[RegCNET] DOMAIN.INFO and DOMAIN.CTL file size is zero byte

[bixq]

On Tue, 2 Feb 2010, rajesh maurya wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am running RegCM model ,after executing  terrain.x ,I find the file size
> of DOMAIN.INFO and DOMAIN.CTL in Input directory  is zero byte.
> Below attach is logfile terrain scripts.
> LAMCON Projection Map ( 25S-45N & 40E-115E)
> I may want to know the procedure of calculating truelatL and truelatH .
>
> Please help me to come over this issue.
>


> LANDUSE MASK           0 exceed the limit

The above line usually means something wrong.


>
> *domain.param file*
> * *parameter(iproj='LAMCON') ! Map projection (LAMCON,NORMER,POLSTR,ROTMER)
>      parameter(iy=259)          ! number of grid points in y direction (i)
>      parameter(jx=278)          ! number of grid points in x direction (j)
>      parameter(ds=30.0)        ! grid point separation in km

>      parameter(clat= 10.00)    ! Central latitude (North positive)
>      parameter(clon= 77.50)    ! Central longitude (East positive)

>      parameter(truelatL= 35.)  ! LAMCON true latitude (low  latitude side)
>      parameter(truelatH= 70.)  ! LAMCON true latitude (high latitude side)

There is a serious error here,

If you have clat= 10, probably you need to use NORMER (or ROTMET).

If you insist to use LAMCON, try truelatL= -5. and  truelatH= 25.

Good luck !
Xunqiang Bi