WRF-Chemv4.3 with chem_opt=202—Segmentation fault and SIGTERM during estimation

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邓若涵

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Mar 24, 2026, 7:31:18 AMMar 24
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Dear WRF-Chem-run community,

 

I am running WRF-Chem version 4.3 with chem_opt=202 (MOZART chemistry with MOSAIC aerosol). My simulation consistently crashes around the first hour, and I would greatly appreciate any insights.

 

I have already added ulimit -s unlimited and export I_MPI_STACKSIZE=unlimited in my job script, but the segmentation(174) problem persists. 

I also checked for CFL warnings in the rsl files and found none.

I have set `debug_level = 1000`, but it gives no useful information.

 

From the rsl.error.* files, I observe two types of errors across different processes:

1. Segmentation fault (SIGSEGV) – e.g., in rsl.error.0000:

    forrtl: severe (174): SIGSEGV, segmentation fault occurred

2. Process killed (SIGTERM) – e.g., in rsl.error.0001:

    forrtl: error (78): process killed (SIGTERM)

Both errors occur after 1 hour estimation.

 

I have carefully checked the format and time stamp of my emission files, and they appear to be consistent with the User's Guide for WRF-Chem v4.4 and the MOZART_MOSAIC_V3.6.readme.

 

Environment & job configuration:

l Compiler: Intel 2017

l MPI: Intel MPI 2017 Update 4 

l Slurm launch: srun --mpi=pmi2

l Nodes: 1 node, 32 cores  (requested via #SBATCH -n 32)

l Memory per node: Login node shows 251 GB total, and the job did not exceed memory based on sacct output

l Model: WRF-Chem 4.3, compiled with MOZART and MOSAIC options, and with KPP enabled (-DWRF_KPP in configure.wrf)

I am attaching the following files for reference:

l namelist.input

l Job submission script (WRF_run2new.sh)

l A snippet of the rsl.error.* files showing the crash points

l edgarv5_MOZART_MOSAIC_drh (Anthro)

l MOZART_MOSAIC_4bins_drh (mozbc)

l finn_wrf_drh (fire_emis)

 

If anyone has encountered a similar issue or notices any misconfiguration in my setup, I would be very grateful for your guidance.

 

Thank you very much in advance for your time and help!

 

Best regards,

Ruohan Deng

edgarv5_MOZART_MOSAIC_drh.docx
rsl_error*.docx
namelist_input.docx
MOZART_MOSAIC_4bins_drh.docx
finn_wrf_drh.docx
WRF_run2new.sh

Gabriele Pfister

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Mar 24, 2026, 12:03:56 PMMar 24
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Hi

one thing I noticed is that you are using phot_opt=1 but we strongly suggest to use option 4 (see our website). 

Also, have you made sure that your emission files have no negative or other invalid values? And does your simulation run without chemistry turned on?

Gabi
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