Appendix C: Model Error Messages

All errors trapped by CCM3.6 result in a printed message starting with the name of the subroutine of origin. The following is an alphabetical list of these messages, along with an explanation for each. All errors are fatal unless otherwise stated. Where possible, a suggested course of action is included.

AO error: n_ovr= mm exceeded mx_ovr = nn,
for output lon,lat = ii jj

Dataset inconsistency. Should never occur if the supported datasets are used. AO_I error: area not conserved for lon,lat = ii jj
sum of overlap weights = nn Dataset inconsistency. Should never occur if the supported datasets are used. BASININI fatal error: discrepancy in land points
expecting mm points but found nn Dataset inconsistency. Should never occur if the supported datasets are used. BILIN: Failed to find interp values The bilinear interpolation routine was unable to find input array values between which it could interpolate. This is an internal error which should never occur. If it does, a message to ccm-bugs@ucar.edu may be in order. BILIN: Input x-grid must be between 0 and 360 Input grid for longitude interpolation has coordinate values outside 0-360 degree range. This is required because longitudinal periodicity is assumed. BILIN: Insane dxinwrap value = mm avg=nn Input grid is assumed to be periodic in the longitudinal direction. This error results when the delta-x computed between the last longitude and the first longitude is vastly different than the average intermediate values. Solution: define longitude input and output grids such that the delta-x is periodic. BILIN: Must have at least 2 input points for
interpolation Input array to be bi-linearly interpolated must have at least 2 points in longitude, and 2 points in latitude. BILIN: Non-monotonic coordinate array(s) found Coordinate arrays for interpolation must increase monotonically. Check input arrays. BILIN: No overlap in y-coordinates Error in the latitudinal coordinate of the input arrays to routine bilin. These coordinates must have some overlap for interpolation. Check input and output array coordinates. BILIN: No overlap in x-coordinates Error in the longitudinal coordinate of the input arrays to routine bilin. These coordinates must overlap for interpolation. Check input and output array coordinates. BILIN: nn of N/S output grid will have to be extrapolated The interpolated-to array is larger than the interpolated-from array. Some percentage of the output array will be extrapolated. This is a non-fatal error. BILIN: Output x-grid must be between 0 and 360 Output grid for longitudinal interpolation has coordinate values outside of 0-360 degree range. The periodicity assumption is why the 0-360 range is a requirement. BILIN: something bad in indices or weights This is an internal error which should never occur. BLDFLD: Too many fields -- pflds,if=nn mm Only pflds words of space are allocated for arrays carrying field information. If you have added fields, you must increase pflds accordingly in pagrid.h. BLDFLN: maximum output file number exceeded The maximum number of output history files is 9999. Once the history tape file numbers exceed 9999 the run can't continue. If you need a simulation to go beyond that point, continue the run as a branch run. BNDDYI: Bad month index = mm The input month number mm (from a boundary dataset) was not between 1 and 12. BNDDYI: bad day of year = dd The input day number dd (from a boundary dataset) was not between 1 and 365. CALENDR: Invalid base day of base date input: dd The input day number (from the initial dataset or from NNBDAT in the namelist) was not valid for the input month. CALENDR: Invalid base month input: mm The input month number (from the initial dataset or from NNBDAT in the namelist) was not between 1 and 12. CALENDR: Invalid base seconds(mbsec): ss The input number of seconds (from the initial dataset or from NNSBASor NNBSEC in the namelist) was not valid. CCM3: ieee trapping not supported here The code is compiled for an architecture that does not support IEEE error handling. If you are *not* running on a SUN machine make sure that #define SUN is not set in the params.h file CCM3: cpp token CRAY is defined but PVP is not.
PVP must be defined for optimal performance on this
architecture. If you really want to run this way,
delete the stop 999 statement in ccm3.F Self explanatory CELL_BOX error: lat grid type mm not supported Internal algorithmic error which should never occur. CELL_BOX error: lon grid type nn not supported Internal algorithmic error which should never occur. CELL_EDGE error: lat grid type mm not supported Internal algorithmic error which should never occur. CELL_EDGE error: lon grid type nn not supported Internal algorithmic error which should never occur. CHEMINI: Error in horizontal interpolation Error occurred when trying to horizontally interpolate the input tracer data to the model latitudes. CHEMINI: Error in vertical interpolation Error occurred when trying to vertically interpolate the input tracer data to the model levels. CHEMINI: error when cycling data:1st month must be 1 Error in input tracer data: first month must be 1. CHEMINI: error when cycling data:last month must be 12 Error in input tracer data: last month must be 12. CHEMINI: Failed to find dates bracketing mcdate, mcsec= yymmddss The model integration time does not fall between available dates on the input tracer dataset. CHEMINI: Failed to open file filename I/O error while opening a file for writing. Usually indicative of a problem with the file system. Make sure you haven't surpassed any local disk limits and that the file and directory permissions are correct. CHEMINI: latsiz=ll must = ptrlat=nn Tracer dataset does not have number of latitudes specified in header file comchem.h. Modify comchem.h accordingly. CHEMINI: levsiz= ll must = ptrlev=nn Tracer dataset does not have number of levels specified in header file comchem.h. Modify comchem.h accordingly. CHEMINI: longitude dependence not implemented Tracer dataset is currently assumed to have no longitudinal dependency. CHEMINI: lonsiz= xx must = ptrlon=yy Tracer dataset does not have number of longitudes specified in header file comchem.h. Modify comchem.h accordingly. CHEMINI: timsiz=xx must = ptrtim=yy Tracer dataset does not have number of time samples specified in header file comchem.h. Modify comchem.h accordingly. CHEMINT: Attempt to access bad month The model integration time does not fall between available dates on the input tracer dataset. CHEMINT: Bad fact1 and/or fact2=xx yy Error interpolating to a daily value. The interpolation factors do not agree to within 32 bit round-off. CHEMINT: Input data for date yymmdd
does not exceed model date yymmdd sec ss Stopping. Model time does not coincide with dates for chemical loss rate data. Check namelist date variable. CMPLR: Entered with incorrect dimension NC=nn Subroutine CMPLR was entered with a dimension for the upper Hessenberg matrix which is less than or equal to zero. CMPLR: Failed to converge in mm iterations Eigenvalue=nn The algorithm that computes the Gaussian weights has failed to converge in mm iterations. The user can increase the number of iterations that the algorithm performs by increasing the value of the local variable nfail. COURLIM: Courant limit exceeded at k,j= kk jj (estimate = eee.eee), solution has been truncated to wavenumber nn *** The CFL limit has been exceeded. Therefore the high-frequency end of the spectrum has been truncated at the level specified by namelist variable KMXHDC. Not a fatal error. CUBYDR: Departure point out of bounds: jcen, icount,pgls= ll mm nn This is an indication that the model is in the process of blowing up. Check that namelist variable DTIME is appropriate for the resolution. DADADJ: No convergence in dry adiabatic adjustment Model has entered a non-physical state. User will have to analyze state variables at the latitude and longitude given in the error message. DADADJ: Convergence criterion doubled to EPS= nn.nnnn for DRY CONVECTIVE ADJUSTMENT at Lat,Lon= ii jj Nonfatal error - dry convective adjustment algorithm has failed to converge within the default convergence limit given the current state of the model. The convergence criterion will be doubled and the algorithm will repeat the convergence tests. DATA: Namelist variable CASEID must be set The case-id must be defined via the namelist parameter CASEID. DATA: Cannot find LOGNAME environment variable This error would indicate a system problem, since $LOGNAME is a system environment variable. DATA: Cannot find HOME environment variable This error would indicate a system problem, since $HOMEDIR is a system environment variable. DATA: For BRANCH run, NREVSN must be a full pathname. Because the case name changes on a branch run, the user must specify the full pathname for NREVSN. DATA: Invalid averaging flag input for tape t Flag = F NINAVG must be one of the following: A averaged I instantaneous M minimum X maximum NINAVG(1) may also be equal to Q for a monthly average DATA: ERROR
Invalid averaging flag input for tape t
Flag = F
Monthly average only allowed for history file 1 Monthly averaging can only be performed on the primary history file. DATA: Error, model not designed to run multi-constituents while running the idealized dynamical core of the model. For "idealdyn = .true.", set pcnst=1 and pnats=0. If namelist variable IDEALDYN is set to true, be sure that pcnst and pnats (found in header file params.h) are set to 1 and 0, respectively. DATA: Invalid packing density n Packing density NDENS must be between 1 and 4. DATA: iradae must be an even multiple of iradlw. iradae = ii iradlw = jj The absorptivity/emissivity calculation must fall on a long-wave radiation timestep. DATA:KMXHDC must be between 0 and plev-1 KMXHDC, an input variable, is the number of levels over which to apply the Courant limiter. DATA: Must input either nestep or nelapse The user must specify an ending time for the model run. DATA: Must specify non-zero nhtfrq The history file write frequency for one of the declared history files is zero. DATA:***NOTE: Extra overhead invoked putting a/e numbers on restart dataset*** To avoid, make mod(nhtfrq,iradae) = 0 Not an error. There will be a restart file generated for absorptivity/emissivity values since the history file write does not necessarily occur on an absorptivity/emissivity timestep, as defined by IRADAE. DATA: Starting file number (stfnum) too large. Max = 9999. Stfnum = ssss Output file numbering starts at STFNUM, which must not be larger than the largest allowable number (4 digits). DATA: The namelist variables INCORHST,INCORRAD,INCORBUF must be .TRUE. for a SPMD run. The user has declared INCORHST, INCORRAD, and/or INCORBUF to be false in the namelist. All three namelist variables must be true for an SPMD run. DATA: The regeneration option is no longer available CCM3 no longer supports regeneration of history files. History files can be recreated by making a branch run from a restart file. Valid values for namelist variable NSREST are 0, 1, or 3. DATA: the value of NREFRQ must be 1 or 0
Resetting NREFRQ to 1 The namelist variable NREFRQ determines whether restart files will be written. It can assume a value of 0 (no restart files) or 1 (restart files written.). DATA: Too many auxiliary files declared. The user has declared more than ptapes auxiliary history files via the input variable AUXF. Users who want more than 5 auxiliary files must increase ptapes in pagrid.com. DATA: ************* Warning *********** Namelist variable NREFRQ is invalid for averaging. Use MRESFQ to adjust restart The user must use namelist variable MRESFQ to request mid-month restarts on a monthly average run. DECOMP: Latitude decomposition failed for NPES=nn, lat=ll Check to make sure the number of latitudes is greater than or equal to the number of processors. Only applies to the SPMD message passing version of CCM3. DECOMP: npes(mm) must be <= plat(nn) When CCM3.6 is configured to run in distributed-memory (SPMD) mode, the maximum number of processes is the same as the number of Gaussian latitudes. Solution: set environment variable NPESto be no higher than the number of Gaussian latitudes. DECOMP: Number of procs( nn ) must be a multiple of 2 When CCM3.6 is configured to run in SPMD mode, the number of processes (defined by environment variable NPES) must be even. DECOMP: Ran out of work to parcel to processors An internal algorithmic problem has occurred in the message-passing implementation. Contact ccm-bugs@ucar.edu. DECOMP: Something wrong in computation of northern/southern neighbors An internal algorithmic problem has occurred in the message-passing implementation. Contact ccm-bugs@ucar.edu. DECOMP: Workleft not zero. Value is ii An internal algorithmic problem has occurred in the message-passing implementation. Contact ccm-bugs@ucar.edu. DRAINBAS: nlon_i and nlon_ncd do not match
nlon_i = mm nlon_ncd = nn Dataset inconsistency. Should never occur if the supported datasets are used. DRAINBAS: nlat_i and nlat do not match
nlat_i = mm nlat_ncd = nn Dataset inconsistency. Should never occur if the supported datasets are used. DRAINBAS: total weight of zero encountered
(DRAINBAS): io,jo = ii jj Dataset inconsistency. Should never occur if the supported datasets are used. DRAINBAS: normalization incorrect
(DRAINBAS): io,jo = ii jj Dataset inconsistency. Should never occur if the supported datasets are used. FACTOR: nn has a prime factor other than 2, 3,or 5. Aborting... Only applies to SPMD. Due to FFT constraints the number of latitudes must have no prime factors other than 2,3, or 5. FACTOR: Problem size is not divisible by 2 When running the message passing version of CCM3, the number of latitudes must be an even number. FLDLST: cant find auxiliary field fieldname Input namelist variable AUXF requested a field not in the Master Field List. FLDLST: exceed number of auxil. fields ii Too many auxiliary fields specified in namelist variable AUXF. Increase Fortran parameter pflds. FLDLST: exceed number of history fields ii Too many history fields specified. Increase Fortran parameter pflds. FLDLST: Too many fields for all history files (primary and auxillary) -- pflds,kfld=ii,jj Too many history fields specified. Increase Fortran parameter pflds. FREEMEM: Bad return code = errcode from hpdeallc: Abort [Message] Cray library routine hpdeallc encountered an error while attempting to return dynamically-allocated memory. GAUAW: Error exit, no convergence in 10 iterations The iterative technique to find abscissas for the Gaussian integration failed to converge in 10 tries. Check that epsilon (gauaw local variable eps) is consistent with machine precision. GESTBL:FATAL ERROR******************************** TMAX AND TMIN REQUIRE A LARGER DIMENSION ON THE LENGTH OF THE SATURATION VAPOR PRESSURE TABLE ESTBL(PLENEST) TMAX, TMIN, AND PLENEST = ffff.ff gggg.gg iii The gestbl procedure requires that the parameter plenest (in eslookup.h) be greater than or equal to --tmax - tmin + 2(where tmin and tmax are set in esinti). Reset parameter plenest to satisfy this condition. GETAVU: Ran out of fortran unit numbers CCM3 is only capable of using 99 unit numbers for open files. If the user has added additional calls to navu or getavu then they must make sure all units are freed (call to relunit) when those same Fortran files are closed. (GETFIL): failed cmd= commandstring A shell command failed. The command attempted is printed out. (GETFIL): local filename has zero length An input pathname must include an actual filename. GETMEM: Bad return code = errcode from hpalloc: Abort [Message] Cray routine hpalloc encountered an error while attempting to dynamically allocate memory. Solution: increase memory limit ( #QSUB -lm if running in batch mode on a Cray PVP machine). GETUNIT: Unit uu is in use. Pick another one User is trying to assign a unit which is already in use. Make sure the unit is free. GFFGCH:FATAL ERROR ****************************** TRANSITION RANGE FOR WATER TO ICE SATURATION VAPOR PRESSURE, TR, EXCEEDS MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE VALUE OF 40.0 DEGREES C TR = ffff.ff This routine assumes that the maximum size of the transition region for calculating saturation vapor pressure over water and saturation vapor pressure over ice is 40 degrees C. The variable trice in esinti must be set to be less than or equal to 40 to avoid this error. GETUNIT: Unit uu is in use. Pick another one Requested Fortran unit number has already been assigned. HERXIN: Fatal error: ppdy must be set to 4 parameter ppdy in parslt.h must be set to 4 for the semi-Lagrangian code to run properly. (HISTCRTINI): number initial history fields > maximum allowed Number of LSM initial dataset fields is greater than LSM parameter malflds set in lsmpar.h. (HISTCRTTC): number time constant history fields > maximum allowed Number of LSM time constant dataset fields is greater than LSM parameter malflds set in lsmpar.h. histlst error: attempting to change field type for field = field
to inaccurate type = nn. Valid types are: aa,bb,cc,dd Attempting to use non-supported field type for output field. Modify namelist input. histlst error: number fields > maximum allowed Number of total output fields greater than parameter malflds in header file lsmpar.h. Increase malflds. histlst error: number single-level fields maximum allowed Number of single-level -output fields greater than parameter mslflds in header file lsmpar.h. Increase mslflds. histlst error: number multi-level fields maximum allowed Number of multi-level -output fields greater than parameter mmlflds in header file lsmpar.h. Increase mmlflds. histnam error: nyr = yyyy is 9999 Year number in LSM history file name (for monthly averaged files) is greater than 9999. histnam error: nfil = filenumber is 99999 File number in LSM history file name (for monthly averaged files) is greater than 9999. histtc error: number single-level fields maximum allowed Number of single-level -output fields greater than parameter mslflds in header file lsmpar.h. Increase mslflds. histtc error: number multi-level fields maximum allowed Number of multi-level -output fields greater than parameter mmlflds in header file lsmpar.h. Increase mmlflds. (HISTWRT): could not match single level 1d flds
(HISTWRT): 1d field name : filename In trying to write out 1d fields, requested field name does not match any output fields. Modify LSM namelist accordingly. (HISTWRT): could not match multi level 1d flds In trying to write out 1d fields, requested field name does not match any output fields. Modify LSM namelist accordingly. HYCOEF: A and/or B vertical level coefficients at full levels are not the arithmetic mean of half-level values This is a non-fatal error. However, it may imply the input data-set has been corrupted or incorrectly created. INIDAT: Attribute length of from_hires is too long Attribute length of initial dataset netCDF variable from_hires cannot be greater than 256. INIDAT: Bad number of dims or ordering on 2-d fld Dimensions of initial dataset fields must be ordered lon,lev,lat for multi level fields and lon,lat for single level fields. INIDAT: tracer units for tracer = tracername must be in KG/KG Ensure that any tracers being read from an initial conditions dataset are in these units. INITAL: the regeneration file size is too small: Maximum file size (mxszrg): nn Size of a latitude record: mm The maximum restart file size as defined by the namelist variable mxszrg is declared too small (default size 380 Mb). The user must set the MXSZRG namelist variable to a larger size ( size of a latitude record). INITAL: Failed to open file filename I/O error while opening a file for writing. Usually indicative of a problem with the file system. User should make sure they haven't surpassed any local disk limits and that the file and directory permissions are correct. INITAL: too many primary [secondary] regeneration files required:
Maximum number of files (pnrg1[2]) = ii
Maximum size of files (mxszrg) = jj
Actual number of files required = kk
Actual size of latitude record = ll
Number of latitudes per file = mm Either the parameter pnrg1[pnrg2] in /comlun/ must be increased to the actual number of files required, or the maximum size of each restart file (MXSZRG) must be increased. MXSZRG may be set via the namelist. INITCOM:mmax=ptrm+1 .gt. plon/2 The spectral resolution parameters are inconsistent. INITEXT: Att length of from_hires is too long Attribute length of initial dataset netCDF variable from_hires cannot be greater than 256. INITEXT: Failed to open file filename I/O error while opening a file for writing. Usually indicative of a problem with the file system. User should make sure they haven't surpassed any local disk limits and that the file and directory permissions are correct. INITEXT: Initial sicthk doesnt match oro The sea ice thickness data on the initial boundary dataset is inconsistent with the ice points defined by the oro field also on the initial boundary dataset. The user should verify that the initial boundary dataset is correct. INITINDXF: ending advected tracer index ii not equal to pcnst = jj total number of advected tracers must equal pcnst. Recheck namelist settings for NSUR_ADV and pcsnt setting. INITINDXF: ending non-advected tracer index ii not equal to pcnst+pnats = jj The total number of non-advected tracers must equal pnats. Recheck namelist settings for NSUR_NAD and PNATS setting. INTHT: call to assign command failed Call to external routine assign encountered a problem. INTHT: Too many history files declared, max= nn To increase, change parameter ptapes. ptapes defaults to 6, including the primary history file. INTHT: Unable to open file sunit: ios= errcode An error status was returned from trying to open unit sunit for direct access on the SSD. IOSTOP: I/O ERROR Message iostop uses system software to interpret I/O errors. Errors handled by iostop will be identified by subroutine name. LAGYIN: Departure point out of bounds: jcen,icount,pgls= ii jj kk This is an indication that the model is in the process of blowing up. Check that namelist variable DTIME is appropriate for the resolution. LAGYIN: Error: ppdy .ne. 4 The parameter ppdy in parslt.h must be set to 4 for the semi-Lagrangian code to run properly. LANDTYP: ERRORS
landtyp errors: Last one is lsm surface type = nn is undef for lon,lat = ii jj This is an internal error which should never occur. LANDTYP: ERRORS
nn landtyp errors: Last one is olson surface type = nn is undef for lon,lat = ii jj This is an internal error which should never occur. landtyp error: lsm surface type = nn is not valid for lon,lat = ii jj This is an internal error which should never occur. landtyp error: fland = land. lsm = nn for lon,lat = ii jj This is an internal error which should never occur. landtyp error: fland = ocean. lsm = nn for lon,lat = ii jj This is an internal error which should never occur. landwat error: lake = ii and wetland = jj are greater than 100 for lon,lat = ii jj Printed error should not be greater than round-off. LIMDX: Local work array DELI not dimensioned large enough. Increase local parameter pbpts to nn This is an internal error which should never occur. LINEMSBC: WARNING: fixer for tracer ii exceeded rr for jj points at k,lat = kk,ll Avg/Worst = ss The global conservation fixer is not allowed to modify constituent values by more than a specified threshold. This prevents the fixer from introducing unreasonable local fluctuations. However, global conservation is no longer maintained. LININTERP: Failed to find interp values The linear interpolation routine was unable to find input array values between which it could interpolate. This is an internal error which should never occur. If it does, a message to ccm-bugs@ucar.edu may be in order. LININTERP WARNING: rr % of output grid will have to be extrapolated The interpolated-to array overlaps the interpolated-from array. Thus, some percentage of the output array will be extrapolated. This is a non-fatal error. LININTERP: Point found without interp indices This is an internal error which should never occur. Contact ccm-bugs@ucar.edu LININTERP: Must have at least 2 input points for interpolation Input array to be linearly interpolated must have at least 2 points. Check input arrays. LININTERP: Non-monotonic coordinate array(s) found Coordinate arrays for interpolation must increase monotonically. Check input arrays. LIMDX: Local work array DELI not dimensioned large enough Increase local parameter pbpts to iiiii The parameter pbpts, local to subroutine limdx, must be increased to the value of pidim. lsmctli error: must set dtime LSM value for DTIME obtained from atmospheric component is not correct. Check namelist input. lsmctli error: must set nestep LSM value for NESTEP obtained from atmospheric component is not correct. Check namelist input. lsmctli error: must set nnbdat LSM value for NNBDAT obtained from atmospheric component is not correct. Check namelist input. lsmctli error: must set nnbsec LSM value for NNBSEC obtained from atmospheric component is not correct. Check namelist input. lsmctli error: must set nndbas LSM value for NNDBAS obtained from atmospheric component is not correct. Check namelist input. lsmctli error: must set nnsbas LSM value for NNSBAS obtained from atmospheric component is not correct. Check namelist input. lsmctli error: must set nrevsn in namelist for branch run LSM value for NREVSN obtained from atmospheric component is not correct. Check namelist input. lsmctli error: must set nsrest LSM value for NSREST obtained from atmospheric component is not correct. Check namelist input. lsmctli error: must specify case LSM value for CASEID obtained from atmospheric component is not correct. Check namelist input. LSMRDINIT: lonsiz= ll must equal lsmlon= jj Number of longitudes on LSM input data must equal number of LSM grid longitudes (see lsmpar.h). LSMRDINIT: latsiz= ll must equal lsmlat= jj Number of latitudes on LSM input data must equal number of LSM grid latitudes (see lsmpar.h). LSMRDINIT: levsiz= ll must equal msl= jj Number of soil layers on LSM input data must equal number of LSM soil layers (see lsmpar.h). LSMRDINIT: bassiz= ll must equal ndrnmax= jj Maximum number of drainage basins on LSM input dataset must equal number set in basinpar.h. (LSMRDINIT): time invariant data must be ordered lon, lat, time Self explanatory. (LSMRDINIT): drngarea data must be ordered lon, lat, time Self explanatory. (LSMRDINIT): drngarea data must be ordered basin, lon, lat, time Self explanatory. (LSMRDINIT): incompatibility between calculated and input kpt
input kpt = kk
calculated kpt = ll Number of subgrid points on initial LSM dataset does not match that expected by LSM. (LSMRDREST_DYN): incompatibility in lsm and ccm restart dates nbstep from ccm = nnnnn nbstep from lsm = nnnnn The LSM restart file and the CCM restart file are for different dates. The dates of these two files must agree exactly. This either means that the NREVSN namelist item is different for LSM than CCM, or that the dates for the files pointed to by the restart pointer file is different. LSMTCI fatal error: discrepancy in subgrid points
expecting ii points but found jj Internal error in the LSM consistency check for the number of subgrid points. This error should never occur. LSMTCI fatal error: weights do not sum to 1
lon = ii lat = jj :sum = kk Internal error. The LSM subgrid weights should sum to 1 for each land cell. This error should never occur. LUNITS: call to assign cmd failed
LUNITS:Unable to open file uu: ios= errcode Error status errcode was returned when opening unit uu for direct access. map_i error srf = lsm: srf field not conserved
global sum lsm field = aa
global sum srf field = bb Dataset inconsistency. Should never occur if the supported datasets are used. MCUTS: Workleft not zero. Value is ii This is an internal error to the part of the SPMD implementation which parcels out spectral space work to individual processes. The error should never occur. msspni error: logname not defined LSM error in obtaining user logname from LOGNAME environment variable. msspni error: mass store file LSM could not define MSS pathname correctly. NAVU:Ran out of Fortran unit numbers Routine navu cannot find an unused logical unit number between 1 and 99. NCDERR: ERROR in file filename: error

General error reading in the given netCDF file. The error string gives more details as to the nature of the problem. (orb_params) Have to specify orbital parameters!'
Either set: iyear_AD, or obliq, eccen, and mvelp:
iyear_AD is the year to simulate the orbit for (ie. 1950):
obliq, eccen, mvelp specify the orbit directly:
The AMIP II settings (for a 1995 orbit) are:
obliq = 23.4441
eccen = 0.016715
mvelp = 102.7

IYEAR_AD

OBLIQ

ECCEN

MVELP.

Table 2.5

Example 4

(orb_params): Input obliquity unreasonable:nn The namelist value entered for obliquity is outside the reasonable range of the variable. Change your namelist and rerun. See the section on namelist variables for more details on obliquity. (orb_params): Input eccentricity unreasonable:nn The namelist value entered for eccentricity is outside the reasonable range of the variable. Change your namelist and rerun. See the section on namelist variables for more details on eccentricity. (orb_params): Input mvelp unreasonable:nn The namelist value entered for mvelp is outside the reasonable range of the variable. Change your namelist and rerun. See the section on namelist variables for more details on mvelp. (orb_params) orbit only valid for years +-1000000
(orb_params) Relative to 1950 AD
(orb_params) # of years before 1950: nn
(orb_params) Year to simulate was : yyyy The namelist variable IYEAR_AD can only be set to years that are within one million years of the year 1950 AD. The algorithm that calculates the earth's orbital parameters is not accurate outside this time range, so the model will stop rather than trying to run with badly specified orbital characteristics. To get around this you need to calculate the orbital parameters for the year you want to simulate and enter those in the namelist rather than setting IYEAR_AD. (OPNFIL): local filename has zero length An input pathname must include an actual filename. (OPNFIL): failed to open file filename to unit uu ierr=errcode I/O error while opening a file for writing. Usually indicative of a problem with the file system. User should make sure they haven't surpassed any local disk limits and that the file and directory permissions are correct. OUTFLD:Bad tens digit in mflds= t. Subroutine outfld encountered an invalid value in the tens digit of mflds(1). Valid values are 0 (instantaneous), 1 (averaged), 2 (minimum), and 3 (maximum). Check settings in subroutine bldfld. OZNINI: Data must be ordered lon, lev, lat, time Input data on the ozone netCDF boundary dataset are incorrectly ordered. OZNINI: Failed to find dates bracketing mcdate, mcsec= yymmdd ss The model integration time does not fall between available dates on the ozone dataset. OZNINI: levsiz= levels must = pozlev= ozonelevels The number of vertical levels on the ozone boundary dataset does not match that expected by the model. Solution: set cpp token POZLEV defined in params.h to the number specified by "levsiz" in the error message. OZNINI: When cycling ozone, dataset must have 12 consecutive months of data starting with Jan
Month nn of dataset says date= yymmdd This constraint only applies when namelist variable ozncyc is set to .true. OZNINI: When cycling ozone, dataset must have 12 consecutive months of data starting with Jan
Current dataset has only nn months This constraint only applies when namelist variable ozncyc is set to .true. OZNINT: Attempt to read past end of O3 dataset The model integration time does not fall between available dates on the ozone dataset. OZNINT: Bad fact1 and/or fact2=fact1,fact2 Error interpolating the ozone dataset to model time. The interpolation factors do not agree to within 32 bit roundoff. This is an internal error which should never occur. OZNINT: Input ozone for date yymmdd & sec second does not exceed model date xxxx sec yyy Stopping. The model integration time does not fall between available dates on the ozone dataset PACKAF:***WARNING*** This stub routine should not be called. NDENS should be set to 1. History data will NOT be packed. Packing is only available on an NCAR Cray. Solution: set namelist variable NDENS to 1. POINTS:Mismatch between calculated length and parameter NLNBUF1 (or NLNBUF2) = nn, PFLENB (or PFLENA) = mm The allocated space as indicated by parameter value pflenb or pflena is insufficient for the corresponding calculated length of data. PREALC: Dummy routine for this machine architecture Non-fatal. This disk-space pre-allocation routine only does useful work on Cray PVP architectures. PUTFIL: Error from mswrite -- errmsg Error message returned from library routine mswrite. PUTFIL: Error from shell cmd The shell command that was trying to ardchive a file to mass store, returned with some sort of error. rank: WARNING maximum test failed LSM internal error. Should never occur. rank error: i_1 = missing LSM internal error. Should never occur. RESUME: nstep(starting time step).ge.nstop. nstep = nn nstop = oo Starting time step on restart or branch run is greater than ending timestep. QNEG3 from NNNNNN:m=mm lat=ll Min. mixing ratio violated at iiii points. Reset to r.rrrrrEee Worst = w.wwwwwEee at i,k=ii kk This nonfatal message advises that some point values of the constituent field have fallen below their respective minimum acceptable threshold (see qmin(pcnst) in comqmin.h), and have been reset to the minimum threshold value. This should be a relatively rare occurrence, i.e., frequent occurrences of this message indicate a fundamental problem with the treatment of the particular constituent field. QNEG4 WARNING from subroutine lat = ii; Max possible LH flx exceeded at jj points. Worst excess = rr at i = kk This non-fatal message indicates that the model has computed a latent heat flux that will lead to negative water vapor mixing ratios in the lowest level of the atmosphere. The model will transfer this excess to the sensible heat flux term. RADOZN: Bad ozone data: non-monotonicity suspected Ozone boundary dataset may be corrupted. RDHDR: integer (or character or real) header record too long. Allocated space =nn, Actual length= mm Not enough space was allocated for one of the header records. If the actual read of the record produces an error, control returns to the calling routine for error processing. READARR: I/O error

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READARR: End of file

A premature end-of-file was found while reading the restart file. This may indicate the file has been corrupted, or incomptable with the model configuration being run. READINITIAL: Failed to open file filename I/O error while opening a file for writing. Usually indicative of a problem with the file system. User should make sure they haven't surpassed any local disk limits and that the file and directory permissions are correct. ERROR: READINITIAL model levels plev= jj, do not match levels in initial dataset mlev= kk Pressure levels in initial dataset are inconsistent with the model. READINITIAL: model parameters do not match initial dataset parameter
Model Parameters: plev = kk plon = ii plat = jj
Dataset Parameters: dlev = mk dlon = mi dlat = mj

The dimension of the model run is different than the input dimensions of the initial dataset. The input dataset has to have the same dimension sizes as the model run you want to make. READRG: I/O error in record number nn

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READRG: End of file A premature end-of-file was found while reading the master regeneration file. This may indicate the file has been corrupted, or incomptable with the model configuration being run. READRG: Must change case name on a branch run. Previous name = PrevCaseName, current case name = CurrCaseName To avoid overwriting existing output files, the case name (namelist variable CASEID) on a branch run cannot be the same as the case from which the branch is made. READRIC: bad read of record nn from unit uu Direct access read returned an error on unit uu. Routine iostop is called to further explain the error message. RELAVU: unit uu is not flagged as in use This non-fatal message indicates that an attempt was made to release a Fortran unit which was not already in use. RELUNIT (or RELAVU): Attempt to return out of range unit=uu Unit numbers must be in the range 1 to 99. RELUNIT: Warning: Unit uu is not flagged as in use This non-fatal error indicates that the user is trying to free a Fortran unit number that was never allocated by NAVU. RESTRT: Error returned from RDSIGAPB for record nn Restart runs use information from the last history file header. An error was encountered in reading a header from this history file. restrt.ERROR: Cannot parse restart full pathname: filename Problem in restart file pathname. Restart pointer file may be corrupted. RESTRT: No restart data available A restart dataset was not specified in the namelist of the previous run. Therefore, no restart datasets were written. RESTRT: too many secondary regeneration files required:
Maximum number of files (pnrg2) = nnnn
Maximum size of files (mxszrg) = nnnnn
Actual size of latitude record = nnnnn
Number of latitudes per file = nnn The regeneration files are split over too many secondary files. Increase the maximum allowed size of the restart files (namelist variable MXSZRG) to compensate. RESUME: nstep(starting time step).ge.nstop nstep = nn, nstop = mm The namelist variable NESTEP should be greater than the restart timestep. RGNFLS (or RGNHBF):Failed to open file filename, ierr= errcode Subroutine rgnfls or rgnhbf was unable to open one of the retart datasets. The I/O status value is printed for more information. Usually indicative of a problem with the file system. User should make sure they haven't surpassed any local disk limits and that the file and directory permissions are correct. RGNHBF: the regeneration file size is too small:
Maximum file size (mxszrg): ii
Size of a latitude record: jj The maximum restart file size as defined by the namelist variable MXSZRG is declared too small (default size 380Mb). The user must set the MXSZRG namelist variable to a larger size. RGNHBF: too many hbuf regeneration files required:
Maximum number of files (pnrg1[2]) = ii
Maximum size of files (mxszrg) = jj
Actual number of files required = kk
Actual size of latitude record = ll
Number of latitudes per file = mm The parameter pnrg1[pnrg2] in /comlun/ must be increased to the actual number of files required or the maximum size of each restart file (MXSZRG) must be increased. MXSZRG may be set via the namelist. SCAN1BC: Failed to open file filename ierr= errcode History tape filename could not be opened. Check file existence, and permissions.
The I/O status value is printed for more information. SETTAU:UNSTABLE MEAN TEMPERATURE. STOP. The mean temperatures set for the semi-implicit scheme result in an unstable scheme which would blow up if used. SET99 -- INVALID N Error in FFT library routine. SLTINT: Did not complete computations for all departure points An internal error occurred while performing semi-Lagrangian interpolation. SLTINT: ERROR: this routine does not provide shape preserving capability for horizontal-only interpolation An internal error occurred while performing semi-Lagrangian interpolation. SLTINT: ERROR: this routine does not provide shape preserving capability for vertical-only interpolation An internal error occurred while performing semi-Lagrangian interpolation. SLTINT: Error: must specify at least one of lhrzint or lvrtint to be true. An internal error occurred while performing semi-Lagrangian interpolation. SLTWGTS: Did not complete computations for all departure points An internal error occurred while performing semi-Lagrangian interpolation. soilcol error: bats soil color = nn is not valid for lon,lat = ii jj This is an internal error which should never occur. soilcol error: lsm soil color = nn is not valid for lon,lat = ii jj This is an internal error which should never occur. soiltex: WARNING maximum test failed at 10^6 and passed at 10^7 This is an internal error which should never occur. soiltex error: did not find input cell with maximum overlap This is an internal error which should never occur. soiltex error: sand = nn silt = mm and clay = oo do not sum to 100 for lon,lat = ii jj This is an internal error which should never occur. soiltex error: sand = nn silt = mm and clay = oo not assigned to soil type for input grid lon,lat = ii jj This is an internal error which should never occur. soiltex error: sand = nn silt = mm and clay = oo not assigned to soil type for output grid lon,lat = ii jj This is an internal error which should never occur. SOMINI: Allocated space for som date variables is insufficient.
Please increase parameter totsomsz to at least nn and recompile. Self-explanatory. SOMINI: latsiz=ii must = plat=jj Latitude dimension on SOM boundary dataset is inconsistent with model resolution. SOMINI: Failed to find dates bracketing mcdate mcsec= yymmdd ss The date values for the SOM boundary dataset are inconsistent with the model time. Check value of namelist variable NNBDAT. SOMINI: lonsiz=ii must = plon=jj Longitude dimension on SOM boundary dataset is inconsistent with model resolution. SOMINI: When cycling som, 1st month must be 1 When running with the SOM and SSTCYC set to TRUE (i.e. using climatological mixed layer depths) the first month in the SOM dataset must correspond to January. SOMINI: When cycling som, must have 12 consecutive months of data When running with the SOM and SSTCYC set to TRUE (i.e. using climatological mixed layer depths) the SOM dataset must have 12 months worth of data to run from, with each of the months in consecutive order from January to December. SOMINT: Attempt to read past end of SOM dataset A SOM run attempted to read past the end of the SOM dataset. Typically this indicates the SOM dataset was too short for the type of run being done. SOMINT: Bad fact1 and/or fact2=fact1,fact2 Error interpolating to a daily value. The interpolation factors do not agree to with in 32 bit roundoff. SOMQAD: iam=p nlats,plat=nn,nn Internal error in PVM routines in SOMQAD. Only applies to message passing version of CCM3 SOMQAD: iam=p Do not have latitude ll Internal error in PVM routines in SOMQAD. Only applies to message passing version of CCM3. SPHDEP: ****** MODEL IS BLOWING UP *********
Parcel associated with longitude ii level kk and latitude jj is outside the model domain. Routine SPHDEP has recognized unreasonable values for Model winds. (SPLITF): EOF reached in restart dataset There is a problem reading the restart dataset. It may be corrupted, or incompatible with model version being run. SRFTSB: Error returned from mtdlss An error has been detected in the multiple tri-diagonal linear system solver mtdlss. The error can be one of two types: a declared storage error or a numerical error (e.g., a singular matrix). Print the error status flag, ier, and see mtdlss for additional detail. SRFTSBI: error returned from mtdlss An error has been detected in the multiple tri-diagonal linear system solver mtdlss. The error can be one of two types: a declared storage error or a numerical error (e.g., a singular matrix). Print the error status flag, ier, and see mtdlss for additional detail. SSTINI: Allocated space for sst data is insufficient.
Please increase parameter totsstsz to nn and recompile. Self explanatory. SSTINI: Failed to find dates bracketing mcdate, mcsec= yymmdd ss The date values for the SST boundary dataset are inconsistent with the model time. Check value of namelist variable NNBDAT. SSTINI: latsiz=ii must = plat=jj The latitude dimension on the netCDF boundary dataset is inconsistent with the model. SSTINI: lonsiz=ii must = plon=jj The longitude dimension on the netCDF boundary dataset is inconsistent with the model. SSTINI: ERROR
When cycling sst, sst dataset must have 12
consecutive months of data starting with Jan
Current dataset has only nn months Check the SST boundary dataset. SSTINI: ERROR
When cycling sst, sst dataset must have 12
consecutive months of data starting with Jan
Month nn of sst dataset is out of order Check the SST boundary dataset. SSTINT: Attempt to read past end of SST dataset A SOM run attempted to read past the end of the SOM dataset. Typically this indicates the SOM dataset was too short for the type of run being done. SSTINT: Bad fact1 and/or fact2=rr,ss Error interpolating to a daily value. The interpolation factors do not agree to within 32 bit roundoff. SSTINT: Input sst for date yymmdd sec ss does not exceed model date mcdate sec mcsec Stopping. Check that model dates are consistent with SST boundary dataset. STEPON: ***Running out of CPU time -- terminate*** Subroutine stepon has determined that there is not enough CPU time left on this job to reach the next history file write time. The logical flag nlend is set so the model will terminate normally. SURPHY: sol rad error:nstep = ii vector = jj point =kk lsm point = ll inbalance = rr w/m2 This is an internal error produced by the LSM and indicates that an energy inbalance has occurred. This error should never occur. If it does, it indicates a major problem with the simulation. SURPHY: sur flx error:nstep = ii vector = jj point =kk lsm point = ll inbalance = rr w/m2 This is an internal error produced by the LSM and indicates that an energy inbalance has occurred. This error should never occur. If it does, it indicates a major problem with the simulation. SURPHY: lon rad error:nstep = ii vector = jj point =kk lsm point = ll inbalance = rr w/m2 This is an internal error produced by the LSM and indicates that an energy inbalance has occurred. This error should never occur. If it does, it indicates a major problem with the simulation. SURPHY: soi tem error:nstep = ii vector = jj point =kk lsm point = ll inbalance = rr w/m2 This is an internal error produced by the LSM and indicates that an energy inbalance has occurred. This error should never occur. If it does, it indicates a major problem with the simulation. TPHYSIDL: should not run model with "idlflag" set to "3" (experimental code). The valid options are 1 or 2. This is an internal error which should never occur. TPHYSIDL: flag for choosing desired type of idealized physics ("idlflag") is set incorrectly. The valid options are 1 or 2. idlflag is currently set to: i This is an internal error which should never occur. TRAJDP: ****** MODEL IS BLOWING UP *********
Parcel associated with longitude ii level kk and latitude jj is outside the model domain. Unreasonable model winds have been detected. TREMAIN: Dummy for Cray system routine. Returning This routine is not available on non-Cray architectures. TRUNC: Error in truncation parameters ntrm.lt.(ptrk-ptrn)
TRUNC: Error in truncation parameters ptrk.lt.ptrn The horizontal truncation parameters in pmgrid.h are not consistent. UNPKAF: This routine should not be called--not implemented on this machine architecture Packing and unpacking is available only on an NCAR Cray. Solution: ensure that all boundary datasets are unpacked. VERH2O: tot wat error: nstep = ii vector = jj point = kk lsm point = ll inbalance = rr mm This is an internal error produced by the LSM and indicates that mass conservation has been violated. This error should never occur. If it does, it indicates a major problem with the simulation. VRTMAP: Not enough artificial grid intervals. Currently, "pmap" is set to pp Reset parameter "pmap" to at least nn In the semi-Lagrangian transport scheme, the artificial vertical grid that maps departure points into the model grid is not large enough to handle the vertical resolution of this run. The user must increase the value of stepon local parameter pmap. WRAPUP: Failed to open file filename ierr=errcode Auxiliary files are opened to append by wrapup. This open failed. The I/O status value is printed for more information. WRITERIC: bad write of record nn to unit uu The Fortran direct access write to unit uu returned an error. iostop is called to further explain the error message. WRTARR:I/O error iostop is called to explain an error returned from an array write. WRTRS1: Failed to open file filename I/O error while opening a restart file for writing. Usually indicative of a problem with the file system. User should make sure they haven't surpassed any local disk limits and that the file and directory permissions are correct.

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