Phoenix case study runs with sf_urban_physics = 0, but with BEP-BEM either runs into errors or keeps running without outputs except d01's 1st timestep

maryamfazeli

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I'm running a Phoenix case study for a heatwave period in 2019 with a parent and a nested domain. Gridded urban parameters are ingested using the WRFUP tool for d02 only. Running wrf.exe with BEP-BEM, it either runs into errors (see the attached wrf.exe log and rsl files + namelist.input), or keeps running without outputs except for d01's first time step. This is while I have used the same case setup for other cities without any problems. I have listed my unsuccessful attempts to resolve the issue below. Note that the case runs with sf_urban_physics = 0. I appreciate any suggestions on how to solve the problem. Thanks.

Unsuccessful attempts:
  • running for a different heatwave period in 2022
  • reducing the time step from 25 to 20, 15, 10, 5
  • running with w_damping = 1 and epssm = 0.2, 0.7, and 0.9 as suggested for high topography cases here and here
  • reducing d02 domain size (to lower the terrain height in the top right corner to <1000m from 2000-2500m)
  • using w2w for urban parameters
  • using the default MODIS dataset without any urban parameters ingested (num_land_cat = 21 and use_wudapt_lcz = 0)
  • running without excluding written wrfout variables
  • running for d01 only
  • running with an enlarged d01 (to test a different d01 domain)
  • using more CPUs
Notes:
  • I'm using WRF-Comfort installed on WRF v4.5.2.
  • Please view the geo_em files, here.
 

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