and NE.

2. climatology: Full-year Climatology with constant solar forcing:

   • Heelis potential model with constant solar forcing:

     POWER   = 18.
     CTPOTEN = 30.
     F107    = 100.
     F107A   = 100.
     

   • History file output for climatology run.

   • “Sanity check” postscript plots of TN and NE.

3. dec2006: December, 2006 “AGU” storm case:

   • Heelis potential model with GPI (Kp) data
   • Weimer potential model with IMF data (F10.7 from GPI)
   • History file output for dec2006 simulation.
   • “Sanity check” postscript plots of TN and NE.

4. nov2003: November 1-6 (days 305-310), 2003 storm case:

   • Heelis potential model with GPI (Kp) data
   • Weimer potential model with IMF data (F10.7 from GPI)
   • History file output for nov2003 simulation.
   • “Sanity check” postscript plots of TN and NE.

5. whi2008: Whole Heliosphere interval (WHI) (March 21 to April 16, 2008)

   • Heelis potential model with GPI (Kp) data
   • Weimer potential model with IMF data (F10.7 from GPI)
   • History file output for whi2008 simulation.
   • “Sanity check” postscript plots of TN and NE.