How Do I Make Necessary Files for WRF-CTSM?

[Carter4444]

Hello,
While I have plenty of WRF experience, I am relatively new to working with CTSM. Using ./mesh_maker, I was able to create an ESMF ungridded mesh file for my largest WRF domain, using the following command:
./mesh_maker --input $HOME/WRF/WRFV4.6.0/test/em_real/wrfinput_d01 --output $HOME/WRF/CTSM/tools/site_and_regional/esmfmeshfile.nc --lat XLAT --lon XLONG --verbose
From here, however, I am kind of lost, and have been searching for the past week for answers. Put simply, how can I create atm_mesh, lnd_mesh, lnd_domain_file, and fsurdat from an ESMF ungridded mesh file? I thought the next step in the process was to use ./gen_domain to create the lnd_domain_file from the ESMF mesh file, but it does not work, eliciting the attached errors. If anyone can provide some insight, I would greatly appreciate it--almost all the resources out there pertaining to WRF-CTSM are outdated. Thank you in advance!

 

[slevis]

I hope this is a new enough model version to be using nuopc rather than mct. The most complete instructions that I hope you will find helpful exist here:

Setting up (high-res sparse) regional-grid CTSM simulations · ESCOMP CTSM · Discussion #1919

Context This started as issue #1773 from which I linked a google doc (now out of date and obsolete) with step-by-step instructions intended initially for a case that @XiulinGao needed to run. To th...

github.com

Please follow up if you find gaps in these instructions or if you find that they do not address what you're attempting.

 

[Carter4444]

I hope this is a new enough model version to be using nuopc rather than mct. The most complete instructions that I hope you will find helpful exist here:

Setting up (high-res sparse) regional-grid CTSM simulations · ESCOMP CTSM · Discussion #1919

Context This started as issue #1773 from which I linked a google doc (now out of date and obsolete) with step-by-step instructions intended initially for a case that @XiulinGao needed to run. To th...

github.com

Please follow up if you find gaps in these instructions or if you find that they do not address what you're attempting.

Hello! I really appreciate the help! Some of this is certainly obsolete, but it definitely got me started and oriented me properly... so thanks! :) I am now finagling with the mksurfdata_esmf file, and have created a new post to address that. I would certainly appreciate your feedback if you have the time: https://bb.cgd.ucar.edu/cesm/threads/segmentation-fault-when-running-mksurfdata_esmf.9680/ (I assume this link works..? I think it's waiting for review.)