[Wrf-users] Error opening restart file for ARSC WRF Benchmark Suite

Young, Jeremy, K jeremy.young868 at topper.wku.edu
Fri May 4 08:37:36 MDT 2012


Hi Bart,

I see why those rsl files aren't very helpful.  

If the problem isn't with your namelist, I'm not sure what would be causing the problem.  I've posted a few links below of other users that have had the same problem.  Some of them say that they matched their namelist line by line with the template provided on the tutorial website.  The only suggestion that I have left would be to try and match relevant lines with either the template provided on the WRF users page or to create another namelist while going through the process of using the WRF domain wizard.

http://forum.wrfforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3076
http://forum.wrfforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=852

I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help.

Jeremy

-----Original Message-----
From: Bart Willems [mailto:bwi565 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 11:05 PM
To: Young, Jeremy, K
Cc: wrf-users at ucar.edu
Subject: Re: [Warf-users] Error opening restart file for ARSC WRF Benchmark Suite

Hi Jeremy,

the rsl files are attached. I was using only 1 core for these, but the error occurs for larger core counts as well.

Thanks,
Bart

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Young, Jeremy, K <jeremy.young868 at topper.wku.edu> wrote:
> Do you have any log files that might help, such as the rsl files generated when using MPICH2 or an equivalent?
>
> Jeremy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bart Willems [mailto:bwi565 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 10:44 PM
> To: Young, Jeremy, K
> Cc: wrf-users at ucar.edu
> Subject: Re: [Warf-users] Error opening restart file for ARSC WRF 
> Benchmark Suite
>
> Hi Jeremy,
>
> making the change you suggested still leads to the same error.
>
> Thanks,
> Bart
>
> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Bart Willems <bwi565 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey Jeremy,
>>
>> if I understand this correctly, the original version of the namelist 
>> file already has start/end dates that match the restart file:
>>
>> wrfrst_d01_2009-12-20_00:00:00
>>
>> Bart
>>
>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Young, Jeremy, K 
>> <jeremy.young868 at topper.wku.edu> wrote:
>>> Hi Bart,
>>>
>>> Try changing your namelist from this:
>>>>  start_year                          = 2009, 2000, 2000,
>>>>  start_month                         = 12,   01,   01,
>>>>  start_day                           = 20,   24,   24,
>>>>  start_hour                          = 00,   12,   12,
>>>>  start_minute                        = 00,   00,   00,
>>>>  start_second                        = 00,   00,   00,
>>>>  end_year                            = 2009, 2000, 2000,
>>>>  end_month                           = 12,   01,   01,
>>>>  end_day                             = 20,   25,   25,
>>>>  end_hour                            = 00,   12,   12,
>>>>  end_minute                          = 05,   00,   00,
>>>>  end_second                          = 00,   00,   00,
>>>
>>> To this:
>>>>  start_year                          = 2009, 2000, 2000,
>>>>  start_month                         = 12,   01,   01,
>>>>  start_day                           = 20,   24,   24,
>>>>  start_hour                          = 00,   12,   12,
>>>>  start_minute                        = 05,   00,   00,
>>>>  start_second                        = 00,   00,   00,
>>>>  end_year                            = 2009, 2000, 2000,
>>>>  end_month                           = 12,   01,   01,
>>>>  end_day                             = 20,   25,   25,
>>>>  end_hour                            = 00,   12,   12,
>>>>  end_minute                          = 10,   00,   00,
>>>>  end_second                          = 00,   00,   00,
>>>
>>> The restart file is generated after 5 minutes given your namelist.  If this is the case, the start/end dates needs to match your restart file.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Bart Willems [mailto:bwi565 at gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 10:04 PM
>>> To: Young, Jeremy, K
>>> Cc: wrf-users at ucar.edu
>>> Subject: Re: [Warf-users] Error opening restart file for ARSC WRF 
>>> Benchmark Suite
>>>
>>> Hey Jeremy,
>>>
>>> the original model run was 24h.
>>>
>>> Bart
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Young, Jeremy, K <jeremy.young868 at topper.wku.edu> wrote:
>>>> Hey Bart,
>>>>
>>>> Since it wasn't the start and end date giving you problems, the other likely culprit would be that the restart file itself was generated from a time period outside of the start and end date that you've listed in the namelist.  The way I understand the restart variable is that it generates a wrfrst file at the end of each interval specified in the namelist.  That is, your restart interval is 18000 seconds, meaning that after 5 minutes from your start time, a restart file is generated.  As your namelist sits now, you're trying to use a restart file that has no data for the 5 minute period you're trying to model, but has data for the next 5 minute period (assuming that the wrfrst file came from another run with the same start and end date).
>>>>
>>>> How long was your original model run that generated the restart file?  As long as it was longer than, say 10 minutes, you should be able to use the restart file.
>>>>
>>>> Jeremy
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Bart Willems [mailto:bwi565 at gmail.com]
>>>> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 9:34 PM
>>>> To: Young, Jeremy, K
>>>> Cc: wrf-users at ucar.edu
>>>> Subject: Re: [Warf-users] Error opening restart file for ARSC WRF 
>>>> Benchmark Suite
>>>>
>>>> Hey Jeremy,
>>>>
>>>> same result:
>>>>
>>>>  -------------- FATAL CALLED ---------------
>>>>  FATAL CALLED FROM FILE:  <stdin>  LINE:     211
>>>>  program wrf: error opening   wrfrst_d01_2009-12-20_00:00:00 for 
>>>> reading
>>>>  -------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> The revised section of the namelist file is
>>>>
>>>>  &time_control
>>>>  run_days                            = 0,
>>>>  run_hours                           = 0,
>>>>  run_minutes                         = 5,
>>>>  run_seconds                         = 0,
>>>>  start_year                          = 2009, 2000, 2000,
>>>>  start_month                         = 12,   01,   01,
>>>>  start_day                           = 20,   24,   24,
>>>>  start_hour                          = 00,   12,   12,
>>>>  start_minute                        = 00,   00,   00,
>>>>  start_second                        = 00,   00,   00,
>>>>  end_year                            = 2009, 2000, 2000,
>>>>  end_month                           = 12,   01,   01,
>>>>  end_day                             = 20,   25,   25,
>>>>  end_hour                            = 00,   12,   12,
>>>>  end_minute                          = 05,   00,   00,
>>>>  end_second                          = 00,   00,   00,
>>>>  interval_seconds                    = 21600
>>>>  input_from_file                     = .true.,.false.,.false.,
>>>>  history_interval                    = 180,  60,   60,
>>>>  frames_per_outfile                  = 1, 1000, 1000,
>>>>  restart                             = .true.,
>>>>  restart_interval                    = 18000,
>>>>  io_form_history                     = 2
>>>>  io_form_restart                     = 2
>>>>  io_form_input                       = 2
>>>>  io_form_boundary                    = 2
>>>>  debug_level                         = 0
>>>>  /
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Bart
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Young, Jeremy, K <jeremy.young868 at topper.wku.edu> wrote:
>>>>> Hey Bart,
>>>>>
>>>>>  I think I see a problem in your namelist.  Your run time is only 5 minutes, but your start and end date cover a time period of 3 hours.  I'd try changing this first to match your desired run time.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeremy Young
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: wrf-users-bounces at ucar.edu
>>>>> [mailto:wrf-users-bounces at ucar.edu]
>>>>> On Behalf Of Bart Willems
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 4:32 PM
>>>>> To: wrf-users at ucar.edu
>>>>> Subject: [Wrf-users] Error opening restart file for ARSC WRF 
>>>>> Benchmark Suite
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I 'm encountering a problem running the 9km case of the http://weather.arsc.edu/BenchmarkSuite/ WRF benchmark suit. I modified some of the variables in namelist.input to get wrf.exe to start up, but it exits quickly with an error opening the restart file:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -------------- FATAL CALLED ---------------
>>>>>  FATAL CALLED FROM FILE:  <stdin>  LINE:     211
>>>>>  program wrf: error opening   wrfrst_d01_2009-12-20_00:00:00 for 
>>>>> reading
>>>>>  -------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> The restart file is present and accessible on the file system. This happens both with and without MPI and for WRF versions 3.1.1 and 3.3.1. My namelist.input file is included below. Any guidance on how to get past this would be most appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> Bart
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  &time_control
>>>>>  run_days                            = 0,
>>>>>  run_hours                           = 0,
>>>>>  run_minutes                         = 5,
>>>>>  run_seconds                         = 0,
>>>>>  start_year                          = 2009, 2000, 2000,
>>>>>  start_month                         = 12,   01,   01,
>>>>>  start_day                           = 20,   24,   24,
>>>>>  start_hour                          = 00,   12,   12,
>>>>>  start_minute                        = 00,   00,   00,
>>>>>  start_second                        = 00,   00,   00,
>>>>>  end_year                            = 2009, 2000, 2000,
>>>>>  end_month                           = 12,   01,   01,
>>>>>  end_day                             = 20,   25,   25,
>>>>>  end_hour                            = 03,   12,   12,
>>>>>  end_minute                          = 00,   00,   00,
>>>>>  end_second                          = 00,   00,   00,
>>>>>  interval_seconds                    = 21600
>>>>>  input_from_file                     = .true.,.false.,.false.,
>>>>>  history_interval                    = 180,  60,   60,
>>>>>  frames_per_outfile                  = 1, 1000, 1000,
>>>>>  restart                             = .true.,
>>>>>  restart_interval                    = 18000,
>>>>>  io_form_history                     = 2
>>>>>  io_form_restart                     = 2
>>>>>  io_form_input                       = 2
>>>>>  io_form_boundary                    = 2
>>>>>  debug_level                         = 0
>>>>>  /
>>>>>
>>>>>  &domains
>>>>>  time_step                           = 30,
>>>>>  time_step_fract_num                 = 0,
>>>>>  time_step_fract_den                 = 1,
>>>>>  max_dom                             = 1,
>>>>>  s_we                                = 1,     1,     1,
>>>>>  e_we                                = 675,    112,   94,
>>>>>  s_sn                                = 1,     1,     1,
>>>>>  e_sn                                = 675,    97,    91,
>>>>>  s_vert                              = 1,     1,     1,
>>>>>  e_vert                              = 28,    28,    28,
>>>>>  num_metgrid_levels                  = 27
>>>>>  dx                                  = 9000, 10000,  3333,
>>>>>  dy                                  = 9000, 10000,  3333,
>>>>>  grid_id                             = 1,     2,     3,
>>>>>  parent_id                           = 0,     1,     2,
>>>>>  i_parent_start                      = 1,     31,    30,
>>>>>  j_parent_start                      = 1,     17,    30,
>>>>>  parent_grid_ratio                   = 1,     3,     3,
>>>>>  parent_time_step_ratio              = 1,     3,     3,
>>>>>  feedback                            = 1,
>>>>>  nproc_x                             = -1,
>>>>>  nproc_y                             = -1,
>>>>>  smooth_option                       = 0
>>>>>  /
>>>>>
>>>>>  &physics
>>>>>  mp_physics                          = 6,     3,     3,
>>>>>  ra_lw_physics                       = 1,     1,     1,
>>>>>  ra_sw_physics                       = 1,     1,     1,
>>>>>  radt                                = 10,    30,    30,
>>>>>  sf_sfclay_physics                   = 1,     1,     1,
>>>>>  sf_surface_physics                  = 6,     1,     1,
>>>>>  bl_pbl_physics                      = 1,     1,     1,
>>>>>  bldt                                = 0,     0,     0,
>>>>>  cu_physics                          = 1,     1,     0,
>>>>>  cudt                                = 5,     5,     5,
>>>>>  isfflx                              = 1,
>>>>>  ifsnow                              = 0,
>>>>>  icloud                              = 1,
>>>>>  surface_input_source                = 1,
>>>>>  num_soil_layers                     = 3,
>>>>>  sf_urban_physics                    = 0,
>>>>>  mp_zero_out                         = 0,
>>>>>  maxiens                             = 1,
>>>>>  maxens                              = 3,
>>>>>  maxens2                             = 3,
>>>>>  maxens3                             = 16,
>>>>>  ensdim                              = 144,
>>>>>  slope_rad                           = 0,
>>>>>  topo_shading                        = 0,
>>>>>  /
>>>>>
>>>>>  &fdda
>>>>>  /
>>>>>
>>>>>  &dynamics
>>>>>  w_damping                           = 0,
>>>>>  diff_opt                            = 1,
>>>>>  km_opt                              = 4,
>>>>>  diff_6th_opt                        = 0,
>>>>>  diff_6th_factor                     = 0.12,
>>>>>  base_temp                           = 290.
>>>>>  damp_opt                            = 0,
>>>>>  zdamp                               = 5000.,  5000.,  5000.,
>>>>>  dampcoef                            = 0.01,   0.01,   0.01
>>>>>  khdif                               = 0,      0,      0,
>>>>>  kvdif                               = 0,      0,      0,
>>>>>  non_hydrostatic                     = .true., .true., .true.,
>>>>>  moist_adv_opt                       = 1, 1, 1,
>>>>>  scalar_adv_opt                      = 1, 1, 1,
>>>>>  /
>>>>>
>>>>>  &bdy_control
>>>>>  spec_bdy_width                      = 5,
>>>>>  spec_zone                           = 1,
>>>>>  relax_zone                          = 4,
>>>>>  specified                           = .true., .false.,.false.,
>>>>>  nested                              = .false., .true., .true.,
>>>>>  /
>>>>>
>>>>>  &grib2
>>>>>  /
>>>>>
>>>>>  &namelist_quilt
>>>>>  nio_tasks_per_group = 0,
>>>>>  nio_groups = 1,
>>>>>  /
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