downloading data error

[jbuzan_vub]

Hello CESM3 users,

My colleague in IT at HPC VUB, Alex Domingo Toro, is porting CESM3/CTSM6 to Sophia is having trouble with setting up a case and finding the input datasets. They said they manually checked the FTP and the files are not there. Perhaps there is a different location for these files?

Best regards,
-Jonathan R. Buzan
PhD
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Belgium


Configuration:
cesm-3.0.beta9
--res f19_g17 --compset I2000Clm60BgcCrop


Error:
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2026-08-28 14:31:22 ERROR 404: Not Found.

Loading input file list: 'Buildconf/cpl.input_data_list'
Loading input file list: 'Buildconf/datm.input_data_list'
Loading input file list: 'Buildconf/mosart.input_data_list'
Checking server None with protocol None
Setting resource.RLIMIT_STACK to -1 from (-1, -1)
Client protocol None not enabled
ERROR: Could not find all inputdata on any server

Model ctsm missing file fsurdat = '/user/sofia/vsc10122/cesm/inputdata/lnd/clm2/surfdata_esmf/ctsm5.4.0/surfdata_1.9x2.5_hist_2000_78pfts_c251022.nc'
Model ctsm missing file paramfile = '/user/sofia/vsc10122/cesm/inputdata/lnd/clm2/paramdata/ctsm60_params.c260518.nc'
Model ctsm missing file finidat = '/user/sofia/vsc10122/cesm/inputdata/lnd/clm2/initdata_esmf/ctsm5.4/ctsm5.4.CMIP7_ciso_ctsm5.3.075_f09_124_HIST.clm2.r.2000-01-01-00000.nc'
Model ctsm missing file stream_fldfilename_urbantv = '/user/sofia/vsc10122/cesm/inputdata/lnd/clm2/urbandata/CTSM52_urbantv_Li_2024_0.9x1.25_simyr1849-2106_c20260217.nc'
Model ctsm missing file stream_fldfilename_prigentroughness = '/user/sofia/vsc10122/cesm/inputdata/lnd/clm2/dustemisdata/Prigent_2005_roughness_0.25x0.25_cdf5_c260218.nc'
Model ctsm missing file stream_fldfilename_popdens = '/user/sofia/vsc10122/cesm/inputdata/lnd/clm2/firedata/clmforc.Li_2025_CMIP7_hdm_0.5x0.5_simyr1850-2025_c251013.nc'
Model ctsm missing file stream_fldfilename_gdd20_baseline = '/user/sofia/vsc10122/cesm/inputdata/lnd/clm2/cropdata/calendars/processed/20230714_cropcals_pr2_1deg.actually2deg.1980-2009.fro
m_GDDB20.interpd_halfdeg.tweaked_latlons.no_nan_fill.nc'
Model ctsm missing file stream_fldfilename_cultivar_gdds = '/user/sofia/vsc10122/cesm/inputdata/lnd/clm2/cropdata/calendars/processed/gdds_20230829_161011.tweaked_latlons.no_nan_fill.nc'
Model ctsm missing file stream_fldfilename_swindow_end = '/user/sofia/vsc10122/cesm/inputdata/lnd/clm2/cropdata/calendars/processed/swindow_ends_ggcmi_crop_calendar_phase3_v1.01.2000-2000.
20231005_145103.tweaked_latlons.no_nan_fill.nc'
Model ctsm missing file stream_fldfilename_swindow_start = '/user/sofia/vsc10122/cesm/inputdata/lnd/clm2/cropdata/calendars/processed/swindow_starts_ggcmi_crop_calendar_phase3_v1.01.2000-2
000.20231005_145103.tweaked_latlons.no_nan_fill.nc'
Model ctsm missing file stream_meshfile_cropcal = '/user/sofia/vsc10122/cesm/inputdata/lnd/clm2/cropdata/calendars/processed/360x720_120830_ESMFmesh_c20210507_cdf5.tweaked_latlons.no_nan_f
ill.nc

 

[fischer]

Hi Jonathan,

It's possible that these files might not be ready for public use. I'll move this to the land forum, where someone from the land group can answer.

Chris

 

[oleson]

They are available in the gdex location, not sure why they can't be downloaded.
For now, I've put them at ftp://ftp.cgd.ucar.edu/pub/oleson/datasets