[MITgcm-support] ctrl_set_globfld_xz/yz

[Martin Losch]

Hi Jean-Michel,

I cannot find WRITE_REC_XZ_RL anywhere (write_rec.F contains only the  
xy combination). Where is it?

Martin

On Sep 3, 2009, at 4:08 PM, Jean-Michel Campin wrote:

> Hi Martin,
> Just a comment:
> We should try not to use MDSWRITEFIELDXZ( ... ,'RL', ...)
> anymore, but instead WRITE_REC_XZ_RL
> Jean-Michel
>
> On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 03:26:10PM +0200, Martin Losch wrote:
>> Hi all (probably mostly Patrick and Matt)
>>
>> why do we need this complicated arrangement in ctrl_set_globfld_xz/ 
>> yz of
>> first writing a 3d field into, say, adxx_obcsn.*.data, and then  
>> adding
>> the remaining number of vertical slabs? Wouldn't it be easier to  
>> replace
>> the two loops by just one like this:
>>
>>>      do irec = 1, ncvarrecs(ivartype) +1
>>>         call MDSWRITEFIELDXZ( fname, ctrlprec,.FALSE., 'RL',
>>>     &        Nr, globfldxz,
>>>     &        irec,   optimcycle,  mythid)
>>>      enddo
>>
>> Is it just because the mdsiowritefieldxz/yz do not write meta- 
>> files? But
>> what is the use of a meta file for a 3D field that is clearly wrong
>> (dimensions and nRecords will only be accidentally correct)?
>>
>> We are having an interesting problem with this: we have
>> useSingleCPUio=.true. and globalFiles=.false. so that
>> mdswritefld writes a file adxx_obcsn.0000000000.data (because of
>> useSingleCPUio=.true.). Then for irec > nrec_nl mdswritefieldxz  
>> tries to
>> append a file adxx_obcsn.0000000000.001.001.data (because
>> globalFiles=.false.), which does not exist and the model stops with
>> "File does not exist". It took me a while to figure that out, because
>> for short integration times ncvarsrecs<Ny so that nrec_nl = 0 and  
>> the 3d
>> field is never written. The problem appeared only for longer
>> integrations (so that ncvarsrecs>=Ny and nrec_nl>0). Bug or  
>> feature? Is
>> there a problem with the above fix?
>>
>> Martin and Olaf
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