README -- Describes contents of GEOSCHEM_RESTARTS/GC_12.8.0
11 Jun 2020
GEOS-Chem Support Team
geos-chem-support@g.harvard.edu

This directory contains netCDF restart files that can be used to initialize
GEOS-Chem simulations. The GEOS-Chem Classic restart files here were saved
out from the 1-year benchmark simulation for GEOS-Chem 12.8.0 (1-year spin-up,
1-year production run).

All GCHP restart files were regridded from the GEOS-Chem Classic restart files
using script convert_GCC_rst_to_GCHP_rst.sh with fortran regridding tool
csregridtool (https://bitbucket.org/sdeastham/csregridtool/).

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