[RegCNET] Need help when running RegCM4

[bixq]

Probably, ptop is no correct, you know, ptop is in unit of cb (10mb, or 
10HPa).

You'd better attach your regcm.in file.

Bi Xunqiang

On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, 黄河 wrote:

> Hi All,
>  
> This is my first time to run the RegCM4 on my linux system. I have compile the 'terrain, icbc, regcm' successful. But there is a error followed when I do "./icbc regcm.in". Please help me.
>  
> Thank you very much.
> Huanghe Gu
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> [root at Amazon Bin]# ./icbc regcm.in
>  
>   This is ICBC part of the RegCM version 4
>    SVN Revision:  compiled at: data : Sep 29 2010  time: 16:45:59
>  
>  : this run start at    : Fri Oct  1 10:19:03 2010
>  : it is submitted by   : ghh
>  : it is running on     : Amazon.engr.uconn.edu
>  : in directory         : /home/ghh/regcm/Bin
>                        
>  NREC =        299500
>  NSTART,NNNEND:         89121        89845
>  IDATE1,IDATE2:    2002010100   2002070100
>   
>   
>  **************************************************
>  FILE ALREADY EXISTS:
>  /home/ghh/simulation/input/TRS_ICBC2002010100                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
>  Do you want to overwrite the existing file? [y/n/q]
> y
>             6
>  /home/ghh/simulation/data/NNRP1/2002/air.2002.nc                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
>     9.9999997764825821E-003    477.6600036621094
>             7
>  /home/ghh/simulation/data/NNRP1/2002/hgt.2002.nc                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
>      1.000000000000000         32066.00000000000
>             8
>  /home/ghh/simulation/data/NNRP1/2002/rhum.2002.nc                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
>     9.9999997764825821E-003    302.6600036621094
>             9
>  /home/ghh/simulation/data/NNRP1/2002/uwnd.2002.nc                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
>     9.9999997764825821E-003    202.6600036621094
>            10
>  /home/ghh/simulation/data/NNRP1/2002/vwnd.2002.nc                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
>     9.9999997764825821E-003    202.6600036621094
>  READ IN fields at DATE:   2002010100
>  Error: the RCM surface is above the GCM
>  model top at i,j=           28           30
>  This might reasonably happen if you have a
>  very tall mountain in your domain. Setting
>  ptop to a smaller value could help.
>  Otherwise, this indicates a bug somewhere...
>    5.3667955E-02  =>    0.3667954     ,     5.000000
> FORTRAN STOP

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