Change tout for multiple trajectories run - SETUP.CFG

[CJ_INDIANA]

I am running a script that creates multiple control files and feeds them to the hyts_std executable one by one. What I would like to accomplish is for the resulting tdump files to have 5 minute output lines instead of the standard 60 minutes. I have tried to change tout = 60 to tout = 5 in the setup.cfg file before running the code but it seems that when I call the hyts_std executable, the traj.cfg file is used instead of setup.cfg. The tout value in traj.cfg is different from the tout value in setup.cfg. Not sure why changing tout in setup.cfg is not working.

[ariel.stein]

Is your SETUP.CFG file name in upper case? If yes, you might also want to set the integration time step, delt=5.0, so your output overlaps with the time step.

[CJ_INDIANA]

File is in all caps, SETUP.CFG and changed to delt = 5.0. The contents of the setup file are :

&SETUP
delt = 5.0
initd = 0,
kpuff = 0,
khmax = 9999,
kmixd = 0,
kmix0 = 250,
kzmix = 0,
kdef = 0,
kbls = 1,
kblt = 2,
conage = 48,
numpar = 2500,
qcycle = 0.0,
efile = '',
tkerd = 0.18,
tkern = 0.18,
ninit = 1,
ndump = 1,
ncycl = 1,
pinpf = 'PARINIT',
poutf = 'PARDUMP',
mgmin = 10,
kmsl = 0,
maxpar = 10000,
cpack = 1,
cmass = 0,
dxf = 1.0,
dyf = 1.0,
dzf = 0.01,
ichem = 0,
maxdim = 1,
kspl = 1,
krnd = 6,
frhs = 1.0,
frvs = 0.01,
frts = 0.10,
frhmax = 3.0,
splitf = 1.0,
tm_pres = 1,
tm_tpot = 1,
tm_tamb = 0,
tm_rain = 0,
tm_mixd = 0,
tm_relh = 0,
tm_sphu = 0,
tm_mixr = 0,
tm_dswf = 0,
tm_terr = 0,
tout = 5,
/

[ariel.stein]

did it work?

[CJ_INDIANA]

Sorry, I wasn't clear about that. It did NOT work.

[ariel.stein]

Try it with only these parameters set in you SETUP.CFG file:

&SETUP
delt = 5,
mgmin = 10,
khmax = 9999,
kmixd = 0,
kmsl = 0,
nstr = 0,
mhrs = 9999,
nver = 0,
tout = 5,
tm_tpot = 0,
tm_tamb = 0,
tm_rain = 0,
tm_mixd = 0,
tm_relh = 0,
tm_sphu = 0,
tm_mixr = 0,
tm_dswf = 0,
tm_terr = 0,
dxf = 1.0,
dyf = 1.0,
dzf = 0.01,
/

[CJ_INDIANA]

It did not work. I am using the NARR data and the SETUP file looks identical to other examples using a different tout, but for some reason tout in TRAJ.CFG file is not changing either. Is this something to do with the NARR data?

[ariel.stein]

Attached are the CONTROL, tdump and MESSAGE files for a run using tout=5 and the NARR dataset.

[CJ_INDIANA]

Thanks for the attachments. Everything looks correct. I am running a script file that builds the control files and then runs them. Do I need to specify the setup file when I call the script file?

[ariel.stein]

By default the model will look for the SETUP.CFG file.