Merge ufs-community develop into gsl/develop (NCAR#119)

* Add ufs driver. Remove NEMS submodule. Update CMEPS. Update CDEPS. Feature/ort addition.  (ufs-community#931)

* Add UFS driver, a copy of two fortran files from the NEMS repository. Remove NEMS submodule.

* Update CMEPS for current escomp/master. Implement the ability to write mediator history files for ATM on tiles rather than mesh

* Update CDEPS component. The updated CDEPS includes code updates for GFS v16 data mode.

* Operation requirement test (ORT) for:
  - cpld_control_p7 thread and decomposition tests
  - cpld_bmark_p7 thread and decomposition tests
  - Due to the wave component in these tests, restart and debug do not work

Co-authored-by: Minsuk Ji <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Denise Worthen <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: BinLi-NOAA <[email protected]>

* fv3atm cap cleanup (ufs-community#954)

FV3 nuopc cap code cleanup. Remove used code/variables. Fix minor inconsistencies.

* CCPP cloud cover change for Thompson MP associated with Xu Randall, several bug fixes for regression testing scripts (ufs-community#962)

This PR contains code changes 1) to remove old comments in GFS_typedefs.F90, increase cloud cover for Thompson MP by passing convective cloud water mixing ratio to progcld6. 2) Updates for auto fixes

Co-authored-by: Dusan Jovic <[email protected]>

* ccpp-physics ufs-community#806, #807, ufs-community#813, and ort modifications (ufs-community#970)

- CCPP Physics changes: see Wrapper for ccpp-physics ufs-community#806, #807, ufs-community#813, NOAA-EMC/fv3atm#447.
- UFS weather model changes for ORT updates following changes in Fix Auto-RT on Gaea, Jet and Orion ufs-community#965

* Wrapper for ccpp-physics ufs-community#808 and 816 (roughness length over ice and NoahMP tsurf bugfix) (ufs-community#971)

* update submodule pointer for regression testing for ccpp-physics ufs-community#808,816: roughness length over ice and NoahMP tsurf bugfix
* Reduce time step from 600s to 450s for tests control_csawmg and control_csawmg_debug

Co-authored-by: Dom Heinzeller <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: climbfuji <[email protected]>

* Use 'model set run clock' routine in FV3 NUOPC cap. (ufs-community#967)

* Update FV3 cap by adding 'model set run clock' specialization routine. Because FV3 cap does not modify 'Earth clock' anymore in case of a restarted run, that adjustment is now done in the UFS driver.
* Fix model_configure file for two tests to define `fhrot` parameter.

* Revert iovr=4 (exponential cloud overlap method) in RRTMG (ufs-community#963)

Revert/cleanup iovr=4 in RRTMG per developer's request. The current exponential cloud overlapping method used in RRTMG represents the method used in the pre-2018 operational HWRF model.

* Add fhzero ort test (ufs-community#977)

* Fhzero ORT applies to the two tests `control` and `control_p7`
* Test can be run by invoking, for example, `./opnReqTest -n control -c fhz`

* Add a new CDEPS test to use GSFv16 data mode in CDEPS ,update rt_weekly.conf and update MOM6 to main branch (20211220) (ufs-community#976)

* add a new cdeps test using GFS data mode
* update rt_weekly.conf to include cpld_bmark_p7_35d tests
* update MOM6

Co-authored-by: jiandewang <[email protected]>

* Bug fixes for WAM physics and regression tests, remove duplicate modules from ccpp-physics CMakeLists.txt (ufs-community#947)

*adds a new regression test control_wam_debug and fixes problems with the existing control_wam test (e.g. IAER was not set as intended).

* Update global inline post for outputting foundation temperature (ufs-community#968)

Update upp submodule in fv3atm with latest UPP version for outputting foundation temperature and fixing land-sea mask issue in global inline post.

* Regression test bug fixes for running on Jet or with Rocoto (ufs-community#981)

* Bug fixes for running on jet or with rocoto
1. Correctly detect Jet when deciding build job runtimes
2. Do not delete out and err files in compile & test jobs
3. Correct dependencies for WW3 in Rocoto
4. Do not hard-code ACCNR to h-nems
This PR also contains fv3/ccpp physics (CCPP PR#812) updates that implements a vertically-integrated formula to properly compute tracer column mass and ensure mass conservation for all tracers except TKE. See issue NCAR/ccpp-physics#811 for details

* MYNN sfclay (RAP suite) restart reproducibility (ufs-community#984)

*This PR turns on the rap_restart tests. Bit-for-bit reproducibility is achieved with the bug fixes for MYNN sfclay in the associated fv3atm and ccpp-physics PRs.

* fixes on initializing snow over fractional ice and GFS_surface_composite and z0ice value change (ufs-community#996)

* Radar-derived microphysics temperature tendencies similar to operational HRRR (ufs-community#986)

This PR implements a feature of the operational HRRR, radar-derived microphysics temperature tendencies applied in the first N minutes of the forecast to improve clouds in the first few hours. Two regression tests are added.

* Turn on CICE albedo use by ATM for coupled model; update Prototype test suite to initial P8 configuration;  (ufs-community#944)

* add updates for suites, tests for initial P8 configuration
* add IOPT_SFC=3 as default; set IOPT_SFC=1 in p7 tests
* change min_seaice to 1e-6; set to 1e-11 in p7 tests
* set dddmp=0.1 in both P7 and P8. This matches the final
P7 configuration. It will change P7 baselines.
* set cdmbwd in both P7 and P8 to the final P7 configuration.
(1.0,2.2,1.0,1.0) for all resolutions. It will change P7 baselines.
* add dusan's ecflow fix for wcoss2
* update FV3 with Moorthis' snod fix
* update rt_weekly to use p8 tests
* change integration length to 5 days

* Thompson MP cloud tuning (ufs-community#1005)

* improves cloud fraction when using Thompson MP. See NCAR/ccpp-physics#809 for more details.

* Add a new HAFS regression test with Thompson MP and GFDL surface layer schemes and Corrected S4 template regression testing job card (ufs-community#995)

* Added a new regression test for HAFS. 
* Fixed the S4 RT template job card.

Co-authored-by: David Huber <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Bin Liu <[email protected]>

* CCPP: Update consistency checks and effective radii calculation for Thompson MP (ufs-community#1000)

This PR contains changes in ccpp-physics (Update consistency checks and effective radii calculation for Thompson MP) and adds two new regression tests for both Intel and GNU that use the new prognostic cloud scheme progcld_thompson with GFS v16 and with RAP. The new cloud scheme is activated by setting icloud == 3 in input.nml.

* Rremove nems_datm related code, update CDEPS, and remove run directories that are no longer needed by other tests (ufs-community#1008)

* Add fhzero ort to coupled tests (ufs-community#1009)

* Add fhz ort to cpld tests
* Set ACCNR in rt.sh, not detect_machine.sh. Add some comments explaining where the variable should not be set or used.

Co-authored-by: Samuel Trahan <[email protected]>

* Unified write_netcdf, add single file 'cubed_sphere_grid' output (ufs-community#1011)

* Unify write_netcdf and write_netcdf_parallel modules.
* Add support for writing 'cubed_sphere_grid' history files in a single netcdf file.

* Change standard name and unit of CCPP error flag variable in CCPP framework and physics (ufs-community#1013)

* updates the submodule pointers for fv3atm, ccpp-framework and ccpp-physics for:  Change standard name and unit of CCPP error flag variable in CCPP framework and physics.

* ESMF managed threading (ufs-community#1018)

Add code updates to enable the ESMF managed threading in UFS.


Co-authored-by: Gerhard Theurich <[email protected] >

* sync-ww3 (ufs-community#1026)

* sync with ww3 develop branch

* Revisions to repair iovr=5 cloud overlap option (ufs-community#1025)

* This PR addresses part 2 of issue ufs-community#748 to activate the exponential-random cloud overlap method (iovr=5) in RRTMG. RT tests were added for  iovr=4 and iovr=5 options
* change iovr to use the environment variable in control.nml.IN; modify all tests that use control.nml.IN to set env. var. iovr=3 (except for new tests); remove restart files from new tests

* 2D decomposition on write grid, bug fix in FV3GFS_IO.F90, and quad precision in stochastic physics (ufs-community#1028)

- The 2D decomposition is enabled on write grid component.
- FV3atm PR NOAA-EMC/fv3atm#468 from @MicroTed 
- stochastic physics PR NOAA-PSL/stochastic_physics#53 from Dom.

Co-authored-by: Ted Mansell <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Dom Heinzeller <[email protected]>

* Update CMEPS for wave coupling (ufs-community#1034)


* add run phases to allow waves to run in the slow loop
* re-order hafs wave test
* update aliases in fd_nems.yaml
* update CMEPS to prevent advertise conflicts when s2sw is
still using connectors
* add correct masking variables to hafs nems.configure files

* 4DIAU bug fix when iau_filter_increments=T (ufs-community#990)

* Add lsm_cold_start variable for RUC LSM SCM support and gwdps bugfix (combined) (ufs-community#1037)

Co-authored-by: @SMoorthi-emc

* Update esmf 821b04 (ufs-community#1041)

* Update the version of ESMF library to 8.2.1b04
* Add the write group lon info for upp 2d decomposition test.

* Multiple output (nested) grids from fv3atm (ufs-community#1044)

Update fv3atm to support writing multiple history files for parent and nested domains.
Nested HAFS regression tests were updated to write out history files from all nested domains.

Co-authored-by: Bin Liu <[email protected]>

* GPU-enabled version of Grell-Freitas convection in ccpp-physics (ufs-community#1043)

* Enable Thompson microphysics with UFS-Aerosols and update GOCART (ufs-community#1049)

This update allows the Thompson microphysics scheme to be used with prognostic aerosols (UFS-Aerosols) and updates GOCART to version 2.0.2.

* Add support for Stochastically Perturbed Parameterizations (SPP) in FV3 (ufs-community#982)

* Update CICE; add support for restart test when running single RT (was PR 1058); update MOM6 (was PR 1060) (ufs-community#1045)


* update cice
* (1) pointing MOM6 to testing branch (MOM6 main repo PR: mom-ocean/MOM6#1556 (comment))
    (2) add three new files in mom_cmake file
            core/MOM_porous_barriers.F90
            external/drifters/MOM_particles.F90
            external/drifters/MOM_particles_types.F90
    (3) explicitly set in MOM_input for all resolutions to reflect the default value changes in code to retain answer
        EPBL_MLD_BISECTION = True (default changed from T to F in this MOM6 PR)
        INTERNAL_WAVE_SPEED_BETTER_EST = False (default changed from F to T in this MOM6 PR)
        note BBL_USE_EOS now set to use the value of USE_EOS in this MOM6 PR,
        but we set BBL_USE_EOS explicit so it has no impact

* remove duplicated CHL input setting in MOM_input_template_050
* add support for restart tests while running single RT

* lateral boundary fix for regional runs (ufs-community#1050)

This PR fixes a transient increase in noise caused by incorrect processing of winds along the lateral boundary on the final acoustic time step before fresh boundary information is ingested into the model.

* Update pointer to FV3

* Point to Christina's branches.

* Update RT log for Hera Intel.

* Adding RT log for Hera GNU tests.

* Updating RT log for Jet Intel tests.

* Latest regression tests on Jet.

* Adding regression logs.

* Updating regression test date stamp.

* Point to GSL repositories for FV3 and FV3/ccpp/physics

Co-authored-by: Dusan Jovic <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Minsuk Ji <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Denise Worthen <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: BinLi-NOAA <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Dom Heinzeller <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Dusan Jovic <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Grant Firl <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Dom Heinzeller <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: mzhangw <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: jiandewang <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: WenMeng-NOAA <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Samuel Trahan (NOAA contractor) <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: SMoorthi-emc <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: ChunxiZhang-NOAA <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: David Huber <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Bin Liu <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Samuel Trahan <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Jun Wang <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Gerhard Theurich <[email protected] >
Co-authored-by: Ali.Abdolali <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Ted Mansell <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Dom Heinzeller <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Jeff Whitaker <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: DomHeinzeller <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Raffaele Montuoro <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: JeffBeck-NOAA <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: MatthewPyle-NOAA <[email protected]>

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # PR Checklist
 
-- [ ] Ths PR is up-to-date with the top of all sub-component repositories except for those sub-components which are the subject of this PR. Please consult the ufs-weather-model [wiki](https://github.com/ufs-community/ufs-weather-model/wiki/Making-code-changes-in-the-UFS-weather-model-and-its-subcomponents) if you are unsure how to do this.
+- [ ] This PR is up-to-date with the top of all sub-component repositories except for those sub-components which are the subject of this PR. Please consult the ufs-weather-model [wiki](https://github.com/ufs-community/ufs-weather-model/wiki/Making-code-changes-in-the-UFS-weather-model-and-its-subcomponents) if you are unsure how to do this.
 
 - [ ] This PR has been tested using a branch which is up-to-date with the top of all sub-component repositories except for those sub-components which are the subject of this PR
 

.gitmodules

@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
   path = FV3
   url = https://github.com/NOAA-GSL/fv3atm
   branch = gsl/develop
-[submodule "NEMS"]
-  path = NEMS
-  url = https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NEMS
-  branch = develop
 [submodule "WW3"]
   path = WW3
   url = https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/WW3

CDEPS-interface/cdeps_files.cmake

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ list(APPEND cdeps_datm_files
   CDEPS/datm/datm_datamode_cplhist_mod.F90
   CDEPS/datm/datm_datamode_era5_mod.F90
   CDEPS/datm/datm_datamode_gefs_mod.F90
+  CDEPS/datm/datm_datamode_gfs_mod.F90
   CDEPS/datm/datm_datamode_jra_mod.F90
 )
 

CMEPS-interface/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -19,16 +19,11 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 list(APPEND _nems_util_files
-  CMEPS/util/shr_abort_mod.F90
-  CMEPS/util/shr_log_mod.F90
-  CMEPS/util/shr_sys_mod.F90
-  CMEPS/util/shr_flux_mod.F90
-  CMEPS/util/shr_mpi_mod.F90
-  CMEPS/util/glc_elevclass_mod.F90
-  CMEPS/util/shr_mem_mod.F90
-  CMEPS/util/shr_kind_mod.F90
-  CMEPS/util/perf_mod.F90
-  CMEPS/util/shr_const_mod.F90)
+  CMEPS/ufs/flux_atmocn_mod.F90
+  CMEPS/ufs/glc_elevclass_mod.F90
+  CMEPS/ufs/ufs_kind_mod.F90
+  CMEPS/ufs/perf_mod.F90
+  CMEPS/ufs/ufs_const_mod.F90)
 
 list(APPEND _mediator_files
   CMEPS/mediator/med_phases_restart_mod.F90

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeModules/Modules)
 ###############################################################################
 
 # Valid applications and choices
-list(APPEND VALID_APPS ATM ATMAERO ATMW S2S S2SW HAFS HAFSW HAFS-ALL NG-GODAS NG-GODAS-NEMSDATM)
+list(APPEND VALID_APPS ATM ATMAERO ATMW S2S S2SW HAFS HAFSW HAFS-ALL NG-GODAS)
 set(APP NONE CACHE BOOL "Application Name")
 if(NOT (APP IN_LIST VALID_APPS))
   message(FATAL_ERROR "${APP} is not a valid application.\nValid Applications are: ${VALID_APPS}")
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ set(HYCOM           OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable HYCOM")
 set(CICE6           OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable CICE6")
 set(WW3             OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable WW3")
 set(STOCH_PHYS      OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable Stochastic Physics")
-set(NEMSdatm        OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable NEMSdatm")
 set(CMEPS           OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable CMEPS")
 set(CDEPS           OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable CDEPS")
 
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ message("HYCOM ............ ${HYCOM}")
 message("CICE6 ............ ${CICE6}")
 message("WW3 .............. ${WW3}")
 message("STOCH_PHYS ....... ${STOCH_PHYS}")
-message("NEMSdatm ......... ${NEMSdatm}")
 message("CDEPS ............ ${CDEPS}")
 message("CMEPS ............ ${CMEPS}")
 
@@ -81,7 +79,7 @@ endif()
 message("")
 message("32BIT ............ ${32BIT}")
 message("AVX2 ............. ${AVX2}")
-message("SIMDMULTIARCH ...  ${SIMDMULTIARCH}")
+message("SIMDMULTIARCH .... ${SIMDMULTIARCH}")
 message("DEBUG ............ ${DEBUG}")
 message("DEBUG_LINKMPI .... ${DEBUG_LINKMPI}")
 message("INLINE_POST ...... ${INLINE_POST}")
@@ -203,24 +201,16 @@ if(CMEPS)
 endif()
 
 ###############################################################################
-### Data Components [NEMSdatm, CDEPS]
+### Data Components [CDEPS]
 ###############################################################################
-if(NEMSdatm)
-  add_subdirectory(DATM/DATM)
-endif()
-
 if(CDEPS)
   add_subdirectory(CDEPS-interface)
 endif()
 
 ###############################################################################
-### UFS Library [NEMS]
+### UFS Library
 ###############################################################################
-list(APPEND _nems_srcs NEMS/src/module_EARTH_GRID_COMP.F90
-                       NEMS/src/module_NEMS_Rusage.F90
-                       NEMS/src/nems_c_rusage.c)
-
-add_library(ufs ${_nems_srcs})
+add_library(ufs driver/EARTH_GRID_COMP.F90)
 set_target_properties(ufs PROPERTIES Fortran_MODULE_DIRECTORY
                                      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mod)
 target_include_directories(ufs INTERFACE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mod>
@@ -249,12 +239,6 @@ if(STOCH_PHYS)
   list(APPEND _ufs_libs_public stochastic_physics)
 endif()
 
-if(NEMSdatm)
-  add_dependencies(ufs datatm)
-  list(APPEND _ufs_defs_private FRONT_NEMS_DATM=datm)
-  list(APPEND _ufs_libs_public datatm)
-endif()
-
 if(FV3)
   add_dependencies(ufs fv3atm)
   list(APPEND _ufs_defs_private FRONT_FV3=fv3gfs_cap_mod)
@@ -298,7 +282,7 @@ target_link_libraries(ufs PUBLIC "${_ufs_libs_public}")
 ###############################################################################
 ### UFS executable
 ###############################################################################
-add_executable(ufs_model NEMS/src/MAIN_NEMS.F90)
+add_executable(ufs_model driver/UFS.F90)
 add_dependencies(ufs_model ufs)
 target_link_libraries(ufs_model ufs esmf w3nco::w3nco_d)
 

MOM6-interface/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ target_include_directories(mom6_nuopc_obj PRIVATE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURR
                                                   $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/MOM6/src/framework>)
 target_link_libraries(mom6_nuopc_obj PRIVATE mom6_obj
                                              fms
+                                             stochastic_physics
                                              esmf)
 # OpenMP is disabled in MOM6
 #if(OpenMP_Fortran_FOUND)

MOM6-interface/mom6_files.cmake

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ list(APPEND mom6_src_files
   MOM6/src/core/MOM_interface_heights.F90
   MOM6/src/core/MOM_isopycnal_slopes.F90
   MOM6/src/core/MOM_open_boundary.F90
+  MOM6/src/core/MOM_porous_barriers.F90
   MOM6/src/core/MOM_transcribe_grid.F90
   MOM6/src/core/MOM_unit_tests.F90
   MOM6/src/core/MOM_variables.F90
@@ -181,6 +182,8 @@ list(APPEND mom6_src_files
   MOM6/src/parameterizations/CVmix/cvmix_tidal.F90
   MOM6/src/parameterizations/CVmix/cvmix_utils.F90
 
+  MOM6/src/parameterizations/stochastic/MOM_stochastics.F90
+
   MOM6/src/tracer/DOME_tracer.F90
 
   MOM6/src/tracer/ISOMIP_tracer.F90
@@ -255,7 +258,8 @@ list(APPEND mom6_src_files
   MOM6/config_src/external/ODA_hooks/ocean_da_core.F90
   MOM6/config_src/external/ODA_hooks/ocean_da_types.F90
   MOM6/config_src/external/ODA_hooks/write_ocean_obs.F90
-  MOM6/config_src/external/OCEAN_stochastic_phyiscs/MOM_stochastics.F90
+  MOM6/config_src/external/drifters/MOM_particles.F90
+  MOM6/config_src/external/drifters/MOM_particles_types.F90
 
   MOM6/config_src/infra/FMS1/MOM_coms_infra.F90
   MOM6/config_src/infra/FMS1/MOM_constants.F90

build.sh

@@ -11,13 +11,9 @@ export CC=${CC:-mpicc}
 export CXX=${CXX:-mpicxx}
 export FC=${FC:-mpif90}
 
-export ESMFMKFILE=${ESMFMKFILE:?"Please set ESMFMKFILE environment variable"}
-
 BUILD_DIR=${BUILD_DIR:-${UFS_MODEL_DIR}/build}
 mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR}
 
-[[ -n "${MAPL_ROOT:-""}" ]] && CMAKE_FLAGS+=" -DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=${MAPL_ROOT}/share/MAPL/cmake"
-
 cd ${BUILD_DIR}
 cmake ${UFS_MODEL_DIR} ${CMAKE_FLAGS}
 # Turn off OpenMP threading for parallel builds

cmake/configure_apps.cmake

@@ -25,19 +25,14 @@ if(APP MATCHES "^(ATM|ATMW)$")
   endif()
 endif()
 
-if(APP MATCHES "^(NG-GODAS|NG-GODAS-NEMSDATM)$")
+if(APP MATCHES "^(NG-GODAS)$")
   set(CMEPS      ON  CACHE BOOL "Enable CMEPS"               FORCE)
   set(STOCH_PHYS ON  CACHE BOOL "Enable Stochastic Physics"  FORCE)
   set(FMS        ON  CACHE BOOL "Enable FMS"                 FORCE)
   set(MOM6       ON  CACHE BOOL "Enable MOM6"                FORCE)
   set(CICE6      ON  CACHE BOOL "Enable CICE6"               FORCE)
-  if(APP MATCHES "NG-GODAS-NEMSDATM")
-    set(NEMSdatm ON  CACHE BOOL "Enable NEMS DataAtm"        FORCE)
-    message("Configuring UFS app in (NEMS) Data Atmosphere mode")
-  elseif(APP MATCHES "NG-GODAS")
-    set(CDEPS    ON  CACHE BOOL "Enable CDEPS"               FORCE)
-    message("Configuring UFS app in (CDEPS) Data Atmosphere mode")
-  endif()
+  set(CDEPS      ON  CACHE BOOL "Enable CDEPS"               FORCE)
+  message("Configuring UFS app in (CDEPS) Data Atmosphere mode")
 endif()
 
 if(APP MATCHES "^(S2S|S2SW)$")

doc/UsersGuide/source/InputsOutputs.rst

@@ -1146,10 +1146,6 @@ shows the following parameters that can be set in *model_configure* at run-time.
      - frequency to output restart file or forecast hours to write out restart file
      - integer
      - 0 (0: write restart file at the end of integration; 12, -1: write out restart every 12 hours; 12 24 write out restart files at fh=12 and 24)
-   * - atm_coupling_interval_sec
-     - fast coupling interval in seconds for atmosphere
-     - real(8)
-     - 900
    * - quilting
      - flag to turn on quilt
      - logical