Error in ROMS execution

[DYB20200202]

I ran ROMs with such an error,

READ_CONTACT - inconsistent grid order, Lm = 103 102
in input file:
Found Error: 05 Line: 198 Source: ROMS/Utility/inp_par.F
Found Error: 05 Line: 118 Source: ROMS/Drivers/nl_ocean.h

Elapsed CPU time (seconds):



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Dynamic and Automatic memory (MB) usage for Grid 01: 85x63x20 tiling:
2x2

tile Dynamic Automatic USAGE
MPI-Buffers

0 3.60 1.90 5.50
0.00
1 3.60 1.90 5.50
0.00
2 3.60 1.90 5.50
0.00
3 3.60 1.90 5.50
0.00

SUM 14.42 7.60 22.02
0.00

Dynamic and Automatic memory (MB) usage for Grid 02: 111x72x20 tiling:
2x2

tile Dynamic Automatic USAGE
MPI-Buffers

0 0.00 2.81 2.81
0.00
1 0.00 2.81 2.81
0.00
2 0.00 2.81 2.81
0.00
3 0.00 2.81 2.81
0.00

SUM 0.00 11.24 11.24
0.00

Dynamic and Automatic memory (MB) usage for Grid 03: 103x75x20 tiling:
2x2

tile Dynamic Automatic USAGE
MPI-Buffers

0 0.00 329.96 329.96
0.00
1 0.00 1182243.89 1182243.89
0.00
2 0.00 330.37 330.37
0.00
3 0.00 2.72 2.72
0.00

SUM 0.00 1182906.93 1182906.94
0.00

Dynamic and Automatic memory (MB) usage for Grid 04: 105x75x20 tiling:
2x2

tile Dynamic Automatic USAGE
MPI-Buffers

0 0.00 2.77 2.77
0.00
1 0.00 2.77 2.77
0.00
2 0.00 2.77 2.77
0.00
3 0.00 2.77 2.77
0.00

SUM 0.00 11.07 11.08
0.00

TOTAL 14.43 1182936.85 1182951.27
0.00


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ROMS/TOMS - Output NetCDF summary for Grid 01:

ROMS/TOMS - Output NetCDF summary for Grid 02:

ROMS/TOMS - Output NetCDF summary for Grid 03:

ROMS/TOMS - Output NetCDF summary for Grid 04:
Found Error: 05 Line: 443 Source: ROMS/Utility/close_io.F

ROMS/TOMS - Configuration error ..... exit_flag: 5


ERROR: Illegal model configuration.

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[robertson]

Check your .in file. ROMS is telling you that you don't have a consistent order of values for Lm (and probably others). In your case, since you have 4 grids (Ngrids = 4), there should be 4 values, separated by spaces that correspond to your 4 grids in order. The values should be Lm for grid 1, grid 2, grid 3, then grid 4 (85 111 103 105). The same order (grid1 grid2 grid3 grid4) will need to be followed for many values in your .in file.