diff --git a/blueprints/operational_chemistry/iofields.met b/blueprints/operational_chemistry/iofields.met
index 54f5fbf0547fcbd4e3c3c16abbf6a11f88b4aa8f..10455b4f9351e774714eb0564e92e27393fc1a06 100644
--- a/blueprints/operational_chemistry/iofields.met
+++ b/blueprints/operational_chemistry/iofields.met
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 +:h:0:alt
 +:h:0:gsw
 +:h:0:tke
++:h:0:SWDDIF
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/blueprints/operational_chemistry/machine_specific/alcc_spack/config.bash b/blueprints/operational_chemistry/machine_specific/alcc_spack/config.bash
index c18860ec50020f854a9935c74372bb69ffcfadbb..4d9278078b7260e9b0c40e6d8031dd556117994c 100644
--- a/blueprints/operational_chemistry/machine_specific/alcc_spack/config.bash
+++ b/blueprints/operational_chemistry/machine_specific/alcc_spack/config.bash
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ exo_coldensBin=exo_coldens
 anthro_emisBin=anthro_emis
 fire_emisBin=fire_emis
 
+# path to Wesely and Exo_Coldens input data
+wesColdensDataPath=${WESELY_EXO_COLDENS_DATA}
+
 # path to MEGAN input data
 MEGANdir=/alcc/gpfs2/home/mbees/data/emissions/biogenic/MEGAN
 
diff --git a/jobs/pre/30_chem_wes_coldens.bash b/jobs/pre/30_chem_wes_coldens.bash
index 86e525b853603b7eb0ea26f7bcd4cc0d5df555e3..b10d6bff3c5fdc780b3b31ca446b20daa9994c60 100644
--- a/jobs/pre/30_chem_wes_coldens.bash
+++ b/jobs/pre/30_chem_wes_coldens.bash
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # Wesely, Exo_coldens
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+ln -s ${wesColdensDataPath}/* .
+
 ${weselyBin} < wesely.inp > wesely.out
 
 ${exo_coldensBin} < exo_coldens.inp > exo_coldens.out
diff --git a/machine_profiles/alcc_spack b/machine_profiles/alcc_spack
index 9134d726a012c37c59d6c91941f7054fdbd713be..39d138d1f903c6b3183fdef3f65ad1e0429a4162 100644
--- a/machine_profiles/alcc_spack
+++ b/machine_profiles/alcc_spack
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-module load wrf wps nco netcdf-c netcdf-fortran anthro_emis fire_emis megan_bio_emiss mozbc wesely-exo_coldens python gdal py-cartopy py-matplotlib py-netcdf4 py-numpy py-pyproj py-scipy py-requests py-simplekml py-pip
+module load wrf wrf-chem wps nco netcdf-c netcdf-fortran anthro_emis fire_emis megan_bio_emiss mozbc wesely-exo_coldens python gdal py-requests py-cdsapi py-cartopy py-matplotlib py-netcdf4 py-numpy py-pyproj py-rasterio py-scipy py-shapely py-simplekml py-xarray py-pyshp py-pandas
 
 ulimit -s unlimited