GEOS-Chem Resources

Online Manuals

• GEOS-Chem Manual at Harvard
• GAMAP Manual at Harvard
• GEOS-Chem and GAMAP Wiki
• David Fanning's IDL Site
• NASA: IDL Reference Guide

Example IDL Programs

• plot_summit_nd49_ts.pro
• idlsav_demo.pro

Documents

• GEOS-Chem Overview
• Handling Time Series Data in IDL
• ISO-8601 Dates & Times

Linux Command References

• Really Linux
• Red Hat Getting Started Guide
• Linux Cheat Sheet
• Intro to Linux Command Line

Getting Ready to Run GEOS-Chem

• Setting Up Your Account to Use IDL
• Installing/Configuring PuTTY and Xming
• Setting Up Model Directories

GEOS-Chem Basics

• Compiling GEOS-Chem (v8-03-01)
• Compiling GEOS-Chem (<= v8-02-xx)
• Creating New Restart Files When None Exist
• Forcing GAMAP to Read datainfo.dat and tracerinfo.dat

IDL Topics

• IDL Executive Commands
• Variable Naming Convention
• IDLSAV Files are a Programmer's Friend

Miscellaneous Topics

• Using the MTRI Server
• Using the FTP Drop Box

IDL Version 7.1 Manuals (pdf)

• Getting Started with IDL
• Using IDL
• What's New in IDL 7.1
• IDL Quick Reference
• IDL Reference Guide
• Scientific Data Formats
• Working With Color
• Application Programming
• Image Processing
• Object Programming
• IDL Advanced Math & Statistics
• IDL Connectivity Bridges
• IDL DataMiner Guide
• External Development Guide
• iTool Programming
• iTool User's Guide
• Medical Imaging in IDL
• IDL Wavelet Toolkit User's Guide
• User Interface Programming
• Installation and Licensing Guide
• Obsolete IDL Features