[RegCNET] RegCM always stops on same date

[Graziano Giuliani]

On 08/03/2012 01:40 PM, Felipe Roque wrote:
> Sridhara, I'm checking your tip about the value of abtm.
>
> Graziano, I created ICBC using data from ERA-Interim for 2009. They are in
> http://meteoro.cefet-rj.br/felipe/REGCM/input/ (AS_ICBC-ERA. .... nc). In
> all cases I'm using ROTMER projection. And I think it's because of this
> that there are missing values ​​at the top of the field and also on the
> sides and bottom. Look at the variable snowam in file AS_DOMAIN000.nc. In
> file AS_ICBC-ERA....nc you can see that this domain is the same in any
> sigma level.
>
> Felipe.
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I have download the ERA interim ICBC for 2009, and it seems to be completely 
wrong, with surface temperature set to 0 K for most of the period. The 
interpolation FOR SURE is not a problem, because either is ALWAYS faulty or it 
is working: the code called is always the same.
In my opinion there are some bugs in the MIROC input routine, AND in the ERA 
interim dataset you used to test.

I have tested your input namelist file with the 4.3.1 version of the code, and 
it correctly creates input ICBC on ERA dataset here in ICTP without errors. By 
the way, looking at the input namelist file, I have seen that you plan to use 
CHEM+CLM, which is a combination which is supposed working correctly only in 
4.3. In previous versions there were bugs and missing pieces of code, and I am 
aware only of a heavily modified version of this by UMICH which was giving 
correct results, the one used afterwards as the base for the 4.3 development.

Please consider upgrading the code, porting your MIROC input dataset 
modifications into the new codebase.

Ciao.

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