[Met_help] Error when running met with the test_all.csh?

[John Halley Gotway]

In regards to compiling MET using the PGI compilers, I wanted to point you
to a couple of known issues posted on the MET website.

The "Makefile_pgi" file needs to be modified prior to compiling with the
PGI compilers, especially version 7 of the PGI compilers:
http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users/support/known_issues/METv1.0/METv1.0_known_issues.php

So if you'd like to try using the PGI compilers again please refer to the
fixes posted.

Thanks,
John Halley Gotway

> Hello,
>
> I'm guessing that the problems you're encountering are related to running
> MET on a 64-bit machine.  Currently, BUFRLIB a library on which MET
> depends, doesn't work well on a 64-bit machine.  That's
> the reason for the error message you're seeing from PB2NC:
>
>  **************BUFR ARCHIVE LIBRARY ABORT*****************
>  BUFRLIB: OPENBF - FIRST 4 BYTES READ FROM RECORD IN INPUT FILE CONNECTED
> TO UNIT  11 NOT 'BUFR', DOES NOT CONTAIN BUFR DATA
>  **************BUFR ARCHIVE LIBRARY ABORT*****************
>
> However, for the other error messages you're seeing about the NetCDF file
> containing illegal characters... that may also be related to running on a
> 64-bit machine.
>
> I'm in the process of trying to get MET to run on a 64-bit machine we have
> here at NCAR.  What I'm trying to do is compile MET (and the libraries on
> which it depends) using the GNU -m32 compiler flag
> which should build 32-bit code.  But I'm still working on it.
>
> In the top-level MET directory, edit the file "Makefile".
> Replace the line:
> FLAGS           = -g -Wall -Wshadow -static
> with
> FLAGS           = -g -Wall -Wshadow -static -m32
>
> But the trick is to get the libraries on which MET depends to compile as
> 32-bit as well.
>
> Feel free to give it a shot yourself.  I'll let you know when I'm able to
> compile it on a 64-bit machine myself.  If you have access to a 32-bit
> machine, I'd suggest trying it over there as well.
>
> Thanks,
> John Halley Gotway
>
> Coffee.Z wrote:
>> Hello,met_help:
>>
>>     i have been trying to run the met program with the sample data, but
>> encountered the following problem, for more detail, you can see
>> further in test.log:
>>
>> *** Running GRID_STAT using netCDF input for both forecast and
>> observation ***
>> Forecast File: ../out/pcp_combine/sample_fcst_12L_2005080712V_12A.nc
>> Observation File: ../out/pcp_combine/sample_obs_2005080712V_12A.nc
>> Configuration File: config/GridStatConfig_APCP_12
>> NetCDF Precipitation (min, max) = (0, 38.8841)
>> NetCDF Precipitation (min, max) = (0, 104.1)
>> NetCDF: Name contains illegal characters
>> ....
>> ERROR: process_obs_file() -> can't open observation netCDF file:
>> ../out/pb2nc/sample_pb.nc
>>
>>    I have been tried to build the source code with pgf77, but failed.
>> The above is the result build with g++ and g77. Since the netcdf is
>> build with the pgf90 and the system is 64 bit, and i'm wondering if i
>> need to build the source code with pgi.
>>
>>     Thanks!
>>
>>  user: CoffeeZ
>>
>>
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