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I have timestamped wrffire and wrfchemi files but not read by real.exe (WRFV4.5)

new_wrf1992

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I'm using WRF version 4.5 with the PREP-CHEM-SRC 1.5 utility to convert daily emission files for a two-day test case (from 2024-03-15 00:00:00 to 2024-03-16 00:00:00), with outputs every 6 hours (matching my met_em files).

I run PREP-CHEM-SRC daily and loop over each day to generate emissions. Then I use convert_emiss.exe to convert them into a single emission file (different files for different days).

  • When I set chem_opt = 0, both real.exe and wrf.exe run without any issues.
  • However, when I enable chem_opt and try to use the chemical emission files (wrfchemi*, wrffirechemi*), I get time mismatch errors in wrf.exe.
  • Also, when chem_opt is enabled, real.exe fails and complains about missing emission files without timestamps.

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  • Summary:
    How to run multiple days (total simulation time):
    ------- when convert_emiss.exe does not generate timestamped outputs (without any external script),
    ------- real.exe does not read the timestamped outputs
    ------- wrf.exe says that one individual file (time stamped file created by external script) has time mismatch with the namelist. But it also reads one day file of aux_emissions.
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I’m not sure how to correctly generate and link the chemical files so that both real.exe and wrf.exe can run properly. Can you help me resolve this?
Please find attached my external conv_emiss file.sh and namelist.input.
 

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