[RegCNET] only one tracer in CHE.mon

[bixq]

In postproc.in, within shareparam namelist stanza,

set ntr to the number of tracer you used.

On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, James Ciarlo` wrote:

> Dear RegCNETers,
>
> I have run ./average < postproc.in to obtain the monthly means for the CHE
> files.
>
> I had a simple problem which you helped me solve with the .ctl file, but now
> I realised that where it should have several variables (in particular 4
> tracers; refer to q file 2 below), it has much less (in particular 1 tracer,
> refer to q file 1 below). Is this a simple problem of fixing the .ctl file?
> or is this a problem from the 'average' program?
>
> ga-> q file 2
> File 2 : RegCM chemistry/tracor variables
>  Descriptor: ../CHE.1990010100.ctl
>  Binary: ../CHE.1990010100
>  Type = Gridded
>  Xsize = 238  Ysize = 278  Zsize = 18  Tsize = 124  Esize = 1
>  Number of Variables = 40
>     trac1  18  0  tracer mix. rat  (Kg/Kg)
>     trac2  18  0  tracer mix. rat  (Kg/Kg)
>     trac3  18  0  tracer mix. rat  (Kg/Kg)
>     trac4  18  0  tracer mix. rat  (Kg/Kg)
>     aext8  18  0  aer mix. ext. coef
>     assa8  18  0  aer mix. sin. scat. alb
>     agfu8  18  0  aer mix. ass. par
>     colb__tr1  0  99  columnburden inst(mg/m2)
>     wdlsc_tr1  0  99  wet dep lgscale(mg/m2/d)
>     wdcvc_tr1  0  99  wet dep convect(mg/m2/d)
>     sdrdp_tr1  0  99  surf dry depos.(mg/m2/d)
>     xgasc_tr1  0  99  chem gas conv. (mg/m2/d)
>     xaquc_tr1  0  99  chem aqu conv. (mg/m2/d)
>     emiss_tr1  0  99  surf emission  (mg/m2/d)
>     colb__tr2  0  99  columnburden inst(mg/m2)
>     wdlsc_tr2  0  99  wet dep lgscale(mg/m2/d)
>     wdcvc_tr2  0  99  wet dep convect(mg/m2/d)
>     sdrdp_tr2  0  99  surf dry depos.(mg/m2/d)
>     xgasc_tr2  0  99  chem gas conv. (mg/m2/d)
>     xaquc_tr2  0  99  chem aqu conv. (mg/m2/d)
>     emiss_tr2  0  99  surf emission  (mg/m2/d)
>     colb__tr3  0  99  columnburden inst(mg/m2)
>     wdlsc_tr3  0  99  wet dep lgscale(mg/m2/d)
>     wdcvc_tr3  0  99  wet dep convect(mg/m2/d)
>     sdrdp_tr3  0  99  surf dry depos.(mg/m2/d)
>     xgasc_tr3  0  99  chem gas conv. (mg/m2/d)
>     xaquc_tr3  0  99  chem aqu conv. (mg/m2/d)
>     emiss_tr3  0  99  surf emission  (mg/m2/d)
>     colb__tr4  0  99  columnburden inst(mg/m2)
>     wdlsc_tr4  0  99  wet dep lgscale(mg/m2/d)
>     wdcvc_tr4  0  99  wet dep convect(mg/m2/d)
>     sdrdp_tr4  0  99  surf dry depos.(mg/m2/d)
>     xgasc_tr4  0  99  chem gas conv. (mg/m2/d)
>     xaquc_tr4  0  99  chem aqu conv. (mg/m2/d)
>     emiss_tr4  0  99  surf emission  (mg/m2/d)
>     acstoarf  0  99  TOAswd forcing av.(W/m2)
>     acstsrrf  0  99  SRFswd forcing av.(W/m2)
>     acstalrf  0  99  TOAlwr forcing av.(W/m2)
>     acssrlrf  0  99  SRFlwr forcing av.(W/m2)
>     psa  0  99  Surface Pressure (hPa)
>
> ga-> q file 1
> File 1 : RegCM monthly output variables
>  Descriptor: CHE.mon.ctl
>  Binary: CHE.mon
>  Type = Gridded
>  Xsize = 238  Ysize = 278  Zsize = 18  Tsize = 110  Esize = 1
>  Number of Variables = 16
>     trac1  18  0  tracer mix. rat  (Kg/Kg)
>     aext8  18  0  aer mix. ext. coef
>     assa8  18  0  aer mix. sin. scat. alb
>     agfu8  18  0  aer mix. ass. par
>     colb__tr1  0  99  columnburden inst(mg/m2)
>     wdlsc_tr1  0  99  wet dep lgscale(mg/m2/d)
>     wdcvc_tr1  0  99  wet dep convect(mg/m2/d)
>     sdrdp_tr1  0  99  surf dry depos.(mg/m2/d)
>     xgasc_tr1  0  99  chem gas conv. (mg/m2/d)
>     xaquc_tr1  0  99  chem aqu conv. (mg/m2/d)
>     emiss_tr1  0  99  surf emission  (mg/m2/d)
>     acstoarf  0  99  TOArad forcing av.(W/m2)
>     acstsrrf  0  99  SRFrad forcing av.(W/m2)
>     acstalrf  0  99  TOAlwr forcing av.(W/m2)
>     acssrlrf  0  99  SRFlwr forcing av.(W/m2)
>     ps  0  99  surface pressure (hPa)
>
>
> Regards,
>
> James Ciarlo`
>

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