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If in the exp-config.h file the OIFS_PPROC variable has been set to true (or if the --pproc command line parameter was used) then the model output in the experiment directory is further processed after completing the model run.
- In this case the script will generate a folder called
output_YYYMMDD_HHMMSS
, with YYYYMMDD being the current date and HHMMSS the current time. - This avoids accidental modification or overwriting of any previous results when the model experiment is repeated.
- The variable
OUTPUT_ROOT
in exp-config.h determines where this ouput folder will be created. The default location is inside the experiment directory, but when assigning another path toOUTPUT_ROOT
this could be created elsewhere.
The postprocessing groups all model output fields and diagnostics into individual GRIB files with ascending forecast time step. Also, a copy of the atmospheric model namelist file fort.4, as well as the ifs.stat and NODE.01_001 log files are moved into the output folder.
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