Croton NY Test Case Fails Due to Missing nudgingParams.nc When Nudging Is Enabled

[Will H]

Croton NY Test Case Fails Due to Missing nudgingParams.nc When Nudging Is Enabled

Issue:
When running the Croton NY standalone test case (example_case/NWM) with nudging = .true. in hydro.namelist, the simulation fails due to a missing nudgingParams.nc file.

Error:

Problem opening file: './DOMAIN/nudgingParams.nc' FATAL ERROR! Program stopped.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Clone and build wrf_hydro_nwm_public (v5.4 or latest):

   git clone https://github.com/NCAR/wrf_hydro_nwm_public.git cd wrf_hydro_nwm_public && mkdir build && cd build cmake -DHYDRO_D=1 .. && make -j4

2. Download and extract the Croton NY test case:

   wget https://github.com/NCAR/wrf_hydro_nwm_public/releases/download/v5.4.0/croton_NY_training_example_v5.4.0.tar.gz tar -xzvf croton_NY_training_example_v5.4.0.tar.gz

3. Copy necessary files to the run directory and run:

   cp wrf_hydro_nwm_public/build/Run/* domain/NWM/ cp -r example_case/NWM/{DOMAIN,RESTART,nudgingTimeSliceObs,referenceSim} domain/NWM/ cp example_case/NWM/hydro.namelist domain/NWM/ cd domain/NWM ./wrf_hydro.exe

Workaround:
Set nudging = .false. in hydro.namelist to run without data assimilation.

Suggestion:
Recommend either including nudgingParams.nc in the test case package or setting nudging = .false. by default in future releases to avoid confusion.

Thanks.

[Will H]

cd "${WRF_FOLDER}"/
mkdir -p "${WRF_FOLDER}"/domain/NWM

#Copy the *.TBL files to the NWM directory.
cp "${WRF_FOLDER}"/Hydro-Basecode/wrf_hydro_nwm_public/build/Run/* "${WRF_FOLDER}"/domain/NWM

#Download test case for WRF HYDRO and move to NWM
cd "${WRF_FOLDER}"/Downloads
wget -c https://github.com/NCAR/wrf_hydro_nwm_public/releases/download/v${HYDRO_CROTON_TEST_CASE}/croton_NY_training_example_v${HYDRO_CROTON_TEST_CASE_MINOR}.tar.gz
tar -xzvf croton_NY_training_example_v${HYDRO_CROTON_TEST_CASE_MINOR}.tar.gz

cp -r example_case/FORCING "${WRF_FOLDER}"/domain/NWM
cp -r example_case/NWM/DOMAIN "${WRF_FOLDER}"/domain/NWM
cp -r example_case/NWM/RESTART "${WRF_FOLDER}"/domain/NWM
cp -r example_case/NWM/nudgingTimeSliceObs "${WRF_FOLDER}"/domain/NWM
cp -r example_case/NWM/referenceSim "${WRF_FOLDER}"/domain/NWM
cp example_case/NWM/namelist.hrldas "${WRF_FOLDER}"/domain/NWM
cp example_case/NWM/hydro.namelist "${WRF_FOLDER}"/domain/NWM


cp -r example_case/FORCING "${WRF_FOLDER}"/domain/NWM
cp -r example_case/NWM/{DOMAIN,RESTART,nudgingTimeSliceObs,referenceSim} "${WRF_FOLDER}"/domain/NWM
cp example_case/NWM/{namelist.hrldas,hydro.namelist} "${WRF_FOLDER}"/domain/NWM

#Run Croton NY Test Case
cd "${WRF_FOLDER}"/domain/NWM
./wrf_hydro.exe

[Will H]

More information:


workhorse@workhorse-MS-7D91:~/WRFHYDRO_STANDALONE_INTEL/Hydro-Basecode/example_case/Gridded$    mpirun -np $CPU_QUARTER_EVEN ./wrf_hydro
 Calling config noahlsm_offline
WARNING: KDAY is deprecated and may be removed in a future version, please use KHOUR.
 Calling config noahlsm_offline
WARNING: KDAY is deprecated and may be removed in a future version, please use KHOUR.
 Calling config noahlsm_offline
WARNING: KDAY is deprecated and may be removed in a future version, please use KHOUR.
 Calling config noahlsm_offline
 Calling config noahlsm_offline
 Calling config noahlsm_offline
 Calling config noahlsm_offline
 Calling config noahlsm_offline
WARNING: KDAY is deprecated and may be removed in a future version, please use KHOUR.
WARNING: KDAY is deprecated and may be removed in a future version, please use KHOUR.
WARNING: KDAY is deprecated and may be removed in a future version, please use KHOUR.
WARNING: KDAY is deprecated and may be removed in a future version, please use KHOUR.
WARNING: KDAY is deprecated and may be removed in a future version, please use KHOUR.
WARNING: In land_driver_ini() - KHOUR < 0. DEFINED USING KDAY.
WARNING: In land_driver_ini() - KHOUR < 0. DEFINED USING KDAY.
WARNING: In land_driver_ini() - KHOUR < 0. DEFINED USING KDAY.
WARNING: In land_driver_ini() - KHOUR < 0. DEFINED USING KDAY.
WARNING: In land_driver_ini() - KHOUR < 0. DEFINED USING KDAY.
WARNING: In land_driver_ini() - KHOUR < 0. DEFINED USING KDAY.
WARNING: In land_driver_ini() - KHOUR < 0. DEFINED USING KDAY.
WARNING: In land_driver_ini() - KHOUR < 0. DEFINED USING KDAY.
 Nudging param file
 DOMAIN/nudgingParams.nc                                                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
                   
 Nudging param file
 DOMAIN/nudgingParams.nc                                                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
                   
 Nudging param file
 DOMAIN/nudgingParams.nc                                                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
                   
 Nudging param file
 DOMAIN/nudgingParams.nc                                                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
                   
 Nudging param file
 DOMAIN/nudgingParams.nc                                                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
                   
 Nudging param file
 DOMAIN/nudgingParams.nc                                                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
                   
 Nudging param file
 DOMAIN/nudgingParams.nc                                                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
                   
 Nudging param file
 DOMAIN/nudgingParams.nc                                                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
                   
 reading from hydrotbl_f(HYDRO.TBL.nc)  file ....
 reading from hydrotbl_f(HYDRO.TBL.nc)  file ....
 reading from hydrotbl_f(HYDRO.TBL.nc)  file ....
 reading from hydrotbl_f(HYDRO.TBL.nc)  file ....
 reading from hydrotbl_f(HYDRO.TBL.nc)  file ....
 reading from hydrotbl_f(HYDRO.TBL.nc)  file ....
 reading from hydrotbl_f(HYDRO.TBL.nc)  file ....
 reading from hydrotbl_f(HYDRO.TBL.nc)  file ....
 WARNING: get2d_real: failed to find the variables: CHAN_DEPTH and CHAN_DEPTH  
                                                                               
                                                                               
                   
 Before read LAKEPARM from NetCDF ./DOMAIN/LAKEPARM.nc
 NLAKES =            1
 read gwbasmskfil as nc format: ./DOMAIN/GWBASINS.nc
 read GWBUCKPARM file as nc format: ./DOMAIN/GWBUCKPARM.nc
Problem opening file: 'DOMAIN/nudgingParams.nc'
Problem opening file: 'DOMAIN/nudgingParams.nc'
Problem opening file: 'DOMAIN/nudgingParams.nc'
Problem opening file: 'DOMAIN/nudgingParams.nc'
read_nudging_param_file: Problem opening file 'DOMAIN/nudgingParams.nc'
The job has stopped due to a fatal error:
read_nudging_param_file
 ---
 FATAL ERROR! Program stopped. Recompile with environment variable HYDRO_D set t
 o 1 for enhanced debug information.
 
Abort(1) on node 0 (rank 0 in comm 496): application called MPI_Abort(comm=0x84000003, 1) - process 0

===================================================================================
=   BAD TERMINATION OF ONE OF YOUR APPLICATION PROCESSES
=   RANK 0 PID 212754 RUNNING AT workhorse-MS-7D91
=   KILLED BY SIGNAL: 9 (Killed)

[Will H]

The files I'm looking for exist in 5.2 and 5.3  but not 5.4