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These files were created using the IFS experiment described above. They are in GRIB format and they can be examined using the command line tools available from the ecCodes library (e.g. grib_ls or grib_dump).

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$ grib_ls rlxmlgg201308251200 | head
rlxmlgg201308251200
edition      centre       typeOfLevel  level        dataDate     stepRange    dataType     shortName    packingType  gridType     
1            ecmf         hybrid       1            20130825     0            an           q            grid_simple  reduced_gg  
1            ecmf         hybrid       1            20130825     0            an           ciwc         grid_simple  reduced_gg  
1            ecmf         hybrid       1            20130825     0            an           clwc         grid_simple  reduced_gg  
1            ecmf         hybrid       1            20130825     0            an           cc           grid_simple  reduced_gg  
1            ecmf         hybrid       1            20130825     0            an           o3           grid_simple  reduced_gg  
1            ecmf         hybrid       2            20130825     0            an           q            grid_simple  reduced_gg  
1            ecmf         hybrid       2            20130825     0            an           ciwc         grid_simple  reduced_gg  
1            ecmf         hybrid       2            20130825     0            an           clwc         grid_simple  reduced_gg


$  grib_ls rlxmlsh201308251200 | head
rlxmlsh201308251200
edition      centre       typeOfLevel  level        dataDate     stepRange    dataType     shortName    packingType  gridType     
1            ecmf         hybrid       1            20130825     0            an           lnsp         spectral_complex  sh          
1            ecmf         hybrid       1            20130825     0            an           vo           spectral_complex  sh          
1            ecmf         hybrid       1            20130825     0            an           d            spectral_complex  sh          
1            ecmf         hybrid       1            20130825     0            an           t            spectral_complex  sh          
1            ecmf         hybrid       2            20130825     0            an           vo           spectral_complex  sh          
1            ecmf         hybrid       2            20130825     0            an           d            spectral_complex  sh          
1            ecmf         hybrid       2            20130825     0            an           t            spectral_complex  sh          
1            ecmf         hybrid       3            20130825     0            an           vo           spectral_complex  sh

Model Code Changes

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The source code changes to run OpenIFS 43r3 in nudged configuration are under version control in the OpenIFS Git repository in branch feature/nudging.

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In order to control the model's nudging configuration the following source code files are relevant:

  • namrlx.nam.h  –  the namelist block which appears in the fort.4 file. These variables allow to customise the model's nudging behaviour without recompiling the model source code.
  • yomrlx.F90  – in this module the  variables in the namelist block are defined.
  • surlx.F90  – this is the setup routine for the namelist variables, which includes their initialisation with default values and consistency checks.
  • updrlxref.F90  – this subroutine updates the reference fields for the relaxation.

The code in the nudging branch of OpenIFS 43r3 differs from that in IFS insofar that the variables CLPSHRLX and CLPGGRLX have been added to the namelist. These two variables allow to specify the location of the directory with the forcing files on the file system.  If these are not set then the model will expect to find the forcing files in the experiment directory.

The relaxation to the analyses involves code in further routines (e.g. yomsrlx.F90, relaxgp.F90, stepo.F90, stepo_oops.F90, su0yomb.F90, and updtim.F90) however this part does not need to be changed if the existing nudging capability of the model is to be used.

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