ARW Release Notes: 11/01/05 o Version 2.1.1 - Released 11/01/05 o The following change made sometime after 2.0.1 has broken the -P option when running grib_prep.pl and has been corrected. 70c69 < getopts('c:hi:d:f:s:l:P:q:t:u:'); --- > getopts('c:hi:d:f:s:l:Pq:t:u:'); o Fixed line in wrfsi/extdata/static/grib_prep.nl for the SRCVTAB, NNRPSFC should be NNRP. o New FAQ question 19 was addressed, see http://wrfsi.noaa.gov/gui/faq/#Q019 How do I compile PerlTk on my 64-bit AMD system running linux Fedora Core 3? o New FAQ question 20 was addressed, see http://wrfsi.noaa.gov/gui/faq/#Q020 On my 64-bit system, there is an error with the map background executable in v2.1 and lower?! The solution in release v2.1.1 was an edit to the gui/src/Makefile, where libm.a was changed to -lm. This lets the makefile find the math lib called libm.a. It was hardwired it for the 32-bit lib by default. o Changed the wrfprep.pl opt_u command to include spaces, as follows as: Its minor, but could take a inexperienced user a while to figure out. if ($opt_u){ $command = "/usr/local/fsl/bin/qsub -A $opt_u -V -Nwrfprep $pbsscript"; On Ijet this crashes. It needs to have a space between N and wrfprep: if ($opt_u){ $command = "/usr/local/fsl/bin/qsub -A $opt_u -V -N wrfprep $pbsscript"; --------------------- Release Notes: 9/09/05 o Version 2.1 - Released 7/18/05 Modified 9/9/05 o Change to correct skin temperature problem discovered in wrfsi/src/hinterp/module_hinterp_gribprep.F. The following 3 lines were added back: ! ( field(1:3) .EQ. 'SEA' ) .OR. & ! ( field(1:3) .EQ. 'SST' ).OR. & ! ( field(1:8) .EQ. 'SKINTEMP' ).OR. & so that these fields would be interpolated as masked fields. It was a temporary fix for NAM/ETA but this is not meant to be a general fix for SI. --------------------- Release Notes: 8/22/05 o Version 2.1 - Released 7/18/05 Modified 8/22/05 o Minor change to correct typographical error in Vtable.GFS. --------------------- Release Notes: 7/18/05 o Version 2.1 o The WRFSI software accommodates GFS GRIB2 native coord data as of 5/16/05. With this latest accomplishment the WRFSI can now process NCEP's various versions of the GFS GRIB2 model output for the WRF user community: 1) the 1 degree post-processed pressure level data, 2) the .5 degree sigma native vertical coord system (labeled as hybrid), and 3) the soon to be released .5 degree hybrid native vertical coordinate system. However, as of this time the Makefile.GRIB2 is specific to Linux 32bit architecture. The make routines need to be edited for portability and will just added to the current tar file v2.1 when this feature is available (by Aug 05). o WRFSI v2.1 includes new compile options listed on site: http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfsi/si-known-prob.html and the known bugs mentioned for v2.0.3 have been addressed and included too. o Per, Kevin W. Thomas: several src/lib and src/mod Makefile changes from 'ARCHIVE = ar rv' to 'ARCHIVE = $(AR) rv'. o Per, Todd Hutchinson, updated version of module_vinterp_utils.F use .LE. rather than .LT. to prevent a software crash when the "desired eta" level falls exactly on an input eta surface. o Per, Todd Hutchinson, wrfsi/src/grib_prep/grib.misc/rrpr.F some of Tanya's changes that were included in earlier versions of the wrfsi were left out of v2.0.3 and are added back to v2.1. o Per Dave Gill, it may not be a great convention, but it is a convention to change the value for all occurrences of earth radius values to be 6370km throughout wrfsi for all users -- including AFWA. o A user had gridgen_model.exe fail on an HP because of trivial syntax issues. The code is modified (i.e. subroutine vfinit vs. subroutinevfinit AND data vcscr vs. datavcscr.) o There was an uninitialized variable (current_time) in hinterp. Per, Kevin Manning, his suggestion was CHARACTER (LEN=19) :: current_time="0000-00-00_00:00:00". However, per Craig Arthur suggestion (Oct 04) 'current_time = prev_time' just before current_time is used. o Per, Robert Fovell's request grip_prep is accommodate to read file format in the form of 'fnl_040330_00_00', only the 0 h data every time it becomes available o References to pctland removed from wrfsi since v2.0.3. o Removed hinterp/vinterp print statement reference to "HEIGHT-BASED" model. o Per Ryan Torn, additional print statement in grib_prep.pl that sees if the forecast time you are requesting is too close to the real-time and alerts the user that the start date is being adjusted. o Per Rich Nieman, edit to Vtable.SST. SST data set provided by FNMOC only has grib code 80 and change Level 1 = 1 vs 0 o John Smart edited gridgen_model and other files for improvements to the SI. o New features to the WRFSI GUI: - User now defines projection values for a domain THEN center point lat/lon values. This differs from previous versions. Suggested by John McHenry Carlie Coats, Baron Adv Meteor Sys. - The software test enforcing that the value of true latitude 1 to be less than the value of true latitude 2 is eliminated because it turns out that it actually doesn't matters what order they are specified in. Its also mapping conversion to list the poleward latitude first. This is now possible. - The ability to undo changes to made to nests, if edited, and user wants to undo these changes. - For AFWA's need, if restrict_sigma equals 1, then the vertical editor becomes uneditable, only viewable. ui_system_tools.pl: $restrict_sigma=0; - The WRFSI GUI now accommodates WRF NMM domain selection using the NMM rotated lat/lon projection. Within the code if a variable is set ($nmm=1), then the NMM user interface is available. However, the full functionality to run the WRF SI-NMM will only be available with the release of the WRF NMM software, expected Sept 05. (This is the WRF SI-ARW version.) This is courtesy of Robert A. Rozumalski, PhD NWS National SOO Science and Training Resource Coordinator - Per DTC and NWS request, there is a desire to restrict function of the WRFSI GUI to use only the Domain Selection Tool. If restrict_ui equals 1, then only the Domain Tool will be available to the user. This means that the Initial Tool and Interp Tool, which invoke the scripts grib_prep.pl and wrfprep.pl, respectively, are suppressed. ui_system_tools.pl: $restrict_ui =0; o New option to locate the temporary files created by the GUI to be located other than in /tmp, e.g. --ui_tempdir=/home/build/log.