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WRF debug: Floating point exception: Grell-Freitas (cu_scheme = 3)

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LluisFB

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Hi,

running on a debug compiled WRF v4.5.1, I step into a floating point exception right at the beginning of the simulation with the Grell-Freitas cumulus scheme:
Code: 
(...)
WRF NUMBER OF TILES =   1
[irene2054:3782323:0:3782323] Caught signal 8 (Floating point exception: floating-point invalid operation)
==== backtrace (tid:3782323) ====
 0 0x0000000000012cf0 __funlockfile()  :0
 1 0x000000000ba3329f module_cu_gf_deep_mp_cup_gf_()  /ccc/work/cont003/gen6877/fitabllu/WRF/v451_git_FPS/intel/20-0-0/netcdf_4-7-4netcdff_4-5-3/dmpar/WRFdbg/phys/module_cu_gf_deep.f90:1012
 2 0x000000000b9c4719 module_cu_gf_wrfdrv_mp_gfdrv_()  /ccc/work/cont003/gen6877/fitabllu/WRF/v451_git_FPS/intel/20-0-0/netcdf_4-7-4netcdff_4-5-3/dmpar/WRFdbg/phys/module_cu_gf_wrfdrv.f90:521

The line #1012 with the floating point exception in phys/module_cu_gf_deep.f90 its the last line code of the following calculation found within the subroutine CUP_gf:
Code: 
             ucd(i,ki)=(ucd(i,ki+1)*zdo(i,ki+1)                                   &
                         -.5*dd_massdetru(i,ki)*ucd(i,ki+1)+                      &
                        dd_massentru(i,ki)*us(i,ki)                               &
                        -pgcon*zdo(i,ki+1)*(us(i,ki+1)-us(i,ki)))   /             &
                        (zdo(i,ki+1)-.5*dd_massdetru(i,ki)+dd_massentru(i,ki))

Assuming that the floating point exception might come from the divisor which might become 0, NaN, ... I included the following PRINT statement to check that:
Code: 
             PRINT *,'  Lluis', ki, ' zdo', zdo(i,ki+1), ' dd_massdetru', dd_massdetru(i,ki),         &
               ' dd_massentru', dd_massentru(i,ki), ' prod', (zdo(i,ki+1)-.5*dd_massdetru(i,ki)+dd_massentru(i,ki))
             ucd(i,ki)=(ucd(i,ki+1)*zdo(i,ki+1)                                   &
                         -.5*dd_massdetru(i,ki)*ucd(i,ki+1)+                      &
                        dd_massentru(i,ki)*us(i,ki)                               &
                        -pgcon*zdo(i,ki+1)*(us(i,ki+1)-us(i,ki)))   /             &
                        (zdo(i,ki+1)-.5*dd_massdetru(i,ki)+dd_massentru(i,ki))
In doing that, one obtains:
Code: 
(...)
   Lluis           2  zdo  1.0179067E-30  dd_massdetru  3.0550365E-30 
  dd_massentru  2.0371298E-30  prod  1.5275183E-30
   Lluis           1  zdo  0.0000000E+00  dd_massdetru  0.0000000E+00 
  dd_massentru  0.0000000E+00  prod  0.0000000E+00

As you can see, all the variables for the divisor are zero.

I am not an specialist in cumulus-schemes neither in the Grell-Freitas one. The calculation of ucd is related to the downdraft moist static energy + moisture budget. I can not guess what does physically mean that this variables are zero.

From a pure Fortran coding perspective, one could filter (via an IF) the zero values, but I can not figure out, if this would make any physical sense.

Lluís
 
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Grell-Freitas cumulus scheme has been well tested and I won't expect something wrong in this scheme.
The error appears in GF scheme but it may be attributed to other factors. Can you upload your namelist.input for me to take a look? What is the forcing data for this case?
 
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