Customize CAM output

[sebastien]

Hi,

I try to customize CAM outputs, I read the documentation on the topic on the github of NCAR but obviously I made a mistake. I would like to output daily average of the variables U10, LHFLX, and SHFLX so here is how I modified the file user_nl_cam:

fincl2 = 'U10','LHFLX','SHFLX'
nhtfrq = -24
mfilt=1

I did a test with a one month run but I got only the daily average for the last day of the simulation. So my question is: how should I set user_nl_cam to actually get the daily output for each day of the simulation and not only the last day?

 

[fischer]

Hi,

You need to set nhtfrq and mfilt differently than what you did. The values you set are for the fincl1(h0) files. Try something like this.

fincl2 = 'U10','LHFLX','SHFLX'
nhtfrq = 0,-24
mfilt = 1,30

This should give you 30 days of the requested variables in the h1 files.

Chris

 

[sebastien]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your answer that helps, I understand now where was the error. I wanted to have daily averaged data and one file per day, so I set:

fincl2 = 'U10:A','LHFLX:A','SHFLX:A'
nhtfrq = 0,-24
mfilt = 1,1

Do you confirm that by using the flag ":A" with these settings I get daily averaged data?

 

[fischer]

Yes, you'll get daily averaged data in the h1 file.

Chris

 

[sebastien]

Great! Many thanks Chris!