[Dart-dev] DART/branches Revision: 10893

[dart at ucar.edu]

nancy at ucar.edu
2017-01-13 15:17:50 -0700 (Fri, 13 Jan 2017)
21
minor text updates.




Modified: DART/branches/rma_fixed_filenames/README_rma_updates.txt
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--- DART/branches/rma_fixed_filenames/README_rma_updates.txt	2017-01-13 22:15:25 UTC (rev 10892)
+++ DART/branches/rma_fixed_filenames/README_rma_updates.txt	2017-01-13 22:17:50 UTC (rev 10893)
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
      As of the next update DART format files are no longer supported.  All 
      I/O is NetCDF only.  If your model does not use NetCDF you will still 
      need a model_to_dart and dart_to_model converter; otherwise all DART 
-     programs read the model’s NetCDF files directly.  The namelist options 
+     programs read the model's NetCDF files directly.  The namelist options 
      related to selecting direct netcdf I/O have been removed.
 
 2. ) Diagnostic and state space data (such as inflation, mean and sd 
@@ -25,14 +25,15 @@
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 Changes to the filter_nml are :
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-* restart_in_file_name      -- has been replaced with input_restart_file_list 
-                               which is a text file which contains a list of 
-                               NetCDF input restart files.  For multiple 
-                               domains such as WRF you can specify files for 
-                               each domain. This is the same for 
-                               restart_out_file_name.
+* restart_in_file_name      -- has been replaced with input_restart_file_list.
+                               The namelist must contain one or more file names, 
+                               each of which is a textfile containing a list of N 
+                               NetCDF restart files, one per line for each ensemble member.
+                               For models with multiple domains (e.g. nested WRF or 
+                               CLM) you must specify a listfile for each domain.
 
-* restart_out_file_name      -- has been replaced with output_restart_file_list
+* restart_out_file_name      -- has been replaced with output_restart_file_list.
+                                Same format as input_restart_file_list.
 
 * inf_in_file_name           -- REMOVED, now have fixed names of the form 
                                 input_{prior,posterior}inf_{mean,sd}.nc
@@ -45,8 +46,8 @@
 * inf_output_restart         -- REMOVED, inflation restarts will be written 
                                 out if inflation is turned on
 
-* output_inflation           -- REMOVED, inflation files written only if 
-                                inf_flavor > 1.
+* output_inflation           -- REMOVED, inflation diagnostic files will be written 
+                                if inflation is turned on
 
 * stages_to_write            -- There is more control over what state data 
                                 to write.  Options are at stages : 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@
                                 See rma_doc/rma.html for details on the 
                                 filename conventions. For example, running 
                                 filter with prior inflation enabled with 
-                                stage ‘preassim’ enabled will produce files 
+                                stage 'preassim' enabled will produce files 
                                 with names:
                                    preassim_member_####.nc
                                    preassim_{mean,sd}.nc