From 173bb4814ed2d2bc6e3436263f55c199f8dc8721 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "catherine.thomas" Date: Mon, 3 May 2021 11:52:42 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update v16.1 release notes for wave fixes Refs: #301 --- docs/Release_Notes.gfs.v16.1.0.txt | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/Release_Notes.gfs.v16.1.0.txt b/docs/Release_Notes.gfs.v16.1.0.txt index 8d57cdfb80..ec9f107891 100644 --- a/docs/Release_Notes.gfs.v16.1.0.txt +++ b/docs/Release_Notes.gfs.v16.1.0.txt @@ -35,6 +35,26 @@ PRELUDE began assimilating the GeoOptics data so both changes were tested in one package. + There are several wave related fixes being included in this update. The + first is including the RW-NHC* boundary points which are used in NHC's + offline NWPS system were removed from multi_1 to GFSv16. The second is + to fix the interpolation to the East Pacific wave grid to include all + of the American Samoa islands. + + +CHANGES TO RESOURCES AND FILE SIZES + + Impact of including RW-NHC points is: There should be no impact to the + forecast job timing, however the *wave.out_pnt.points* files in the + wave/rundata com directories will each increase in size by 6MB. The + JGLOBAL_WAVE_POST_BNDPNTBLL and JGLOBAL_WAVE_POST_BNDPNT will now take + approximately 20 minutes longer. The gfswave.tZZz.ibpbull_tar will + increase in size to be 78M, gfswave.tZZz.ibpcbull_tar will now be 42M + and the gfswave.tZZz.ibp_tar file will now be 11 GB. + + Impact of East Pacific and global 0p25 wave grid fixes: There are no + impacts in terms of resources or file size. + IMPLEMENTATION INSTRUCTIONS @@ -76,6 +96,10 @@ SORC CHANGES * sorc/ * checkout.sh will checkout the following changed model tags: + * MODEL; tag GFS.v16.0.16 - There are no changes in this tag + compared to operations. The tag number was updated from + tag GFS.v16.0.15 to incorporate the local changes made in operations. + * GSI; tag gfsda.v16.1.0 - See release notes doc/Release_Notes.gfsda.v16.1.0.txt in the GSI tag for details. @@ -110,11 +134,21 @@ FIX CHANGES doc/Release_Notes.gfsda.v16.1.0.txt in the NOAA-EMC/GSI tag gfsda.v16.1.0 for details. +* For the wave fix to include the RW-NHC-* boundary points for the wave + point output, the following two fix files can be copied to the + fix/fix_wave_gfs folder: + /gpfs/dell2/emc/modeling/noscrub/emc.glopara/git/fv3gfs/fix_wave_gfs_v16.1.1/wave_gfs.buoys + /gpfs/dell2/emc/modeling/noscrub/emc.glopara/git/fv3gfs/fix_wave_gfs_v16.1.1/wave_gfs.buoys.full + -RESOURCE INFORMATION +* For the wave fix to the East Pacific wave grid interpolation the following + fix file with fix can be copied to the fix/fix_wave_gfs folder: + /gpfs/dell2/emc/modeling/noscrub/emc.glopara/git/fv3gfs/fix_wave_gfs_v16.1.1/ep_10m_interp.inp.tmpl -* No change from GFS v16.0 in terms of modules, computational resources, - run time, or disk space. +* For the wave fix to include the Persian Gulf the following to fix files + need to be copied to the fix/fix_wave_gfs folder: + /gpfs/dell2/emc/modeling/noscrub/emc.glopara/git/fv3gfs/fix_wave_gfs_v16.1.1/ww3_grid.inp.glo_15mxt + /gpfs/dell2/emc/modeling/noscrub/emc.glopara/git/fv3gfs/fix_wave_gfs_v16.1.1/WHTGRIDINT.bin.glo_15mxt PRE-IMPLEMENTATION TESTING REQUIREMENTS