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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Dear WRF Community:<BR>
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I'm unable to produce WRF NetCDF files larger than 2 Gb in size. (I'm<BR>
experimenting with very large domains for hurricane and climate simulations.<BR>
Also, I'm using 64bit executables on a 64bit OS.) When I run real.exe with<BR>
debugging turned on, I see a "One or more variable sizes violate format<BR>
constraints" message from NetCDF. The on-line NetCDF documentation suggests<BR>
using a "64 bit offset" mode when first creating the file. Is there a reason<BR>
WRF doesn't do this? Is this a bug, or is there a compile time or runtime<BR>
option for turning this on?<BR>
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Thanks,<BR>
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-Eric<BR>
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Eric M. Kemp<BR>
Meteorologist<BR>
Northrop Grumman Information Systems<BR>
Advisory Services Division (TASC)<BR>
4801 Stonecroft Boulevard<BR>
Chantilly, VA 20151<BR>
301-286-9768 (NASA Goddard Office)<BR>
703-633-8300 x7078 (Chantilly SLEET Lab)<BR>
703-633-8300 x8278 (Chantilly Office)<BR>
703-449-3400 (Chantilly Fax)<BR>
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