Using PORT (Parallel Offline Radiation Tool) to get radiative kernel?

[Po-Chun Chung]

Hi all,

I have an output from RRTM (but not from CESM) and want to calculate the radiative kernel by running CESM PORT (Parallel Offline Radiation Tool, PC5 compset). Has someone ever tried that?

My problem is the file I have is T42 resolution, 8 times daily and besides that, the format does not match the CESM requirement (since is not from CESM output) so PORT cannot read in. My thought is run a CESM sample nc file with T42, 8 times daily and write my data into this sample file and PORT may be able to read in. But I can't get that file: I've tried FHS94 compset with T42 resolution but this compset doesn't output the radiation data and tried FCSCAM compset with T42 resolution but it runs into error.

Are other compsets with T42 available? Or do someone ever run PORT for radiative kernel?

Thanks.

 

[cacraig]

I'm not sure what compset configurations will serve your needs. We routinely test the CAM6 code using the T42 grid with the following compsets:
QPC4, QPC5, QPC6, FDABIP04, FHS94, FSCAM.
Any of these compsets should compile and run using the T42 grid.

You will need to investigate which compset will give you the template file you desire.