Running avg_tsfc.exe in WPS

[Liliputian_123]

Dear WRF-experts,

I am doing a 1 month simulation in WRF with an inland lake at daily resolution. I would like to use the avg_tsfc.exe to update the temperature of the inland lake.

The problem is that, when I run avg_tsfc.exe, there is only 1 file created and not 30 files. I thought that this was supposed to generate the temperature per day?

According the documentation

use the avg_tsfc.exe utility program to create an intermediate file containing a daily-average surface air temperature field

https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/docs/user_guide_v4/v4.3/users_guide_chap3.html

Am I misinterpreting this?

 

[kwerner]

Based on the wording, I believe it should only create a single file (named "TAVGSFC") that contains the daily average mean surface temp for each day. This should be computed during the metgrid process to be included in the met_em* output files by adding in the &metgrid section of the namelist:
constants_name = "TAVGSFC"

 

[Liliputian_123]

Thanks @kwerner

I also read somewhere that this is the case. Only one file per month

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299234015_Technical_Report_Regional_Downscaled_Climate_Change_Atmospheric_Modeling_Results?enrichId=rgreq-43ec8cb632a5f82980974ffbc9c17ae7-XXX&enrichSource=Y292ZXJQYWdlOzI5OTIzNDAxNTtBUzozNDIwMzY3OTc1MDk2MzRAMTQ1ODU1OTMzNTMxMg%3D%3D&el=1_x_3&_esc=publicationCoverPdf