Categories:
ECMWF related questions. Also see: ECMWF Data Frequently Asked Questions.
Compiling OpenIFS / FCM related questions. Also see: FCM User Guide (provided by UK Met Office).
OpenIFS questions: general and runtime.
GRIB & GRIB_API questions. Also see: GRIB_API Frequently Asked Questions.
Q. How do I get an account on the ECMWF computer system?
Q. I can't retrieve files from the ECMWF ftp server. I get an error: ftp:bind: Address already in use.
Q. The command 'fcm make' gives the error: mpif90: command not found?
Q. I get this error, what does it mean? "[FAIL] cpg1c.intfb.h: missing dependency (type=include)"
Q. How do I change where FCM builds the library archive (libmaster.a) file before the link stage?
Q. What does the $HERE variable in FCM configuration files mean?
Q. How do I change the compiler used by my MPI compiler wrappers?
Q. I get an error about missing shared object file: error while loading shared libraries: libmkl_intel_lp64.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.
Q. I get undefined references to 'dgemm_', 'dgemv_', 'sgecon_' etc.
Q. I get undefined references to: 'jas_stream_memopen', 'jpc_decode', 'jas_matrix_create', 'jas_image_destroy', 'jpc_decode'
Q. Should I use the same compiler for OpenIFS, LAPACK, OpenMPI etc?
Q. Where is the log file from compiling OpenIFS kept?
Q. What does the 'T' mean in 'T511', 'T1279' etc?
Q. How do I know the grid from from the 'T' number?
Q. What is the difference between IFS/OpenIFS model versions?
Q. What format is the model output?
Q. How do I check the model is working correctly on my system after I've installed it?
Q. What timestep should I use?
Q. OpenIFS fails with ABORT! 1 SU_MCICA:ERROR OPENING FILE MCICA
Q. OpenIFS fails with an error message from GRIB_API.
Q. OpenIFS fails (segmentation violation) when compiled with optimized compiler options ('opt' configuration) but works without any optimization ('noopt' configuration).
Q. OpenIFS fails with error: Dr.Hook has detected an invalid key-pointer/handle while leaving the routine 'RPASSF'
Q. I don't get any output from the model?
Q. I get an error message from GRIB_API when I run the model saying 'boot.def' not found?
Q. OpenIFS fails with an error message from GRIB_API.
Q. What are the GRIB_API environment variables and what do they mean?
Q. How can I check that GRIB_API was installed correctly / How do I find out where GRIB_API installed the definitions and sample files?
Q. How do I convert from GRIB to netCDF?
Q. When I use grib_ls on OpenIFS output, I get an error: GRIB_API_ERROR : unable to represent the step in h
Q. When compiling GRIB_API on Mac OS X I get an error: ld: duplicate symbol _grib_file_not_found in .libs/action_class_alias.o and .libs/action.o
Q. I'm using the Intel compiler and the MKL library but get this error: dyld: Library not loaded: libmkl_intel_lp64.dylib when I run OpenIFS.