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Hello,</div>
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I am trying to run the adjoint with a time-dependent control variable (xx_atemp) starting from a restart file (e.g., pickup.0000149028.data). In “data", I set: </div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">nIter0 = 149028</span>
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nTimeSteps = 8</div>
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and in “data.ctrl":</div>
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xx_gentim2d_weight(1) = 'wt_ones_2dm.data',</div>
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xx_gentim2d_file(1) = 'xx_atemp',</div>
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xx_gentim2d_period(1) = 7200.0,</div>
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mult_gentim2d(1) = 1.,</div>
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However, I encounter the following error related to the number of records for the effective control variable:</div>
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At line 2493 of file mdsio_read_field.f</div>
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(unit = 9, file = 'xx_atemp.effective.0000000012.data')</div>
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Fortran runtime error: Non-existing record number</div>
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This error disappears if I start from the initial time instead (i.e., nIter0 = 1) with other parameters remaining the same. </div>
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Does anyone happen to know how to address this issue in a general way? I greatly appreciate any suggestions or guidance!</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Best regards,</div>
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Yueyang Lu</div>
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