Hi Zeinab,

Yes that is the variable that was suggested however, for me, the original error showed up for dtchesolv 900, 600, 300, 150, 120 and 90.

When I tried 60 and 30 I obtained a different crash (below).

forrtl: severe (71): integer divide by zero
Image              PC                Routine            Line        Source
regcmMPI           0000000000F492C9  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
regcmMPI           0000000000F47B9E  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
regcmMPI           0000000000EFBAD2  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
regcmMPI           0000000000E98593  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
regcmMPI           0000000000E9EC51  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
libpthread.so.0    00002AAAAC96EBE0  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
regcmMPI           00000000008963E9  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
regcmMPI           000000000070B7A8  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
regcmMPI           00000000004613D4  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
regcmMPI           0000000000784103  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
regcmMPI           00000000004611E6  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
libc.so.6          00002AAAACB99994  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown
regcmMPI           00000000004610D9  Unknown               Unknown  Unknown

It seems that decreasing dtchesolv does not solve the issue, but only creates a further complication. 

I still haven't managed to solve this crash. Let me know if you come up with anything.

Regards,
James

On 22 August 2015 at 12:04, <zeinab.salah@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear All,

There is a variable of  "dtchsolv"   in mod_che_chemistry.f90, do you mean that?

in this module :
 real(rk8) , parameter :: dtchsolv = 900.0D0

if dt of my run = 150 s , should I modify dtchsolv to 150 s? 

Best regards,
Zeinab

من: James Ciarlo` <james.ciarlo@physics.org>
إلى: Solmon Fabien <fsolmon@ictp.it>
نسخة كربونية: zeinab.salah@yahoo.com; RegCNET <regcnet@lists.ictp.it>; "ashalaby@ictp.it" <ashalaby@ictp.it>
تاريخ الإرسال: السبت 15 أغسطس، 2015‏ 10:50 ص
الموضوع: Re: [RegCNET] بØ(R)صوص: CBMZ chemistry crash

Hi again everyone,

I have tried reducing the dt stepwise (since I could not find dtchem) and have so far brought it down to 30. I am afraid that the model is still crashing in the same manner. 

I am currently scouring the code to try to understand what may be causing this error, as it has now also popped up in my CB6 simulation (not just CBMZ). I am attaching the error again for reference. 

Thanks and regards,
James



On 2 August 2015 at 14:18, James Ciarlo` <james.ciarlo@physics.org> wrote:
Hi again,

I have tried to use the dtchem but I could not find it anywhere in the User Guide or the model code, even after doing an svn update. 

On 2 August 2015 at 12:11, James Ciarlo` <james.ciarlo@physics.org> wrote:
Yes, it's just what I feared. I'll try doing just that. 

On 1 August 2015 at 15:35, Solmon Fabien <fsolmon@ictp.it> wrote:
Hello James

if you do not save chemall all the fast (not transported) species are
reset to zero , the solver will recalculate a new equilibrium at every
time step .. in fact with this fix you might still generate unrealistic
concentrations for some untransported species but since you reset to zero
there are  no further consequence and the code is stable , however it does
not mean that it performs a good chemistry ... I would try to screen the
to the solver inputs just before it starts exploding, and try to play with
chemistry step dtchem.. try to reduce it from 900 s to dt maybe ..

 Fabien
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have recently tried commenting the chemall sections in the
> mod_che_chemistry.F90, as suggested by Ahmed.
>
>
>           ! 1 : initialise xrin with the concentrations from
>           !     previous chemsolv step
> !          do ic = 1 , totsp
> !            xrin(ic) = chemall(j,i,k,ic)
> !          end do
>
> and
>
>           ! save the concentrations of all species for next chemistry step
> !          do ic = 1 , totsp
> !            chemall(j,i,k,ic) = xrout(ic)
> !          end do
>           ! Store photolysis rates for diagnostic
>
> Dear Ahmed,
>
> The simulation has just run to completion this way. however, I am
> concerned
> that this way, there is no chemistry continuity between time steps. It
> this
> the case? if so, how can we resolve this?
>
> Best regards,
> James
>
>
>
> On 1 August 2015 at 12:49, <zeinab.salah@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi James,
>>
>> We try to run the recent version also with CBMZ or DCCB and we get this
>> error also.
>> The file of regcm.in and the error message are in the attachments.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Zeinab
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *من:* James Ciarlo` <james.ciarlo@physics.org>
>> *إلى:* RegCNET <regcnet@lists.ictp.it>
>> *نسخة كربونية:* "ashalaby@ictp.it" <ashalaby@ictp.it>
>> *تاريخ الإرسال:* الثلاثاء 21 يوليو، 2015‏
>> 2:01 م
>> *الموضوع:* [RegCNET] CBMZ chemistry crash
>>
>> Dear RegCNETers,
>>
>> I have installed a recent version of the RegCM and tried to run a CBMZ
>> simulation for 1 year. However, the chemistry crashed and the simulation
>> kept on running producing a massive error log.
>>
>> After including a few lines in the mod_che_chemistry.F90 I got the
>> following information on when the error is happening:
>>
>> xrout, xrin, trac%indcbmz
>>   7.864835401599373E+153   38524086126.5782               10
>>
>> 10 is H2O2.
>>
>> I have attached the regcm.in file and the error obtained. I cannot
>> figure
>> out why this is happening. I was wondering if anyone has any idea on the
>> matter.
>>
>> Thanks and regards,
>> James
>>
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