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Update GSD_HRRR3km grid parameters and enable its use in NCO mode#273

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Update GSD_HRRR3km grid parameters and enable its use in NCO mode#273
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Description of changes:

  • Update grid parameters of GSD_HRRR3km grid of type JPgrid (including its task layout and blocksize) and enable running with it in NCO mode. The new grid parameters are set to values specified by Christina Holt of GSL.
  • Update the write-component grid parameters associated with this grid such that the former is within the latter.
  • Add two WE2E tests in NCO mode to run on this grid -- one using FV3GFS for ICs and LBCs (nco_GSD_HRRR3km_FV3GFS_FV3GFS) and another using HRRRX for ICs and RAPX for LBCs (nco_GSD_HRRR3km_HRRRX_RAPX). First test works but the second doesn't due to a yet-unknown problem in chgres_cube, but the test may work with an older executable that GSL will use.
  • Bug fix: Add the FV3GFS_2017_gfdlmp_regional physics suite to the if-statements in exregional_make_ics.sh and exregional_make_lbcs.sh that set numsoil_out.
  • Improvement: Add "else" clauses to the if-statements in exregional_make_ics.sh and exregional_make_lbcs.sh that check for the physics suite to set various parameters. These "else" clauses print out an error message whenever the specified physics suite is not covered by the if-statement.

Tests conducted:

On hera:

Ran all the WE2E tests including the two new ones (nco_GSD_HRRR3km_FV3GFS_FV3GFS and nco_GSD_HRRR3km_HRRRX_RAPX). All tests except regional_010 pass (regional_010 test was already broken in the original develop branch).

On jet:

Ran the two new WE2E tests nco_GSD_HRRR3km_FV3GFS_FV3GFS and nco_GSD_HRRR3km_HRRRX_RAPX as well as regional_002 and regional_003. All passed, although some tasks (make_lbcs and run_fcst) for the nco_GSD_HRRR3km_FV3GFS_FV3GFS and nco_GSD_HRRR3km_HRRRX_RAPX tests took more than 1 try to succeed. Also tested versions of nco_GSD_HRRR3km_FV3GFS_FV3GFS and nco_GSD_HRRR3km_HRRRX_RAPX in which the external files are staged. Again, both succeeded but some tasks take more than 1 try to succeed.

…running on it in NCO mode.

1) Update grid parameters for the GSD_HRRR3km grid of JPgrid type as specified by Christina Holt.
2) Add capability to run on this grid in NCO mode.
3) Add a WE2E test to run on this grid in NCO mode.
…, allow external models besides FV3GFS and GSMGFS.

1) Make the write-component grid corresponding to the GSD_HRRR3km JPgrid-type grid smaller so it is within the former.  Not necessary but nice to have (so that the write-component doesn't have to fill any of its grid points with NaNs).
2) In NCO mode, allow external models other than FV3GFS and GSMGFS.  This is needed because GSL wants to run in NCO mode but using the RAPX and/or HRRRX for ICs and LBCs.
…statements in exregional_make_ics.sh and exregional_make_lbcs.sh that set numsoil_out.

* Add the FV3GFS_2017_gfdlmp_regional physics suite to the if-statements that sets numsoil_out for the HRRRX and RAPX models when creating initial conditions (in scripts/exregional_make_ics.sh).
* Add the FV3GFS_2017_gfdlmp_regional physics suite to the if-statement that sets numsoil_out for the RAPX model when creating lateral boundary conditions (in scripts/exregional_make_lbcs.sh).
* Add "else" clauses to the if-statements in exregional_make_ics.sh and exregional_make_lbcs.sh that check for the physics suite and set various parameters.  These "else" clauses print out an error message whenever the specified physics suite is not covered by the if-statement.
… to emphasize that it uses FV3GFS for both the ICS and the LBCs; add this test to the full list of WE2E tests.
…mode using the HRRRX for ICs and the RAPX for LBCs. This test currently fails (at least on hera) due to a problem with chgres_cube and/or the modulefiles that are loaded, but it will be needed for further testing soon.
…GSD_HRRR3km_FV3GFS_FV3GFS and nco_GSD_HRRR3km_HRRRX_RAPX WE2E tests.

1) Fix bugs in the configuration files for the nco_GSD_HRRR3km_FV3GFS_FV3GFS and nco_GSD_HRRR3km_HRRRX_RAPX WE2E tests.
2) Add commented-out lines to allow these tests to use user-staged files (to avoid fetching from HPSS).  Uncomment these four lines to allow the workflow use the staged files.
@gsketefian gsketefian merged commit 7bc40c0 into ufs-community:develop Aug 21, 2020
gsketefian added a commit to gsketefian/regional_workflow that referenced this pull request Aug 21, 2020
gsketefian added a commit to gsketefian/regional_workflow that referenced this pull request Aug 21, 2020
…ese changes were inadvertantly left out of PR ufs-community#273 into regional_workflow.
gsketefian added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 21, 2020
## DESCRIPTION OF CHANGES:
Changes to three WE2E tests needed to run successfully on hera that were left out of PR #273.

## TESTS CONDUCTED:
Same as PR#273.
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@gsketefian gsketefian deleted the feature/NCO_mode_GSD_HRRR3km branch September 10, 2020 19:55
christinaholtNOAA added a commit to christinaholtNOAA/regional_workflow that referenced this pull request Feb 4, 2022
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