[MITgcm-support] S/R exf_check_range error

[Dmitri Leonov]

Maybe you also know what 'exf_yftype' stands for? There seems to be too 
many degrees of freedom here. If it's the model internal precision - why 
does it need to read it from the input file? (just curious)

Matthew Mazloff wrote:
> Hi Dmitri,
>
> not sure if you need a response (?)
> here goes anyway: It is actually the read precision for the exf 
> package.  I went to the exf package and saw exf_getffields.F called 
> exf_set_gen.F, which had the read call:
>
>  call mdsreadfield( genfile0, exf_iprec, exf_yftype, 1
>      &           , gen1, count0, mythid
>      &           )
>
>
> I assume the "i" was added to the name to represent input?  not 
> sure...but I see why it is confusing.
>
> -Matt
>
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