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hello all,<br>
<br>
we have just committed an update to the DART Manhattan release.<br>
if you 'svn update' your checked out version of Manhattan you will<br>
find the following bug fixes and improvements. these are also
listed<br>
in the CHANGELOG in the top level directory. (the most recent
changes<br>
are at the bottom of that file.) they include:<br>
<br>
- Fixed a bug in the MPAS-ATM model_mod that affected surface
observations,<br>
in particular altimeter obs. Also fixed a bug in the vertical
conversion<br>
if using 'scale height' as the vertical localization type.<br>
<br>
- Fixed a bug in the CAM-FV model_mod which might have excluded
observations <br>
with a vertical coordinate of height (meters) which were in fact
below the <br>
equivalent highest_obs_pressure_Pa namelist setting. Also fixed a
possible <br>
memory leak.<br>
<br>
- Added two new modules: options_mod.f90 and
obs_def_utilities_mod.f90 <br>
this was required so we didn't have circular dependencies in our
modules<br>
as we reused common code in more places.<br>
<br>
We have updated all the path_names* files which are in the
repository.<br>
if you have your own path_names files you may need to add these
new modules<br>
to your path lists.<br>
<br>
assimilation_code/modules/utilities/options_mod.f90<br>
observations/forward_operators/obs_def_utilities_mod.f90<br>
<br>
- Removed QTY_SURFACE_TEMPERATURE from the default obs quantities
list<br>
and added QTY_2M_SPECIFIC_HUMIDITY. QTY_2M_TEMPERATURE exists for<br>
atmospheric models, and QTY_SKIN_TEMPERATURE and
QTY_SOIL_TEMPERATURE<br>
exist for other models. if you were using QTY_SURFACE_TEMPERATURE<br>
please replace it with the corresponding other temperature
quantity.<br>
<br>
- Updated and improved the observation converter for ionospheric
observations<br>
from the COSMIC GPS satellite.<br>
<br>
- Updated the CAM-FV scripts for cesm2_0_beta05.<br>
<br>
- Updated the Matlab diagnostics documentation. 'help DART' or 'doc
DART'<br>
will give an overview of the available Matlab diagnostics shipped
with the<br>
dart distribution.<br>
<br>
- Added the observation type COSMIC_ELECTRON_DENSITY to the
obs_def_upper_atm_mod<br>
<br>
- dart_to_clm and clm_to_dart were resurrected to correctly handle
conversions<br>
for the SWE (snow water equivalent) field.<br>
<br>
- Updated the channel and column location modules to be compatible
with<br>
the current required interfaces.<br>
<br>
- Updated the model_mod_check.f90 program (most often used when
porting<br>
DART to a new model). there is now more control over exactly
which<br>
tests are being run. updated the nml and html documentation files
to<br>
match the current code and describe the tests in more detail.<br>
<br>
- Fixed a misleading status message in the obs_sequence_tool when
all obs<br>
are excluded by the min/max lon/lat box namelist items. the
incorrect<br>
message blamed it on observation height instead of the bounding
box.<br>
<br>
- Added some additional debugging options to the mpi utilities
module.<br>
if you have problems that appear to be MPI related, contact us for<br>
more help in enabling them.<br>
<br>
- Improved some error messages in location_io_mod and
state_structure_mod<br>
<br>
- Updated the work/input.nml files to be correct for ikeda and
null_model<br>
<br>
<br>
as always, please contact us via '<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dart@ucar.edu">dart@ucar.edu</a>' with any questions,
problems<br>
or concerns.<br>
<br>
thanks,<br>
nancy (for the whole dart team)<br>
<br>
<br>
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