Documentation of the Changes in the COSMO-Model
Version 5.13

09.11.2021

Contents:

  1. Adaptations to latest COSMO-ART version
  2. Fixing the Block Copies
  3. Technical Changes and Bug Fixes
  4. Changes to the Namelists
  5. Changes of Results


1. Adaptations to latest COSMO-ART version

(by Ulrich Schättler)

Due to the introduction of the tiles in the COSMO-Model, the ART code had to be adapted. This is done in version ART3.2.

There have also been modifications to the module mo_art_rad.f90, which prepares the computation of blocked fields for radiation feedback in COSMO-ART. Calculation of fields in ijk format is now done in an extra step before entering the block-loop in organize_physics.f90. Additional fields are added to the register-copy calls in radiation_interface.f90.

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2. Fixing the Block Copies

(by Ulrich Schättler)

Splitting the block loop for running the physical parameterizations in organize_physics.f90 to implement a coupling for the CLM changes the results of the forecast, which points to problems when doing the "copy-To/From-block" for the blocked variables.

The problem is in the radiation_interface.f90 for the variables that are also used in TERRA and in SNOWPOLINO.

Most of the output variables from the radiation are only used in the diagnostics and for output, so the ij-variables are set directly. Only a few variables are used in TERRA and / or in SNOWPOLINO. For these variables we also set the blocked variables directly in addition to the ij-variables. To indicate the necessity of updating these variables we also include them in the "copyFromBlock" mechanism. Here we corrected two bugs now:

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4. Technical Changes and Bug Fixes

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5. Changes to the Namelists

Group Name Meaning Default
/IOCTL/ ngribout CHANGED Minimum value for ngribout now is 1. 1
/TUNING/ fac_rootdp2 CHANGED Increased allowable interval for fac_rootdp2 from 0.5 to 5.0 (was 1.5 before). 1

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6. Changes of Results

NONE

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