[Dart-dev] [3233] DART/trunk: Major update to merge_obs_seq:

[Tim Hoar]

I'll tackle the second thing -- renaming workshop_setup.csh

If they simply drill down to DART/models/wrf/work  before they know
what they're doing ... they have no business trying to compile the code.
They have to configure the mkmf.template, they have to have a working  
netcdf installation,
they have to have a F90 compiler ...

One of my biggest problems is that people rely too much on 'pushing  
the button'
and don't understand what is going on. I WANT people to manually  
build their model,
it requires that you know what you are doing. The workshop_setup.csh  
script
provides guidance so you can do it in the right order, but I don't  
want people
to rely on it. The only reason it was there for many of the models is  
so I can use
it to ensure the code compiles for a ton of different compilers.

If the new users take the time to look at the documentation for the  
release -
http://www.image.ucar.edu/DAReS/DART/Jamaica_release.html

the build process is clearly outlined.

If they take the tutorial ... the use of workshop_setup.csh is  
clearly outlined.

Letting people bypass these things is NOT the way to introduce people  
to DART.
Many times I have shown people who are already using DART the release  
documentation
and they have been "surprised" that it exists! This KILLS me!

So I am 'all AGAINST' something that will let new users do stuff  
without knowing
why they are doing it.

If people are having a hard time finding the documentation, that's  
one thing.

Tim Hoar, Associate Scientist
National Center for Atmospheric Research
thoar at ucar.edu
303 497 1708


On Feb 13, 2008, at 11:13 AM, Hui Liu wrote:

> Nancy et al:
>
>   This is very convenient tool!  Is there any similar stuff
> for splitting some big obs_seq files, say a ten-day file into 10  
> daily files
> ?
>   Another thing is should we rename the workshop_setup.csh to a  
> more meaningful name,
> such as compile_dart.csh?  It is not so straight forward for some  
> new users
> to understand the meaning of the script.
> Thanks.
>
> hui
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:08:08 -0700 (MST)
>  nancy at subversion.ucar.edu wrote:
>>   [3233] DART/trunk: Major update to merge_obs_seq:     Revision  
>> 3233 Author nancy Date 2008-02-13 10:08:08 -0700 (Wed, 13 Feb  
>> 2008)   Log Message Major update to merge_obs_seq:   - can specify  
>> start/end times by namelist   - always sorts observations by time  
>> in output file   - does not copy over unused observations   -  
>> added a set of simple tests to check merge code   - updated doc  
>> and nml files to match   - new support routine in obs_sequence to  
>> count     number of obs between 2 existing keys  Modified Paths    
>> DART/trunk/obs_sequence/merge_obs_seq.f90  DART/trunk/obs_sequence/ 
>> merge_obs_seq.html  DART/trunk/obs_sequence/merge_obs_seq.nml   
>> DART/trunk/obs_sequence/obs_sequence_mod.f90  DART/trunk/ 
>> obs_sequence/obs_sequence_mod.html   Added Paths    DART/trunk/ 
>> models/lorenz_96/tests/  DART/trunk/models/lorenz_96/tests/README   
>> DART/trunk/models/lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.A  DART/trunk/models/ 
>> lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.B  DART/trunk/models/lorenz_96/tests/ 
>> obs_seq.C  DART/trunk/models/lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.D  DART/trunk/ 
>> models/lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.E  DART/trunk/models/lorenz_96/ 
>> tests/obs_seq.F  DART/trunk/models/lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.G  DART/ 
>> trunk/models/lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.L  DART/trunk/models/ 
>> lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.M  DART/trunk/models/lorenz_96/tests/ 
>> obs_seq.N  DART/trunk/models/lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.O  DART/trunk/ 
>> models/lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.P  DART/trunk/models/lorenz_96/ 
>> tests/obs_seq.Q  DART/trunk/models/lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.R  DART/ 
>> trunk/models/lorenz_96/tests/test_merge.ksh  Removed Paths   DART/ 
>> trunk/models/lorenz_96/tests/README  DART/trunk/models/lorenz_96/ 
>> tests/obs_seq.A  DART/trunk/models/lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.B  DART/ 
>> trunk/models/lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.C  DART/trunk/models/ 
>> lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.D  DART/trunk/models/lorenz_96/tests/ 
>> obs_seq.E  DART/trunk/models/lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.F  DART/trunk/ 
>> models/lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.G  DART/trunk/models/lorenz_96/ 
>> tests/obs_seq.L  DART/trunk/models/lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.M  DART/ 
>> trunk/models/lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.N  DART/trunk/models/ 
>> lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.O  DART/trunk/models/lorenz_96/tests/ 
>> obs_seq.P  DART/trunk/models/lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.Q  DART/trunk/ 
>> models/lorenz_96/tests/obs_seq.R  DART/trunk/models/lorenz_96/ 
>> tests/test_merge.ksh
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