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dart_to_cam is the program that reads a DART restart or model advance file (e.g. perfect_ics, filter_ics, assim_model_state_id ... ). and overwrites the part of the CAM data in a single CAM restart file (usually caminput.nc) which is in the DART state vector. If you have multiple input files, you will need to rename the output files as you create them.
The list of variables extracted from the DART state vector and exported to the CAM netCDF file is controlled by the set of input.nml &model_nml:state_names_* variables.
If the input is a model advance file, containing 2 timestamps (the current model time and a future time the model should run until), this program also creates a separate file named times that contains three lines: the advance-to time, the current model time, and the number of hours to advance. These will need to be extracted and inserted in a CAM namelist to indicate to CAM how long to run.
This program also updates the date and datesec variables in the CAM netcdf file. Generally these are identical times since the assimilation doesn't change the time of the data, but in case the original file had a different time that was overwritten in the state vector, it will update the time for consistency.
Conditions required for successful execution of dart_to_cam:
Since this program is called repeatedly for every ensemble member, we have found it convenient to link the DART input and CAM restart files to the default filenames dart_ics and caminput.nc). The output files may be moved or relinked as necessary.
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.
&dart_to_cam_nml dart_to_cam_input_file = 'dart_ics', dart_to_cam_output_file = 'caminput.nc', advance_time_present = .true., /
Item | Type | Description |
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dart_to_cam_input_file | character(len=128) | The name of the DART restart file containing the CAM state. |
dart_to_cam_output_file | character(len=128) | The name of the CAM restart netcdf file. |
advance_time_present | logical | Set to .false. for DART initial condition and restart files. Use the .true. setting for the files written by filter during a model advance. |
assim_model_mod.f90 types_mod.f90 threed_sphere/location_mod.f90 model_mod.f90 null_mpi_utilities_mod.f90 obs_kind_mod.f90 random_seq_mod.f90 time_manager_mod.f90 utilities_mod.f90
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