[Wrf-users] Meaning of fields in record8 section of namelist.obsproc ?

[Sky Patrick]

Hi,

I am using the WRFDA package, and converted my own observation data to
LITTLE_R format and try to process it using the obsproc.exe. So i edit the
file namelist.obsproc to make some configuration. obsproc.exe can read my
LITTLE_R file, but the result at the bottom of this email was printed and no
file like 3dvar file was generated. From the runtime log message of
obsproc.exe, it shown all of the data are out of domain. I suspect that the
record8 setting of namelist.obsproc was set incorrectly. What is the meaning
of all of this field graphically ? Especially for the field, NESTIX, NESTJX,
NEXTI and NEXTJ, because i don't catch the meaning of this from the ARW user
guide. Thank very much ~

Regards,
Patrick

 READ NAMELIST FILE: namelist.obsproc
 ------------------
&RECORD1
 OBS_GTS_FILENAME="/home/user/data/test/output.ob
",
 OBS_ERR_FILENAME="obserr.txt
",
 FG_FORMAT="MM5",  /

&RECORD2
 TIME_WINDOW_MIN="2005-03-27_23:00:00",
 TIME_ANALYSIS="2005-03-29_12:00:00",
 TIME_WINDOW_MAX="2005-03-30_23:59:59",  /

&RECORD3
 MAX_NUMBER_OF_OBS=     400000,
 FATAL_IF_EXCEED_MAX_OBS=T,  /

&RECORD4
 QC_TEST_VERT_CONSISTENCY=T,
 QC_TEST_CONVECTIVE_ADJ=T,
 QC_TEST_ABOVE_LID=T,
 REMOVE_ABOVE_LID=T,
 DOMAIN_CHECK_H=T,
 THINING_SATOB=F,
 THINING_SSMI=F,
 THINING_QSCAT=F,  /

&RECORD5
 PRINT_GTS_READ=T,
 PRINT_GPSPW_READ=T,
 PRINT_RECOVERP=T,
 PRINT_DUPLICATE_LOC=T,
 PRINT_DUPLICATE_TIME=T,
 PRINT_RECOVERH=T,
 PRINT_QC_VERT=T,
 PRINT_QC_CONV=T,
 PRINT_QC_LID=T,
 PRINT_UNCOMPLETE=T,  /

&RECORD6
 PTOP= 1000.00000    ,
 PS0= 100000.000    ,
 TS0=  290.00000    ,
 TLP=  50.000000    ,
 PIS0=  20000.000    ,
 TIS0=  215.00000    ,
 BASE_PRES= 100000.000    ,
 BASE_TEMP=  290.00000    ,
 BASE_LAPSE=  50.000000    ,
 BASE_STRAT_TEMP=  215.00000    ,
 BASE_TROPO_PRES=  20000.000    ,  /

&RECORD7
 IPROJ=          1,
 PHIC=  22.263700    ,
 XLONC=  113.91190    ,
 TRUELAT1=  20.000000    ,
 TRUELAT2=  60.000000    ,
 MOAD_CEN_LAT=  22.263700    ,
 STANDARD_LON=  113.91190    ,  /

&RECORD8
 IDD=          1,
 MAXNES=          1,
 NESTIX=         60,        200,        136,        181,        211,
  5*0          ,
 NESTJX=         90,        200,        181,        196,        211,
  5*0          ,
 DIS=  60.000000    , 10.0000000    ,  3.3000000    , 2*1.1000000      ,
5*0.0000000      ,

 NUMC= 2*1          ,          2,          3,          4, 5*0          ,

 NESTI=          1,         40,         28,         35,         45,
  5*0          ,
 NESTJ=          1,         60,         25,         65,         55,
  5*0          ,  /

&RECORD9
 PREPBUFR_OUTPUT_FILENAME="prepbufr_output_filename
",
 PREPBUFR_TABLE_FILENAME="prepbufr_table_filename
",
 OUTPUT_OB_FORMAT=          2,
 USE_FOR="3DVAR",
 NUM_SLOTS_PAST=          3,
 NUM_SLOTS_AHEAD=          3,
 WRITE_SYNOP=T,
 WRITE_SHIP=T,
 WRITE_METAR=T,
 WRITE_BUOY=T,
 WRITE_PILOT=T,
 WRITE_SOUND=T,
 WRITE_AMDAR=T,
 WRITE_SATEM=T,
 WRITE_SATOB=T,
 WRITE_AIREP=T,
 WRITE_GPSPW=T,
 WRITE_GPSZTD=T,
 WRITE_GPSREF=T,
 WRITE_GPSEPH=T,
 WRITE_SSMT1=T,
 WRITE_SSMT2=T,
 WRITE_SSMI=T,
 WRITE_TOVS=T,
 WRITE_QSCAT=T,
 WRITE_PROFL=T,
 WRITE_BOGUS=T,
 WRITE_AIRS=T,
 WRITE_TAMDAR=T,  /

 COARSE GRID CENTER IS AT X =      0.0 KM AND Y =  -8863.1 KM.   DIS(1)=
60.000
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
READ GTS OBSERVATIONS IN FILE /home/user/data/test/output.ob

Diagnostics in file obs_gts_read.diag

IO_ERROR=-1     1 FM-35 TEMP                                 22.264N
113.912E  19000101000000       0.000
Have reached end of observations file.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GTS OBSERVATIONS READ:

 SYNOP reports:     0
 SHIPS reports:     0
 BUOYS reports:     0
 BOGUS reports:     0
 METAR reports:     0
 PILOT reports:     0
 SOUND reports:  8640
 AMDAR reports:     0
 SATEM reports:     0
 SATOB reports:     0
 GPSPW reports:     0
 GPSZD reports:     0
 GPSRF reports:     0
 GPSEP reports:     0
 AIREP reports:     0
TAMDAR reports:     0
 SSMT1 reports:     0
 SSMT2 reports:     0
 SSMI  reports:     0
 TOVS  reports:     0
 QSCAT reports:     0
 PROFL reports:     0
 AIRST reports:     0
 OTHER reports:     0
 Total reports:  8640

Number of observations read:              8640
Number of empty observations:                0
Number of observations out of domain:     8640
Number of observations for ingestion:        0


AIRCRAFT DATA: Total=     0  Above cut_height=     0
STOP 99999
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