[Wrf-users] memory space for long simulations

afwande juliet afwandej965 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 12 11:03:17 MST 2015


thanks
but I thougth netcdf3.6 version should by default have file large support.
Real.exe is already running I don't how  to handle this for wrf.exe

Afwande

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 8:10 AM, Don Morton <don.morton at borealscicomp.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm guessing that you could compile with WRFIO_NCD_LARGE_FILE_SUPPORT and
> get around the restriction.  Please see Q17 in the following:
>
> http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/FAQ_files/FAQ_wrf_runtime.html
>
>
> You might also need to make sure your NetCDF is compiled for large memory
> support (it might be by default, but I can't remember for sure).
>
> ---
> Don Morton, Owner/Manager
> Boreal Scientific Computing LLC
> Fairbanks, Alaska USA
> http://www.borealscicomp.com/
> http://www.borealscicomp.com/Miscellaneous/MortonBio/
>
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 10:55 AM, afwande juliet <afwandej965 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all users
>>
>> How do users go about this issue of frames_per_outfile? I am doing 5years
>> simulations for 3 different cases. The interval_seconds =21600(6hours).
>> That means each case there will be 7300files*3=22000files(total files).
>> I read somewhere that max space for frames_per_outputfile=2GB. I guess if
>> the 5years run is complete the total disk space will be 20T which the
>> cluster am using has .
>> I don't want to have many files; If possible all files in one big file
>> BUT I am afraid doing this will make model stop giving output due to
>> insufficient memory.
>>
>> Can someone help me how to go about this!!
>>
>>
>> &time_control
>>  !run_days                            = 0,
>>  !run_hours                           = 96,
>>  !run_minutes                         = 0,
>>  !run_seconds                         = 0,
>>  start_year                          = 1997,
>>  start_month                         = 02,
>>  start_day                           = 01,
>>  start_hour                          = 00,
>>  start_minute                        = 00,
>>  start_second                        = 00,
>>  end_year                            = 2006,
>>  end_month                           = 12,
>>  end_day                             = 31,
>>  end_hour                            = 00,
>>  end_minute                          = 00,
>>  end_second                          = 00
>>  interval_seconds                    = 21600
>>  input_from_file                     = .false.,
>>  history_interval                    = 180,
>>  frames_per_outfile                  = 100,
>>  restart                             = .false.,
>>  restart_interval                    = 1440,
>>  io_form_history                     = 2
>>  io_form_restart                     = 2
>>  io_form_input                       = 2
>>  io_form_boundary                    = 2
>>  debug_level                         = 100
>>  auxinput4_inname                    = "wrflowinp_d<domain>"
>>  auxinput4_interval                  = 360,
>>  io_form_auxinput4                   = 2,
>>   /
>>  &domains
>>  time_step                           = 200,
>>  time_step_fract_num                 = 0,
>>  time_step_fract_den                 = 1,
>>  max_dom                             = 1,
>>  e_we                                = 250,
>>  e_sn                                = 150,
>>  e_vert                              = 51,
>>  p_top_requested                     = 5000,
>>  num_metgrid_levels                  = 38,
>>  num_metgrid_soil_levels             = 4,
>>  dx                                  = 36000, 12000,  3333.33,
>>  dy                                  = 36000, 12000,  3333.33,
>>  grid_id                             = 1,
>>  parent_id                           = 0,
>>  i_parent_start                      = 1,
>>  j_parent_start                      = 1,
>>  parent_grid_ratio                   = 1,
>>  parent_time_step_ratio              = 1,
>>  feedback                            = 1,
>>  smooth_option                       = 0,
>>   /
>>  &physics
>>  mp_physics                          = 6,
>>  ra_lw_physics                       = 4,
>>  ra_sw_physics                       = 4,
>>  radt                                = 30,
>>  sf_sfclay_physics                   = 1,
>>  sf_surface_physics                  = 2,
>>  bl_pbl_physics                      = 1,
>>  bldt                                = 0,
>>  cu_physics                          = 1,
>>  cudt                                = 5,
>>  kfeta_trigger                       = 1,
>>  cu_rad_feedback                     = .true.,
>>  isfflx                              = 1,
>>  sst_update                          = 1,
>>  tmn_update                          = 1,
>>  sst_skin                            = 1,
>>  bucket_mm                           = 100.0,
>>  bucket_J                            = 1.e9,
>>  ifsnow                              = 1,
>>  icloud                              = 1,
>>  surface_input_source                = 1,
>>  num_soil_layers                     = 4,
>>  sf_urban_physics                    = 0,
>>   /
>>  &fdda
>>  grid_fdda = 2,
>>  gfdda_inname = "wrffdda_d<domain>",
>>  gfdda_interval_m = 360,
>>  gfdda_end_h = 52560,
>>  io_form_gfdda = 2,
>>  fgdt = 0,
>>  if_no_pbl_nudging_uv = 1,
>>  if_no_pbl_nudging_t = 1,
>>  if_no_pbl_nudging_q = 1,
>>  if_no_pbl_nudging_ph = 1,
>>  if_zfac_uv = 1,
>>  k_zfac_uv = 18,
>>  if_zfac_t = 1,
>>  k_zfac_t = 18,
>>  if_zfac_q = 1,
>>  k_zfac_q = 18,
>>  if_zfac_ph = 1,
>>  k_zfac_ph = 18,
>>  guv = 0.0003,
>>  gt = 0.0003,
>>  gq = 0.0003,
>>  gph = 0.0003,
>>  xwavenum = 9,
>>  ywavenum = 5,
>>  if_ramping = 0,
>>  dtramp_min = 60.0,
>>   /
>>  &dynamics
>>  w_damping                           = 1,
>>  diff_opt                            = 1,      1,      1,
>>  km_opt                              = 4,      4,      4,
>>  diff_6th_opt                        = 0,      0,      0,
>>  diff_6th_factor                     = 0.12,   0.12,   0.12,
>>  base_temp                           = 290.
>>  damp_opt                            = 3,
>>  zdamp                               = 5000.,  5000.,  5000.,
>>  dampcoef                            = 0.2,    0.2,    0.2
>>  khdif                               = 0,      0,      0,
>>  kvdif                               = 0,      0,      0,
>>  non_hydrostatic                     = .true., .true., .true.,
>>  moist_adv_opt                       = 1,      1,      1,
>>  scalar_adv_opt                      = 1,      1,      1,
>>  /
>>  &bdy_control
>>  spec_bdy_width                      = 10,
>>  spec_zone                           = 1,
>>  relax_zone                          = 9,
>>  specified                           = .true., .false.,.false.,
>>  nested                              = .false., .true., .true.,
>>  spec_exp                            = 0.33,
>>  /
>>  &grib2
>>  /
>>  &namelist_quilt
>>  nio_tasks_per_group = 0,
>>  nio_groups = 1,
>>  /
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks afwande
>>
>> 1
>>
>>
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