[RegCNET] PostProc inconsistency in output variables

[Michal Belda]

Dear RegCNETters,

I'm having a little problem with the RegCM builtin PostProc. After 
consulting with Sara and Bi, I think it's time to ask the community.

I found the PostProc to be quite useful and also easy enough to use, but 
the default set of output variables was too big for my taste. I tried to 
pick only a couple of variables by editing user.in and setting ones and 
zeros appropriately (I needed UA, VA, TA, LWD, SWI, RT, ZPBL, PSRF and 
RHA from the BATS set). The problem is that in the output files some of 
them were changed to others (like instead of Total precip I got 
Convective precip etc..)

I sifted through the code and maybe found an inconsistency in the 
variables list. If I take a look at the postproc.f lines 157 and 158, I 
see that nprc (Convective prec) is defined as being the 19th variable, 
but in the user.in file it is 18th in the BATS list and on the 19th line 
the Total precip is defined.

This may be a problem even if you don't choose individual variables for 
your postprocessed files and let it use the default set. I mean can we 
be sure that the values are not shuffled among the output variables 
(probably not if the user.in only controls what does and what does not 
go out, but it may be worth checking)...

Does anyone know if this is a known problem? I'm using the latest 
version available on the website.

Thanks for any answer
-- 
Michal Belda

Department of Meteorology and Environment Protection
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Charles University in Prague
V Holesovickach 2, 180 00, Prague, Czech Republic