Getting very large rsl files

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elham baranizadeh

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Aug 14, 2018, 3:53:58 PM8/14/18
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Hi all,

I'm running wrf-chem with MEGAN and NEI emissions. However, I'm getting very large rsl files (>100GB after a few days are simulated). I only post this in this group beacuse the rsl tail is as follows (so something to do with MEGAN or radiation scheme):

calculate MEGAN emissions at ktau, gmtp, tmidh =         3032   12.0000000       12.1260004
Timing for main: time 2016-05-26_12:07:40 on domain   2:    0.51121 elapsed seconds
 calculate MEGAN emissions at ktau, gmtp, tmidh =         3033   12.0000000       12.1300001
Timing for main: time 2016-05-26_12:07:55 on domain   2:    0.49534 elapsed seconds
 calculate MEGAN emissions at ktau, gmtp, tmidh =         3034   12.0000000       12.1339998
Timing for main: time 2016-05-26_12:08:09 on domain   2:    0.51136 elapsed seconds
 calculate MEGAN emissions at ktau, gmtp, tmidh =         3035   12.0000000       12.1379995
Timing for main: time 2016-05-26_12:08:24 on domain   2:    0.51153 elapsed seconds
Timing for main: time 2016-05-26_12:08:24 on domain   1:    3.37041 elapsed seconds
 calculate MEGAN emissions at ktau, gmtp, tmidh =          608   12.0000000       12.1499996


Please know that the model still keeps running but with these large rsl files I run out of space. Any idea why this is?

Best,
Elham


Stacy Walters

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Aug 14, 2018, 5:18:30 PM8/14/18
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Elham,

What is the value of the namelist.input variable "debug_level"?  

Stacy

elham baranizadeh

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Aug 14, 2018, 5:28:54 PM8/14/18
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Stacy,

That was my first guess too- but it's set to 0. Then I looked at the rsl files and I think  it’s all the “Diagnostics” output that’s filling up your rsl files:

WARNING: Large total sw optical depth of ******** at point i,j,nb=   50    7    7
Diagnostics 1: k, tauaer300, tauaer400, tauaer600, tauaer999, tauaer
  1****************************************
  2****************************************
  3****************************************
  4****************************************
  5****************************************
  6****************************************
  7****************************************
  8****************************************
  9****************************************
 10****************************************
 11****************************************
 12****************************************
 13****************************************
 14****************************************
 15****************************************
 16****************************************
 17****************************************
 18****************************************
 19****************************************
 20****************************************
 21****************************************
 22****************************************
 23****************************************
 24  150.25  108.64   59.84   21.60   16.86
 25  132.07   95.60   52.71   19.04   14.87
 26  124.29   90.00   49.64   17.93   14.01
 27   49.37   35.75   19.72    7.12    5.57
 28    0.04    0.03    0.01    0.01    0.00
 29    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00
 30    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00


Then, I just realized that my wrfbiochemi files have been created from slightly a different wrfinput_d0<n> files, and tried to create them again but I'm getting this error:

Reading megan2 bio emiss file TAS.nc
 No such file or directory

any idea what's the error for?

-Elham







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Stacy Walters

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Aug 14, 2018, 5:42:07 PM8/14/18
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Elham,

When running the megain_bio_emiss utility you have to download
basic input data files first.  I'm not sure but believe they should be
on the ACOM wrfchem utilities website.

Stacy

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Ankan Sarkar

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Feb 6, 2023, 2:23:06 AM2/6/23
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Dear all,
I am also having the same issue regarding the large rsl files after running WRF-Chem with the MOZART-MOSAIC option (chem_opt=202). Similar warnings are also printed in my rsl.error files, like Elham shared in the previous thread. The warning messages are as follows:
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WARNING: Large total sw optical depth of ******** at point i,j,nb=   27   42    5

Diagnostics 1: k, tauaer300, tauaer400, tauaer600, tauaer999, tauaer
   1****************************************
   2****************************************
   3****************************************
   4****************************************
   5****************************************
   6****************************************
   7****************************************
   8****************************************
   9****************************************
  10****************************************
  11****************************************
  12****************************************
  13****************************************
  14****************************************
  15****************************************
  16****************************************
  17****************************************
  18****************************************
  19****************************************
  20****************************************
  21****************************************
  22****************************************
  23****************************************
  24****************************************
  25****************************************
  26****************************************
  27****************************************
  28****************************************
  29****************************************
  30****************************************
  31****************************************
  32****************************************
  33****************************************
  34****************************************
Diagnostics 2: k, gaer300, gaer400, gaer600, gaer999
   1    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
   2    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
   3    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
   4    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
   5    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
   6    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
   7    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
   8    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
   9    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
  10    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
  11    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
  12    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
  13    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
  14    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
  15    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
  16    0.81    0.82    0.80    0.77
  17    0.81    0.82    0.80    0.77
  18    0.81    0.82    0.80    0.77
  19    0.81    0.81    0.79    0.75
  20    0.83    0.81    0.81    0.78
  21    0.82    0.81    0.79    0.76
  22    0.82    0.81    0.81    0.77
  23    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
  24    0.83    0.81    0.81    0.78
  25    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
  26    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
  27    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
  28    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
  29    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
  30    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
  31    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
  32    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
  33    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
  34    0.82    0.82    0.81    0.80
Diagnostics 3: k, waer300, waer400, waer600, waer999
   1    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
   2    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
   3    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
   4    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
   5    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
   6    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
   7    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
   8    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
   9    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  10    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  11    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  12    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  13    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  14    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  15    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  16    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  17    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  18    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  19    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  20    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  21    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  22    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  23    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  24    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  25    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  26    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  27    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  28    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  29    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  30    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  31    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  32    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  33    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
  34    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00
Diagnostics 4: k, ssaal, asyal, taual
   0    1.00    0.75    0.00
   1    1.00    0.75    0.00
   2    1.00    0.75    0.02
   3    1.00    0.75    2.99
   4    1.00    0.75    2.90
   5    1.00    0.75    0.08
   6    1.00    0.75    0.00
   7    1.00    0.75    0.00
   8    1.00    0.75    0.00
   9    1.00    0.00    0.00
  10    1.00    0.77********
  11    1.00    0.77********
  12    1.00    0.77********
  13    1.00    0.77********
  14    1.00    0.77********
  15    1.00    0.77********
  16    1.00    0.77********
  17    1.00    0.77********
  18    1.00    0.77********
  19    1.00    0.77********
  20    1.00    0.77********
  21    1.00    0.77********
  22    1.00    0.77********
  23    1.00    0.77********
  24    1.00    0.77********
  25    1.00    0.74********
  26    1.00    0.74********
  27    1.00    0.75********
  28    1.00    0.71********
  29    1.00    0.80********
  30    1.00    0.72********
  31    1.00    0.78********
  32    1.00    0.77********
  33    1.00    0.80********
  34    1.00    0.77********
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In my case, too, wrf.exe is still running. So, why is it happening? Can these warnings cause any trouble with the output? If so, then how can I solve this issue? Did anyone solve it? I checked my biogenic emission input files, and they are generated from the same wrfiput files. So, I think this is not the problem that Elham had. So, what could be the reason? I suspect this could be due to the radiation options. I set the following radiation options in my namelist.input file:
 &physics
 ra_lw_physics                      = 4,     4,
 ra_sw_physics                     = 4,     4,
 radt                                        = 30,    30,
I learned that these warnings are coming every 30 minutes, and then again, the printing in the output files has been going on. So is it because of 'radt' option? I have gone through namelist.input: Best Practices from WRF USERS PAGE (the https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/namelist_best_prac_wrf.html), and found that it is recommended to use 1 minute per km of dx (e.g., set to 10 for a 10km parent domain). However, I set here 30, which is 2*dx (dx = 15 km for the parent domain, in my case). So, is it because of this? Or is anything else wrong? Can anyone please guide me in this regard? That will be really helpful for me. Thank you in advance.
With regards,
Ankan

Mary Barth

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Feb 6, 2023, 10:07:47 PM2/6/23
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Ankan,

As noted by the earlier email, these are printouts from diagnostic calculations, specifically from the optical driver. The first part is trying to print the aerosol optical depth (tauaer) but the values are so large it doesn't fit the format of the print statement. There is something wrong -- way too much aerosol occurring somewhere. (i=27, j=42)

I suggest reviewing your wrfinput file and/or the last wrfout file that is generated before these warnings start. Look at all the aerosol concentrations to see if there is something anomalously wrong.

Also look at bug reports. I think some things have been cleaned up in recent WRF-chem versions, but your version may not have the correction. One example that we came across is with biomass burning:  See https://forum.mmm.ucar.edu/threads/plumerise-bug.9561/ 

Good luck,

Mary

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