[mpas-developers] iro for tracers ….. bug or feature?

[Mark Petersen]

That is correct.  I discovered this about a year ago, and it is just 
that arrays within a super array need to all behave the same way for the 
'iro' settings.

Mark

On 10/26/12 09:47, Doug Jacobsen wrote:
> Hey Todd,
>
> I think this is because super arrays can't have mixed input/output 
> states. It's all or nothing, because they are all packaged into a 
> single field type.
>
> It most likely uses the last tracer's iro values to determine if it's 
> input/output/restart. So, I bet if you took the o off salinity and 
> then put temperature below salinity you would get them both written out.
>
> It seems like this is more like a feature than a bug, because of the 
> way super arrays currently work. Super arrays are a bit more 
> restrictive in terms of what you can and can't do with them, but they 
> are more useful than having all of the tracers be their own fields.
>
> Doug
>
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Laura Fowler <laura at ucar.edu 
> <mailto:laura at ucar.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Todd:
>     I removed a bunch of outputs from the core_nhyd_atmos Registry to
>     start
>     long Regional Climate Simulations with mesh refinements (as you did).
>     I'll double check to see if I am getting the same bug or feature !
>     Cheers,
>     Laura
>
>     On 10/26/12 8:31 AM, Todd Ringler wrote:
>     > possible bug report ....
>     >
>     > I am using the ocean core on the trunk. I changed Registry to
>     remove the output of salinity
>     >
>     > var persistent real    temperature ( nVertLevels nCells Time ) 2
>     iro temperature state tracers dynamics
>     > var persistent real    salinity ( nVertLevels nCells Time ) 2 ir
>      salinity state tracers dynamics
>     >
>     > and to my surprise neither salinity nor temperature was written
>     to output! These are the only two fields packed in the tracers
>     super structure.
>     >
>     > If I turn back on salinity output with iro, I then get both
>     fields in the output.
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