[Met_help] WRF-BUFRLIB

[John Halley Gotway]

Randhir,

I'm sorry, but no, I do not have a solution for you for BUFRLIB's 64-bit issues.  We have had success running MET/BUFRLIB on 64-bit machines, by compiling everything as 32-bit.  However, I've never
done that using the Intel compilers.  So you could look into what compiler flags you'd need to compile everything as 32-bit.

I'd suggest sending your question to wrfhelp at ucar.edu, and tell them it's related to WRF-Var.  The question will then be forwarded to a WRF-Var support person who may be able to provide assistance.

Thanks,
John

Randhir huda wrote:
> John, 
> 
> Actually, I am not installing MET. 
> 
> I am using WRF-Var for radiance assimilation. BUFRLIB is required for reading the radiance file in BUFR format provided by NCEP.  I have installed BUFRLIB sucessfully, but getting the error while reading the bufr file. This error is similar to what u had in MET applications 
> 
> I am using 64 bit SGI Linux with intel ifort and icc compiler. As u have mentioned that 64 bit machine some time gives problem, but I dont have access to 32 bit. Is there any way (e.g some flags etc )  to make it work on 64 bit system ? 
> 
> Thanks for yr prompt response. 
> 
> 
> Randhir 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> --- On Sat, 7/18/09, John Halley Gotway <johnhg at rap.ucar.edu> wrote:
> 
>> From: John Halley Gotway <johnhg at rap.ucar.edu>
>> Subject: Re: WRF-BUFRLIB
>> To: "Randhir huda" <randhir_h at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: met_help at ucar.edu
>> Date: Saturday, July 18, 2009, 8:48 PM
>> Randhir,
>>
>> Can you tell me, are you compiling MET on a 64-bit
>> operating system?  If
>> so, you may have these run-time problems with BUFRLIB.
>>
>> But first, please try the following:
>> - Open up the top-level Makefile in the METv2.0 directory,
>> and look at the
>> line for "ARCH_FLAGS".
>> - If it contains "-DBLOCK4" comment it out by putting a '#'
>> in front of it.
>> - But if it already has "-DBLOCK4" commented out, then
>> un-comment it by
>> removing the '#'.
>> - Then rebuild MET, by doing a "make clean" followed by a
>> "make".
>>
>> Next, go into the "scripts" directory, and try running the
>> "test_pb2nc.sh"
>> test script and see if you still get the same error.
>>
>> If so, please write me back with the name of the operating
>> system you're
>> using and the compiler name and version numbers. 
>> Using BUFRLIB on 64-bit
>> machines has been problematic, making for problems with the
>> PB2NC tool. 
>> If you have access to a 32-bit machine, BUFRLIB would work
>> a lot better on
>> it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>>
>>> Dear John,
>>>
>>> While reading the radiances data in BUFR format. I am
>> getting the error
>>> shown below. I came to know that u also had similar
>> error while using MET
>>> software for WRF output. Can U help me to solve this
>> problem.
>>> **************BUFR ARCHIVE LIBRARY
>> ABORT*****************
>>>   BUFRLIB: OPENBF - ERROR READING INPUT FILE
>> CONNECTED TO UNIT  11 WHEN
>>> CHECKING FOR 'BUFR' IN FIRST 4 BYTES OF RECORD
>>>   **************BUFR ARCHIVE LIBRARY
>> ABORT*****************
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Randhir
>>>
>>>
>>> Dr. Randhir Singh Huda
>>> Scientist
>>> Atmospheric Sciences Division
>>> Meteorology & Oceanography group,
>>> Remote Sensing and Image Processing Area(RESIPA)
>>> Space Applications Centre
>>> Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO)
>>> Ahmedabad-380015, INDIA
>>> Phone:+91-79-26916105(Off)
>>>        +91-79-26861349(Rsi)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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