[MITgcm-devel] offline_exf_seaice experiment

[Jean-Michel Campin]

Hi Patrick,

I've just changed offline_exf_seaice/code/CPP_OPTIONS.h
will wait before turning off EXF_VERBOSE ;
and will figure out the best way to proceed for
the testreport / seaice_monitor.F & exf_monitor.F
when you are back.

Jean-Michel

On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 01:59:49PM -0400, Patrick Heimbach wrote:
> 
> Hi Jean-Michel,
> 
> can we discuss this in 2 weeks?
> Doesn't seem that urgent.
> Didn't seem to be a good idea to me to change
> testreport just to adapt one out of 60+ verif. experiments.
> And not clear why monitor output is useless.
> But I'll be happy to change everything (in 2 weeks).
> 
> -Patrick
> 
> On Sep 3, 2007, at 11:08 AM, Jean-Michel Campin wrote:
> 
> >Hi Patrick,
> >
> >I am going to check-in a new version of
> >offline_exf_seaice/code/CPP_OPTIONS.h
> >without #include "PACKAGES_CONFIG.h" (but all the other options  
> >unchanged).
> >I don't want to see this CPP_OPTIONS.h being copied elsewhere
> >and with #include "PACKAGES_CONFIG.h" starting to multiply (was
> >hard enough to get rid of it).
> >Also presently, it's shows a lot of differences when doing a diff
> >with model/inc/CPP_OPTIONS.h (was also the case when originally  
> >checked in)
> >so will go for a more standard, up-to date version.
> >
> >I would also prefer to have #undef EXF_VERBOSE
> >and to update offline_exf_seaice/results/output.txt &  
> >output.seaicetd.txt
> >since it's painful to search in those file with tons of
> >exf_GetFFieldsRec: messages.
> >It's also make those 2 output files more than 10 times bigger
> >than the average output.txt file from any other experiment.
> >
> >And the last thing (but not going to change it now, until every one  
> >agree)
> >is the seaice_monitor.F and exf_monitor.F things:
> >#ifdef ALLOW_BULK_OFFLINE
> >c-- Trick monitor output for testreport
> >C-- by writing some statistics into dynstat fields
> >c-- which are tested by testreport
> >
> >If someone thinks that something is not right in testreport & results
> >comparison, let's change testreport.
> >But here, writing the area as cg2d_init_res output, or the area again
> >written as dynstat_theta (which is part of the standard monitor  
> >output,
> >with meaningful values) is not the right way to go, I think.
> >And yes, I prefer not to see any "cg2d" output in the testreport
> >summary if the 2-D solver is not called (at least, it's telling that
> >it's an offline experiment), rather than something that pretend to
> >be a cg2d output but is not.
> >
> >And finally, the reason I would vote for changing back  
> >seaice_monitor.F
> >and exf_monitor.F (even before changing testreport),
> >is that 1) it make the MONITOR output useless (e.g.:,
> >>grep dynstat_theta_mean offline_exf_seaice/results/ 
> >>output.seaicetd.txt )
> >2) there are other offline experiments (and passive tracer advection
> >test) which have been there for long time and do not have fake output,
> >and consequently, it's even more confusing (because unexpected).
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Jean-Michel
> >
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