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@mgduda mgduda released this 18 Jun 01:25

This bugfix release corrects two issues in the MPAS-Atmosphere model:

  • Fix a bug in the vertical interpolation of humidity for LBCs when first-guess
    levels are given in top-to-bottom order. Incorrect logic in the
    init_atm_case_lbc routine previously assumed that first-guess levels would be
    given in bottom-to-top order when attempting to vertically extrapolate to
    model levels below the lowest first-guess level, resulting in a copy of the
    vertically interpolated relative humidity at level k+1 to level k if levels
    were given in top-to-bottom order. This bug resulted in an unreasonably low
    water vapor mixing ratio field (lbc_qv) in LBC files. (PR #1335)

    NB: This bug is present in most older releases of MPAS, and it should be
    possible to cherry-pick the fix onto any branch or release based on MPAS
    v7.0 or later.

  • Fix an issue with .F90 files in the src/core_atmosphere/physics/physics_mmm/
    directory not being re-compiled by updating the MMM-physics external tag to
    acquire a new Makefile.mpas file for MMM-physics. With the updated tag,
    compiling the atmosphere core, then making changes to any of the .F90 files
    in src/core_atmosphere/physics/physics_mmm/, then running make again (without
    first cleaning) leads to the modified .F90 files being correctly re-compiled.
    (PR #1337)