Forcing in ROMS3.0

[staalstrom]

Hi, yesterday i finally checked out roms3.0
I have used roms2.2 up till now.

I managed to compile the code.
In ocean.in I have specified 2 forcing files like this

NFFILES == 2 ! number of forcing files

FRCNAME == oslo150m_tide_zero.nc \
oslo150m_wind_zero.nc

But I got this message when i run the code in ocean.out

GET_NGFLD - unable to find requested variable: tide_period
in input NetCDF file: oslo150m_wind_zero.nc

ROMS/TOMS - Input error ............. exit_flag: 2

The initial conditions are read without problems, and all the input files are in the same directory.

What can be the problem?

Andre Staalstrom

[staalstrom]

Hello again

Do anyone know the answer to this one?

Staalstrom

[jacopo]

looks like tide_period is not present in 'oslo150m_tide_zero.nc'.
Then ROMS seeks it throughout all the forcing files (last is oslo150m_wind_zero.nc) -without luck-

check with 'ncdump -h oslo150m_tide_zero.nc' if tide_period is there.

[susonic]

It seems that the error is about the same error which I experienced a couple of months ago with
eariler svn in ROMS 3.x.
Did you update with current svn ?
Try to check out current ROMS svn.
Maybe the number with current svn is 347.

[nacholibre]

Did you prepare the forcing file with a word processor in Windows rather than a simple editor. They might sometimes mess up with the end of line characters.
It might be totally unrelated to your problem, but I had a similar problem in the past.
Good luck!
Zafer