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dart_to_ncommas is the program that updates
a ncommas netCDF-format restart file (usually ncommas_restart.nc)
with the state information contained in a DART output/restart file
(e.g. perfect_ics, filter_ics, ... ).
Only the CURRENT values in the ncommas restart file will be updated.
The DART model time is compared to the time in the ncommas restart file.
If the last time in the restart file does not match the DART model time,
the program issues an error message and aborts.
From the user perspective, most of the time
dart_to_ncommas will be used on DART files that
have a header containing one time stamp followed by the model state.
The dart_to_ncommas_nml namelist allows
dart_to_ncommas to read the
assim_model_state_ic files that have
two timestamps in the header. These files are
temporarily generated when DART is used to advance the model.
One timestamp is the 'advance_to' time, the other is the 'valid_time'
of the model state. In this case, a namelist for ncommas (called
ncommas_in.DART) is written that contains the
&time_manager_nml settings appropriate to
advance ncommas to the time requested by DART. The repository version
of the advance_model.csh script has a section
to ensure the proper DART namelist settings for this case.
Conditions required for successful execution of dart_to_ncommas:
Since this program is called repeatedly for every ensemble member, we have found it convenient to link the DART input file to the default input filename (dart_restart). The same thing goes true for the ncommas output filename ncommas_restart.nc.
This namelist is read from the file input.nml. Namelists start with an ampersand '&' and terminate with a slash '/'. Character strings that contain a '/' must be enclosed in quotes to prevent them from prematurely terminating the namelist.
&model_nml ncommas_restart_filename = 'ncommas_restart.nc'; assimilation_period_days = 1, assimilation_period_seconds = 0, model_perturbation_amplitude = 0.2, output_state_vector = .true., calendar = 'Gregorian', debug = 0 /
&dart_to_ncommas_nml dart_to_ncommas_input_file = 'dart_restart', advance_time_present = .false. /
dart_to_ncommas_nml and model_nml are always read from a file called input.nml. The full description of the model_nml namelist is documented in the NCOMMAS model_mod.
Item | Type | Description |
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dart_to_ncommas_input_file | character(len=128) | The name of the DART file containing the model state to insert into the ncommas restart file. |
advance_time_present | logical | If you are converting a DART initial conditions or restart file this should be .false.; these files have a single timestamp describing the valid time of the model state. If .true. TWO timestamps are expected to be the DART file header. In this case, a namelist for ncommas (called ncommas_in.DART) is created that contains the &time_manager_nml settings appropriate to advance ncommas to the time requested by DART. |
ncommas_vars_nml is always read from a file called ncommas_vars.nml.
Item | Type | Description |
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ncommas_state_variables | character(len=NF90_MAX_NAME) :: dimension(160) |
The list of variable names in the NCOMMAS restart file to use to create the DART state vector and their corresponding DART kind. |
&ncommas_vars_nml ncommas_state_variables = 'U', 'QTY_U_WIND_COMPONENT', 'V', 'QTY_V_WIND_COMPONENT', 'W', 'QTY_VERTICAL_VELOCITY', 'TH', 'QTY_POTENTIAL_TEMPERATURE', 'DBZ', 'QTY_RADAR_REFLECTIVITY', 'WZ', 'QTY_VERTICAL_VORTICITY', 'PI', 'QTY_EXNER_FUNCTION', 'QV', 'QTY_VAPOR_MIXING_RATIO', 'QC', 'QTY_CLOUDWATER_MIXING_RATIO', 'QR', 'QTY_RAINWATER_MIXING_RATIO', 'QI', 'QTY_ICE_MIXING_RATIO', 'QS', 'QTY_SNOW_MIXING_RATIO', 'QH', 'QTY_GRAUPEL_MIXING_RATIO' /
assim_model_mod location_mod model_mod null_mpi_utilities_mod obs_kind_mod random_seq_mod time_manager_mod types_mod utilities_mod
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