# Changelog

## [v1.8] (March 2022)

**New features:**

- Switch to GNU autotools for distribution

## [v1.8a] (November 2021, never officially released)

**New features:**

- Implemented NOx fixing method

**Minor updates:**

- Updated compiler options for gnu

**Internal changes:**

- Moved to new website at UniA

## [v1.7] (December 2017)

**New features:**

- Method to include heteorogeneous reactions on aerosol
- Revamped mixing options (by constant K, volume, or tracer concentration)
- Simplified photoysis rates labeling
- New and renamed namelist options (```lverbose```, ```iturb```)
- Restructured and updated documentation

**Minor updates:**

- New command ```list_BOXMOX_mechanisms```
- ```new_BOXMOX_experiment``` now copies default namelist to work directory

**Internal changes:**

- Code cleanup
- ```setup``` file removed
- Creation of ```VERSION``` file to indicate BOXMOX version used for simulation

## [v1.6] (February 2017)

**New features:**

- Ability to create adjoint mechanism using ```prepare_BOXMOX_mechanism```

## [v1.5] (December 2016)

**New features:**

- Simplified tooling and use scripts
- Bug fix in MOZART-4 mechanism

## [v1.4] (September 2016)

**New features:**

- MCM v3.3, as well as several other mechanisms used in Knote et al., Atm. Env., 2015, are included
- Preparations to use adjoint models

## [v1.3] (November 2015)

**New features:**

- Namelist input (runtime definitions, verbosity)
- Example cases for an urban plume, PBL diurnal cycle, and a chamber experiment (```boxmox/data``` subdirectory)
- Diagnostic messages: notify user of unusable species in input files

**Internal changes:**

- Code refactoring
- Preparations for using MCM in BOXMOX

## [v1.2] (July 2015)

Initial public release