Opened 17 years ago
Last modified 17 years ago
#144 closed upgrade
Updated model coupling using the MCT library — at Initial Version
| Reported by: | arango | Owned by: | arango |
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| Priority: | major | Milestone: | Release ROMS/TOMS 3.2 |
| Component: | Nonlinear | Version: | 3.2 |
| Keywords: | Cc: |
Description
The code was updated to consolidate the model coupling with either the ESMF or MCT libraries. Both libraries use the same design via the input script coupling.in and metadata file coupling.dat. The design is generic so it is easier to add new fields to interchange fields between models. I cleaned all the files that use the MCT library and I removed the Lib/MCT_WRF directory. It is now obsolete. I also built the drivers for ROMS/WRF/SWAN coupling. However, the WRF model is not released a this time since it requires further development. It only loaded to my branch in the omlab repository which have limited access.
At this time all the coupled model are in the same grid. However, the roms_import.F and roms_export.F routines can be expanded in the future to include the spatial interpolation between coupled models with different grids.
I also update the way that time is reported in standard output. Now it is reported as string having the following form: day hh:mm:ss. This allows more detailed information that just a float number. It is also more accurate.
Many thanks to John Warner for his work and great help.
