diff --git a/check_gdas_outputs.sh b/check_gdas_outputs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6cdab506..00000000
--- a/check_gdas_outputs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh 
-
-# get OUTDIR
-export SETTINGS_FILE=${1:-"settings_DA_cycle_gdas"}
-source ./${SETTINGS_FILE}
-
-export TEST_BASEDIR=${TEST_BASEDIR:-${EPICTESTS}}
-
-for TEST_DATE in 2016-01-01_18-00-00 2016-01-02_18-00-00 
-do
-
-for state in anal
-do 
-
-cmp ${OUTDIR}/mem000/restarts/vector/ufs_land_restart_${state}.${TEST_DATE}.nc ${TEST_BASEDIR}/ufs_land_restart_${state}.${TEST_DATE}.nc
-
-echo "testing ${state} on ${TEST_DATE}"
-if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
-    echo TEST FAILED
-    echo "$TEST_DATE $state are different"
-    exit 98
-fi
-
-done
-done 
-
-#TEST_DATE=2016-01-03_18-00-00
-for TEST_DATE in 2016-01-02_18-00-00 2016-01-03_18-00-00 
-do
-state='back'
-echo "testing ${state} on ${TEST_DATE}"
-cmp ${OUTDIR}/mem000/restarts/vector/ufs_land_restart_${state}.${TEST_DATE}.nc ${TEST_BASEDIR}/ufs_land_restart_${state}.${TEST_DATE}.nc
-
-if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
-    echo TEST FAILED
-    echo "$TEST_DATE $state are different"
-    exit 99
-fi
-done
-
-echo "TEST PASSED"
-
-exit
diff --git a/check_test.sh b/check_test.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 69260f12..00000000
--- a/check_test.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh 
-
-# get OUTDIR
-source settings_cycle_test
-
-TEST_BASEDIR=/scratch2/BMC/gsienkf/Clara.Draper/DA_test_cases/land-offline_workflow/DA_IMS_test/output/mem000/restarts/vector/
-
-for TEST_DATE in 2016-01-01_18-00-00 2016-01-02_18-00-00 
-do
-
-for state in back anal
-do 
-
-cmp ${OUTDIR}/mem000/restarts/vector/ufs_land_restart_${state}.${TEST_DATE}.nc ${TEST_BASEDIR}/ufs_land_restart_${state}.${TEST_DATE}.nc
-
-if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
-    echo TEST FAILED
-    echo "$TEST_DATE $state are different"
-    exit
-fi
-
-done
-done 
-
-TEST_DATE=2016-01-03_18-00-00
-state='back'
-cmp ${OUTDIR}/mem000/restarts/vector/ufs_land_restart_${state}.${TEST_DATE}.nc ${TEST_BASEDIR}/ufs_land_restart_${state}.${TEST_DATE}.nc
-
-if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
-    echo TEST FAILED
-    echo "$TEST_DATE $state are different"
-    exit
-fi
-
-echo "TEST PASSED"
-
-exit
diff --git a/configures/machine.hera.intel b/configures/machine.hera.intel
deleted file mode 100644
index 19f12aeb..00000000
--- a/configures/machine.hera.intel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-export JEDI_OPT=/scratch1/NCEPDEV/jcsda/jedipara/opt/modules
-module use $JEDI_OPT/modulefiles/core
-module purge
-module load jedi/intel-impi/2020.2
-module load cmake/3.20.1
-module load nco/4.9.1
-source /scratch2/NCEPDEV/marineda/Jong.Kim/hera.anaconda
-module load anaconda/3.15.1
-export MPIRUN=$(which srun)
-export WORKLOAD_MANAGER=slurm
diff --git a/configures/machine.orion.intel b/configures/machine.orion.intel
deleted file mode 100644
index 79a224f6..00000000
--- a/configures/machine.orion.intel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-export JEDI_OPT=/work/noaa/da/jedipara/opt/modules
-module use $JEDI_OPT/modulefiles/core
-module purge
-module load jedi/intel-impi/2020.2
-
-. /work/noaa/da/kritib/soca-shared/soca_python-3.9/bin/activate
-
-# modules to only load during runtime
-if [[ "$SOCA_SCIENCE_RUNTIME" == T ]]; then
-    module load nco/4.9.3
-fi
-
-
-ulimit -s unlimited
-
-export MPIRUN=$(which srun)
-export WORKLOAD_MANAGER=slurm
-export JOB_OPTS="--exclusive"
diff --git a/do_submit_test.sh b/do_submit_test.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f1f48980..00000000
--- a/do_submit_test.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-
-source settings_DA_cycle_gdas
-
-rm -rf ${OUTDIR}
-
-./do_submit_cycle.sh settings_DA_cycle_gdas
-
-
-
diff --git a/README_git b/docs/README_git
similarity index 100%
rename from README_git
rename to docs/README_git
diff --git a/jobs/JLANDDA_PREP_BMAT b/jobs/JLANDDA_PREP_BMAT
index fdff4df1..52515cfa 100755
--- a/jobs/JLANDDA_PREP_BMAT
+++ b/jobs/JLANDDA_PREP_BMAT
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ FILEDATE=${YYYY}${MM}${DD}.${HH}0000
 cd $MEM_WORKDIR
 
 # load modulefiles
+BUILD_VERSION_FILE="${CYCLEDIR}/versions/build.ver_${MACHINE}"
+if [ -e ${BUILD_VERSION_FILE} ]; then
+  . ${BUILD_VERSION_FILE}
+fi
 module use modulefiles; module load modules.landda
 PYTHON=$(/usr/bin/which python)
 
diff --git a/jobs/JLANDDA_PREP_EXP b/jobs/JLANDDA_PREP_EXP
index 6b98f8e6..4b780e69 100755
--- a/jobs/JLANDDA_PREP_EXP
+++ b/jobs/JLANDDA_PREP_EXP
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ mkdir -p $MEM_WORKDIR/modulefiles; cp ${CYCLEDIR}/modulefiles/build_${MACHINE}_i
 cd $MEM_WORKDIR
 
 # load modulefiles
+BUILD_VERSION_FILE="${CYCLEDIR}/versions/build.ver_${MACHINE}"
+if [ -e ${BUILD_VERSION_FILE} ]; then
+  . ${BUILD_VERSION_FILE}
+fi
+
 module use modulefiles; module load modules.landda
 
 if [[ $do_jedi == "YES" && $ATMOS_FORC == "era5" ]]; then
diff --git a/jobs/JLANDDA_RUN_ANA b/jobs/JLANDDA_RUN_ANA
index 942827b1..84b4896e 100755
--- a/jobs/JLANDDA_RUN_ANA
+++ b/jobs/JLANDDA_RUN_ANA
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ KEEPJEDIDIR="YES"
 cd $MEM_WORKDIR
 
 # load modulefiles
+BUILD_VERSION_FILE="${CYCLEDIR}/versions/build.ver_${MACHINE}"
+if [ -e ${BUILD_VERSION_FILE} ]; then
+  . ${BUILD_VERSION_FILE}
+fi
 module use modulefiles; module load modules.landda
 PYTHON=$(/usr/bin/which python)
 MPIEXEC=`which mpiexec`
diff --git a/jobs/JLANDDA_RUN_FCST b/jobs/JLANDDA_RUN_FCST
index 0e1b8441..bc1d0cce 100755
--- a/jobs/JLANDDA_RUN_FCST
+++ b/jobs/JLANDDA_RUN_FCST
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ RHH=$((${FCSTHR}%24))
 cd $MEM_WORKDIR
 
 # load modulefiles
+BUILD_VERSION_FILE="${CYCLEDIR}/versions/build.ver_${MACHINE}"
+if [ -e ${BUILD_VERSION_FILE} ]; then
+  . ${BUILD_VERSION_FILE}
+fi
 module use modulefiles; module load modules.landda
 PYTHON=$(/usr/bin/which python)
 MPIEXEC=`which mpiexec`
diff --git a/modulefiles/build_hera_intel.lua b/modulefiles/build_hera_intel.lua
index 0474694d..366735f5 100644
--- a/modulefiles/build_hera_intel.lua
+++ b/modulefiles/build_hera_intel.lua
@@ -1,77 +1,36 @@
 help([[
-loads UFS Model prerequisites for Hera/Intel
+loads modules necessary for building the land-DA workflow on Hera using Intel
 ]])
 
-prepend_path("MODULEPATH", "/scratch1/NCEPDEV/nems/role.epic/spack-stack/spack-stack-1.3.0/envs/unified-env/install/modulefiles/Core")
-prepend_path("MODULEPATH", "/scratch1/NCEPDEV/jcsda/jedipara/spack-stack/modulefiles")
+whatis([===[Loads modules necessary for building the land-DA workflow on Hera]===])
 
-stack_intel_ver=os.getenv("stack_intel_ver") or "2021.5.0"
-load(pathJoin("stack-intel", stack_intel_ver))
+prepend_path("MODULEPATH", os.getenv("modulepath_spack_stack"))
+prepend_path("MODULEPATH", os.getenv("modulepath_spack_stack_jedi"))
 
-stack_impi_ver=os.getenv("stack_impi_ver") or "2021.5.1"
+load(pathJoin("stack-intel", stack_intel_ver))
 load(pathJoin("stack-intel-oneapi-mpi", stack_impi_ver))
-
-stack_python_ver=os.getenv("stack_python_ver") or "3.9.12"
 load(pathJoin("stack-python", stack_python_ver))
 
-cmake_ver=os.getenv("cmake_ver") or "3.23.1"
 load(pathJoin("cmake", cmake_ver))
-
-ecbuild_ver=os.getenv("ecbuild_ver") or "3.6.5"
 load(pathJoin("ecbuild", ecbuild_ver))
 
-jasper_ver=os.getenv("jasper_ver") or "2.0.32"
 load(pathJoin("jasper", jasper_ver))
-
-zlib_ver=os.getenv("zlib_ver") or "1.2.13"
 load(pathJoin("zlib", zlib_ver))
-
-libpng_ver=os.getenv("libpng_ver") or "1.6.37"
 load(pathJoin("libpng", libpng_ver))
-
-hdf5_ver=os.getenv("hdf5_ver") or "1.14.0"
 load(pathJoin("hdf5", hdf5_ver))
-
-netcdf_c_ver=os.getenv("netcdf_ver") or "4.9.0"
 load(pathJoin("netcdf-c", netcdf_c_ver))
-
-netcdf_fortran_ver=os.getenv("netcdf_fortran_ver") or "4.6.0"
 load(pathJoin("netcdf-fortran", netcdf_fortran_ver))
-
-pio_ver=os.getenv("pio_ver") or "2.5.9"
 load(pathJoin("parallelio", pio_ver))
-
-esmf_ver=os.getenv("esmf_ver") or "8.3.0b09"
 load(pathJoin("esmf", esmf_ver))
-
-fms_ver=os.getenv("fms_ver") or "2022.04"
 load(pathJoin("fms",fms_ver))
-
-bacio_ver=os.getenv("bacio_ver") or "2.4.1"
 load(pathJoin("bacio", bacio_ver))
-
-crtm_ver=os.getenv("crtm_ver") or "2.4.0"
 load(pathJoin("crtm", crtm_ver))
-
-g2_ver=os.getenv("g2_ver") or "3.4.5"
 load(pathJoin("g2", g2_ver))
-
-g2tmpl_ver=os.getenv("g2tmpl_ver") or "1.10.2"
 load(pathJoin("g2tmpl", g2tmpl_ver))
-
-ip_ver=os.getenv("ip_ver") or "3.3.3"
 load(pathJoin("ip", ip_ver))
-
-sp_ver=os.getenv("sp_ver") or "2.3.3"
 load(pathJoin("sp", sp_ver))
-
-w3emc_ver=os.getenv("w3emc_ver") or "2.9.2"
 load(pathJoin("w3emc", w3emc_ver))
-
-gftl_shared_ver=os.getenv("gftl_shared_ver") or "v1.5.0"
 load(pathJoin("gftl-shared", gftl_shared_ver))
-
-mapl_ver=os.getenv("mapl_ver") or "2.22.0-esmf-8.3.0b09"
 load(pathJoin("mapl", mapl_ver))
 
 load("ufs-pyenv")
@@ -85,4 +44,3 @@ setenv("CMAKE_Platform", "hera.intel")
 setenv("EPICHOME", "/scratch2/NAGAPE/epic/UFS_Land-DA")
 setenv("JEDI_INSTALL", pathJoin(os.getenv("EPICHOME"),"jedi"))
 
-whatis("Description: UFS build environment")
diff --git a/modulefiles/build_orion_intel.lua b/modulefiles/build_orion_intel.lua
index bb515c04..b3db0e2e 100644
--- a/modulefiles/build_orion_intel.lua
+++ b/modulefiles/build_orion_intel.lua
@@ -1,77 +1,36 @@
 help([[
-loads UFS Model prerequisites for Orion/Intel
+loads modules necessary for building the land-DA workflow on Orion using Intel
 ]])
 
-prepend_path("MODULEPATH", "/work/noaa/epic/role-epic/spack-stack/orion/spack-stack-1.3.0/envs/unified-env/install/modulefiles/Core")
-prepend_path("MODULEPATH", "/work/noaa/da/role-da/spack-stack/modulefiles")
+whatis([===[Loads modules necessary for building the land-DA workflow on Orion]===])
 
-stack_intel_ver=os.getenv("stack_intel_ver") or "2022.0.2"
-load(pathJoin("stack-intel", stack_intel_ver))
+prepend_path("MODULEPATH", os.getenv("modulepath_spack_stack"))
+prepend_path("MODULEPATH", os.getenv("modulepath_spack_stack_jedi"))
 
-stack_impi_ver=os.getenv("stack_impi_ver") or "2021.5.1"
+load(pathJoin("stack-intel", stack_intel_ver))
 load(pathJoin("stack-intel-oneapi-mpi", stack_impi_ver))
-
-stack_python_ver=os.getenv("stack_python_ver") or "3.9.7"
 load(pathJoin("stack-python", stack_python_ver))
 
-cmake_ver=os.getenv("cmake_ver") or "3.22.1"
 load(pathJoin("cmake", cmake_ver))
-
-ecbuild_ver=os.getenv("ecbuild_ver") or "3.6.5"
 load(pathJoin("ecbuild", ecbuild_ver))
 
-jasper_ver=os.getenv("jasper_ver") or "2.0.32"
 load(pathJoin("jasper", jasper_ver))
-
-zlib_ver=os.getenv("zlib_ver") or "1.2.13"
 load(pathJoin("zlib", zlib_ver))
-
-libpng_ver=os.getenv("libpng_ver") or "1.6.37"
 load(pathJoin("libpng", libpng_ver))
-
-hdf5_ver=os.getenv("hdf5_ver") or "1.14.0"
 load(pathJoin("hdf5", hdf5_ver))
-
-netcdf_c_ver=os.getenv("netcdf_ver") or "4.9.0"
 load(pathJoin("netcdf-c", netcdf_c_ver))
-
-netcdf_fortran_ver=os.getenv("netcdf_fortran_ver") or "4.6.0"
 load(pathJoin("netcdf-fortran", netcdf_fortran_ver))
-
-pio_ver=os.getenv("pio_ver") or "2.5.9"
 load(pathJoin("parallelio", pio_ver))
-
-esmf_ver=os.getenv("esmf_ver") or "8.3.0b09"
 load(pathJoin("esmf", esmf_ver))
-
-fms_ver=os.getenv("fms_ver") or "2022.04"
 load(pathJoin("fms",fms_ver))
-
-bacio_ver=os.getenv("bacio_ver") or "2.4.1"
 load(pathJoin("bacio", bacio_ver))
-
-crtm_ver=os.getenv("crtm_ver") or "2.4.0"
 load(pathJoin("crtm", crtm_ver))
-
-g2_ver=os.getenv("g2_ver") or "3.4.5"
 load(pathJoin("g2", g2_ver))
-
-g2tmpl_ver=os.getenv("g2tmpl_ver") or "1.10.2"
 load(pathJoin("g2tmpl", g2tmpl_ver))
-
-ip_ver=os.getenv("ip_ver") or "3.3.3"
 load(pathJoin("ip", ip_ver))
-
-sp_ver=os.getenv("sp_ver") or "2.3.3"
 load(pathJoin("sp", sp_ver))
-
-w3emc_ver=os.getenv("w3emc_ver") or "2.9.2"
 load(pathJoin("w3emc", w3emc_ver))
-
-gftl_shared_ver=os.getenv("gftl_shared_ver") or "v1.5.0"
 load(pathJoin("gftl-shared", gftl_shared_ver))
-
-mapl_ver=os.getenv("mapl_ver") or "2.22.0-esmf-8.3.0b09"
 load(pathJoin("mapl", mapl_ver))
 
 load("ufs-pyenv")
@@ -84,5 +43,3 @@ setenv("CMAKE_Platform", "orion.intel")
 setenv("EPICHOME", "/work/noaa/epic/UFS_Land-DA")
 setenv("JEDI_INSTALL", pathJoin(os.getenv("EPICHOME"),"jedi"))
 
-whatis("Description: UFS build environment")
-
diff --git a/check_release_outputs.sh b/parm/check_release_outputs.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from check_release_outputs.sh
rename to parm/check_release_outputs.sh
diff --git a/parm/land_analysis_era5_hera.yaml b/parm/land_analysis_era5_hera.yaml
index 5ae85522..d23c7e7e 100644
--- a/parm/land_analysis_era5_hera.yaml
+++ b/parm/land_analysis_era5_hera.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ workflow:
     MACHINE: "hera"
     ACCOUNT: "nems"
     EXP_NAME: "LETKF"
-    EXP_BASEDIR: "/scratch2/NCEPDEV/fv3-cam/Chan-hoo.Jeon/landda_fixjjob"
+    EXP_BASEDIR: "/scratch2/NCEPDEV/fv3-cam/Chan-hoo.Jeon/landda_version"
     JEDI_INSTALL: "/scratch2/NAGAPE/epic/UFS_Land-DA/jedi"
     LANDDA_INPUTS: "/scratch2/NAGAPE/epic/UFS_Land-DA/inputs"
     FORCING: "era5"
diff --git a/parm/land_analysis_era5_orion.yaml b/parm/land_analysis_era5_orion.yaml
index a12e61c4..ce93b273 100644
--- a/parm/land_analysis_era5_orion.yaml
+++ b/parm/land_analysis_era5_orion.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ workflow:
     MACHINE: "orion"
     ACCOUNT: "epic"
     EXP_NAME: "LETKF"
-    EXP_BASEDIR: "/work/noaa/epic/chjeon/landda_fixjjob"
+    EXP_BASEDIR: "/work/noaa/epic/chjeon/landda_version"
     JEDI_INSTALL: "/work/noaa/epic/UFS_Land-DA/jedi"
     LANDDA_INPUTS: "/work/noaa/epic/UFS_Land-DA/inputs"
     FORCING: "era5"
diff --git a/sorc/app_build.sh b/sorc/app_build.sh
index 754f8342..e726bd66 100755
--- a/sorc/app_build.sh
+++ b/sorc/app_build.sh
@@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ fi
 source ${HOME_DIR}/parm/lmod-setup.sh ${PLATFORM}
 
 # source version file for build
-BUILD_VERSION_FILE="${HOME_DIR}/versions/build.ver.${PLATFORM}"
-if [ -f ${BUILD_VERSION_FILE} ]; then
+BUILD_VERSION_FILE="${HOME_DIR}/versions/build.ver_${PLATFORM}"
+if [ -e ${BUILD_VERSION_FILE} ]; then
   . ${BUILD_VERSION_FILE}
 fi
 
diff --git a/sorc/test/hera_ctest.sh b/sorc/test/hera_ctest.sh
index 6387f0c0..cb2b8fbe 100755
--- a/sorc/test/hera_ctest.sh
+++ b/sorc/test/hera_ctest.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #SBATCH --account=nems
 set -eux
 
+source ../../versions/build.ver_hera
 module use ../../modulefiles && module load build_hera_intel
 
 ctest
diff --git a/sorc/test/orion_ctest.sh b/sorc/test/orion_ctest.sh
index 626266ea..44863672 100755
--- a/sorc/test/orion_ctest.sh
+++ b/sorc/test/orion_ctest.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #SBATCH --account=nems
 set -eux
 
+source ../../versions/build.ver_orion
 module use ../../modulefiles && module load build_orion_intel
 
 ctest
diff --git a/versions/build.ver_hera b/versions/build.ver_hera
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ade8f887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versions/build.ver_hera
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+export modulepath_spack_stack="/scratch1/NCEPDEV/nems/role.epic/spack-stack/spack-stack-1.3.0/envs/unified-env/install/modulefiles/Core"
+export modulepath_spack_stack_jedi="/scratch1/NCEPDEV/jcsda/jedipara/spack-stack/modulefiles"
+
+export bacio_ver="2.4.1"
+export cmake_ver="3.23.1"
+export crtm_ver="2.4.0"
+export ecbuild_ver="3.6.5"
+export esmf_ver="8.3.0b09"
+export fms_ver="2022.04"
+export gftl_shared_ver="v1.5.0"
+export g2_ver="3.4.5"
+export g2tmpl_ver="1.10.2"
+export hdf5_ver="1.14.0"
+export ip_ver="3.3.3"
+export jasper_ver="2.0.32"
+export libpng_ver="1.6.37"
+export mapl_ver="2.22.0-esmf-8.3.0b09"
+export netcdf_c_ver="4.9.0"
+export netcdf_fortran_ver="4.6.0"
+export pio_ver="2.5.9"
+export sp_ver="2.3.3"
+export stack_impi_ver="2021.5.1"
+export stack_intel_ver="2021.5.0"
+export stack_python_ver="3.9.12"
+export w3emc_ver="2.9.2"
+export zlib_ver="1.2.13"
+
diff --git a/versions/build.ver_orion b/versions/build.ver_orion
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d78ddc63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versions/build.ver_orion
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+export modulepath_spack_stack="/work/noaa/epic/role-epic/spack-stack/orion/spack-stack-1.3.0/envs/unified-env/install/modulefiles/Core"
+export modulepath_spack_stack_jedi="/work/noaa/da/role-da/spack-stack/modulefiles"
+
+export bacio_ver="2.4.1"
+export cmake_ver="3.22.1"
+export crtm_ver="2.4.0"
+export ecbuild_ver="3.6.5"
+export esmf_ver="8.3.0b09"
+export fms_ver="2022.04"
+export gftl_shared_ver="v1.5.0"
+export g2_ver="3.4.5"
+export g2tmpl_ver="1.10.2"
+export hdf5_ver="1.14.0"
+export ip_ver="3.3.3"
+export jasper_ver="2.0.32"
+export libpng_ver="1.6.37"
+export mapl_ver="2.22.0-esmf-8.3.0b09"
+export netcdf_c_ver="4.9.0"
+export netcdf_fortran_ver="4.6.0"
+export pio_ver="2.5.9"
+export sp_ver="2.3.3"
+export stack_impi_ver="2021.5.1"
+export stack_intel_ver="2022.0.2"
+export stack_python_ver="3.9.7"
+export w3emc_ver="2.9.2"
+export zlib_ver="1.2.13"
+
diff --git a/versions/run.ver_hera b/versions/run.ver_hera
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..443f437e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versions/run.ver_hera
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build.ver_hera
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/versions/run.ver_orion b/versions/run.ver_orion
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..ba4830fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versions/run.ver_orion
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build.ver_orion
\ No newline at end of file