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Running UPPV4.1 with WRFout input - makefile config?

fisky

New member
Hello,
I'm reasonably new to WRF and I'm struglling to create output in GRIB2 format. I have WRF-ARW v4.5.1 running succesfully and UPP v4.1 compiled and operational however I'm having issues creating the 'postxconfg-NT.txt' file. I've edited 'postcntrl.xml' to include the following, it validates when I run the validation script, however when I run the "makefile' I get the error 'make: Nothing to be done for 'all''. The 'makefile' seems to have to have no preconfigured setup for WRF output. I'll include below as well. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks in advance,
Andrew

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<postxml>
<!-- Lin Gan: 20150416 validated -->
<paramset>
<datset>WRFPRS</datset>
<grid_num>4</grid_num>
<sub_center>ncep_nco</sub_center>
<version_no>v2003</version_no>
<local_table_vers_no>local_tab_yes1</local_table_vers_no>
<sigreftime>fcst</sigreftime>
<prod_status>oper</prod_status>
<data_type>fcst</data_type>
<gen_proc_type>fcst</gen_proc_type>
<time_range_unit>hour</time_range_unit>
<orig_center>nws_ncep</orig_center>
<gen_proc>wrf_em_ncar_arwrf</gen_proc>
<packing_method>complex_packing_spatial_diff</packing_method>
<order_of_sptdiff>2nd_ord_sptdiff</order_of_sptdiff>
<field_datatype>fltng_pnt</field_datatype>
<comprs_type>lossless</comprs_type>

<param>
<shortname>UGRD_ON_ISOBARIC_SFC</shortname>
<pname>UGRD</pname>
<level>90000.</level>
<scale>4.0</scale>
</param>

<param>
<shortname>VGRD_ON_ISOBARIC_SFC</shortname>
<pname>VGRD</pname>
<level>90000.</level>
<scale>4.0</scale>
</param>

<param>
<shortname>UGRD_ON_SPEC_HGT_LVL_ABOVE_GRND_10m</shortname>
<pname>UGRD</pname>
<level>10.</level>
<scale>4.0</scale>
</param>

etc....

Makefile:
# This makefile is to create Post flat file from available and control XML file
# Currently support GFS, GFS GOES, GFS ANL, NMM, and NGAC
# See documentation EMC POST Performance Improvement Upgrade for information
# 2015/04 Lin Gan : First version
# 2015/10 Lin Gan : Add HRRR and RAP
# 2016/03 Lin Gan : Add GEFS and new control section tag using GEFS ctrl and GFS avail file

# Target flat file
GFSFLATFILENAME = postxconfig-NT-GFS.txt
GFSGOESFLATFILENAME = postxconfig-NT-GFS-GOES.txt
GFSANLFLATFILENAME = postxconfig-NT-GFS-ANL.txt
GFSF00FLATFILENAME = postxconfig-NT-GFS-F00.txt
GFSFLUXFLATFILENAME = postxconfig-NT-GFS-FLUX.txt
GFSFLUXF00FLATFILENAME = postxconfig-NT-GFS-FLUX-F00.txt
NMMFLATFILENAME = postxconfig-NT-NMM.txt
NGACFLATFILENAME = postxconfig-NT-NGAC.txt
#HRRRFLATFILENAME = postxconfig-NT-HRRR.txt
GEFSFLATFILENAME = postxconfig-NT-GEFS.txt
GEFSANLFLATFILENAME = postxconfig-NT-GEFS-ANL.txt
GEFSF00FLATFILENAME = postxconfig-NT-GEFS-F00.txt
FV3SARFLATFILENAME = postxconfig-NT-fv3sar.txt
HAFSFLATFILENAME = postxconfig-NT-hafs.txt
GFSTWOFLATFILENAME = postxconfig-NT-GFS-TWO.txt
GFSTWOF00FLATFILENAME = postxconfig-NT-GFS-F00-TWO.txt


# Source Post XML file
GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME = post_avblflds.xml
GFSCTRLFILENAME = postcntrl_gfs.xml
GFSGOESCTRLFILENAME = postcntrl_gfs_goes.xml
GFSANLCTRLFILENAME = postcntrl_gfs_anl.xml
GFSCTRLF00FILENAME = postcntrl_gfs_f00.xml
GFSCTRLFLUXFILENAME = postcntrl_gfs_flux.xml
GFSCTRLFLUXF00FILENAME = postcntrl_gfs_flux_f00.xml
NMMAVAILXMLFILENAME = nam_post_avblflds.xml
NMMCTRLFILENAME = nam_cntrl_cmaq.xml
NGACAVAILXMLFILENAME = ngac_post_avblflds.xml
NGACCTRLFILENAME = ngac_postcntrl.xml
#HRRRAVAILXMLFILENAME = hrrr_post_avblflds.xml
#HRRRCTRLFILENAME = hrrr_postcntrl.xml
GEFSAVAILXMLFILENAME = post_avblflds.xml
GEFSCTRLFILENAME = postcntrl_gefs.xml
GEFSANLCTRLFILENAME = postcntrl_gefs_anl.xml
GEFSCTRLF00FILENAME = postcntrl_gefs_f00.xml
FV3SARAVAILXMLFILENAME = fv3sar_post_avblflds.xml
FV3SARCTRLFILENAME = fv3sar.xml
HAFSCTRLFILENAME = hafs.xml
GFSTWOCTRLFILENAME = postcntrl_gfs_two.xml
GFSTWOF00CTRLFILENAME = postcntrl_gfs_f00_two.xml


# Post flat file generator
PERLXML = PostXMLPreprocessor.pl

# CMD with param
PERLXMLGFS = /usr/bin/perl $(PERLXML) $(GFSCTRLFILENAME) $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GFSFLATFILENAME)
PERLXMLGFSGOES = /usr/bin/perl $(PERLXML) $(GFSGOESCTRLFILENAME) $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GFSGOESFLATFILENAME)
PERLXMLGFSANL = /usr/bin/perl $(PERLXML) $(GFSANLCTRLFILENAME) $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GFSANLFLATFILENAME)
PERLXMLGFSF00 = /usr/bin/perl $(PERLXML) $(GFSCTRLF00FILENAME) $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GFSF00FLATFILENAME)
PERLXMLGFSFLUX = /usr/bin/perl $(PERLXML) $(GFSCTRLFLUXFILENAME) $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GFSFLUXFLATFILENAME)
PERLXMLGFSFLUXF00 = /usr/bin/perl $(PERLXML) $(GFSCTRLFLUXF00FILENAME) $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GFSFLUXF00FLATFILENAME)
PERLXMLNMM = /usr/bin/perl $(PERLXML) $(NMMCTRLFILENAME) $(NMMAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(NMMFLATFILENAME)
PERLXMLNGAC = /usr/bin/perl $(PERLXML) $(NGACCTRLFILENAME) $(NGACAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(NGACFLATFILENAME)
#PERLXMLHRRR = /usr/bin/perl $(PERLXML) $(HRRRCTRLFILENAME) $(HRRRAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(HRRRFLATFILENAME)
PERLXMLGEFS = /usr/bin/perl $(PERLXML) $(GEFSCTRLFILENAME) $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GEFSFLATFILENAME)
PERLXMLGEFSANL = /usr/bin/perl $(PERLXML) $(GEFSANLCTRLFILENAME) $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GEFSANLFLATFILENAME)
PERLXMLGEFSF00 = /usr/bin/perl $(PERLXML) $(GEFSCTRLF00FILENAME) $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GEFSF00FLATFILENAME)
PERLXMLFV3SAR = /usr/bin/perl $(PERLXML) $(FV3SARCTRLFILENAME) $(FV3SARAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(FV3SARFLATFILENAME)
PERLXMLHAFS = /usr/bin/perl $(PERLXML) $(HAFSCTRLFILENAME) $(FV3SARAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(HAFSFLATFILENAME)
PERLXMLGFSTWO = /usr/bin/perl $(PERLXML) $(GFSTWOCTRLFILENAME) $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GFSTWOFLATFILENAME)
PERLXMLGFSTWOF00 = /usr/bin/perl $(PERLXML) $(GFSTWOF00CTRLFILENAME) $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GFSTWOF00FLATFILENAME)


# File to look for change
GFSXMLS = $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GFSCTRLFILENAME)
GFSGOESXMLS = $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GFSGOESCTRLFILENAME)
GFSANLXMLS = $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GFSANLCTRLFILENAME)
GFSF00XMLS = $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GFSCTRLF00FILENAME)
GFSFLUXXMLS = $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GFSCTRLFLUXFILENAME)
GFSFLUXF00XMLS = $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GFSCTRLFLUXF00FILENAME)
NMMXMLS = $(NMMAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(NMMCTRLFILENAME)
NGACXMLS = $(NGACAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(NGACCTRLFILENAME)
#HRRRXMLS = $(HRRRAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(HRRRCTRLFILENAME)
GEFSXMLS = $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GEFSCTRLFILENAME)
GEFSANLXMLS = $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GEFSANLCTRLFILENAME)
GEFSF00XMLS = $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GEFSCTRLF00FILENAME)
FV3SARXMLS = $(FV3SARAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(FV3SARCTRLFILENAME)
HAFSXMLS = $(FV3SARAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(HAFSCTRLFILENAME)
GFSTWOXMLS = $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GFSTWOCTRLFILENAME)
GFSTWOF00XMLS = $(GFSAVAILXMLFILENAME) $(GFSTWOF00CTRLFILENAME)

# If action is triggered; run the following
all: $(GFSFLATFILENAME) $(GFSGOESFLATFILENAME) $(GFSANLFLATFILENAME) $(GFSF00FLATFILENAME) $(GFSFLUXFLATFILENAME) $(GFSFLUXF00FLATFILENAME) $(NMMFLATFILENAME) $(NGACFLATFILENAME) $(GEFSFLATFILENAME) $(GEFSANLFLATFILENAME) $(GEFSF00FLA>
$(GFSFLATFILENAME): $(GFSXMLS)
$(PERLXMLGFS)
$(GFSGOESFLATFILENAME): $(GFSGOESXMLS)
$(PERLXMLGFSGOES)
$(GFSANLFLATFILENAME): $(GFSANLXMLS)
$(PERLXMLGFSANL)
$(GFSF00FLATFILENAME): $(GFSF00XMLS)
$(PERLXMLGFSF00)
$(GFSFLUXFLATFILENAME): $(GFSFLUXXMLS)
$(PERLXMLGFSFLUX)
$(GFSFLUXF00FLATFILENAME): $(GFSFLUXF00XMLS)
$(PERLXMLGFSFLUXF00)
$(NMMFLATFILENAME): $(NMMXMLS)
$(PERLXMLNMM)
$(NGACFLATFILENAME): $(NGACXMLS)
$(PERLXMLNGAC)
$(GEFSFLATFILENAME): $(GEFSXMLS)
$(PERLXMLGEFS)
$(GEFSANLFLATFILENAME): $(GEFSANLXMLS)
$(PERLXMLGEFSANL)
$(GEFSF00FLATFILENAME): $(GEFSF00XMLS)
$(PERLXMLGEFSF00)
$(FV3SARFLATFILENAME): $(FV3SARXMLS)
$(PERLXMLFV3SAR)
$(HAFSFLATFILENAME): $(HAFSXMLS)
$(PERLXMLHAFS)
$(GFSTWOFLATFILENAME): $(GFSTWOXMLS)
$(PERLXMLGFSTWO)
$(GFSTWOF00FLATFILENAME): $(GFSTWOF00XMLS)
$(PERLXMLGFSTWOF00)
 
Hi Andrew,

This should be an easy fix. Try running this command in the parm directory where the perl script resides:

/usr/bin/perl PostXMLPreprocessor.pl your_user_defined_xml post_avblflds.xml your_user_defined_flat

where you replace 'your_user_defined_xml' and 'your_user_defined_flat' with your postcntrl.xml and postxconfig-NT.txt respectively.
 
Hi Hertneky,
Thanks a lot for your reply. When I run that script it seems to be unable able to find a library. I get the following error:

ubuntu@ip-172-31-84-94:~/WRF/UPPV4.1/parm$ /usr/bin/perl PostXMLPreprocessor.pl postcntrl_wrf.xml post_avblflds.xml postxconfig-NT-WRF.txt
Can't locate POST-XML-Library-NT.pl in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.34.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.34.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.34 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.34 /usr/share/perl/5.34 /usr/local/lib/site_perl) at PostXMLPreprocessor.pl line 52.

The library apears to exist though:

ubuntu@ip-172-31-84-94:~/WRF/UPPV4.1/parm$ locate POST-XML-Library-NT.pl
/home/ubuntu/WRF/UPPV4.1/parm/POST-XML-Library-NT.pl

Appreciate you taking the time to help with this.

Cheers,
Andrew
 
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