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Runtime arguments
The follow command line options are available (except when the NOGUI directive is
used):
Model command line options:
-help
: Print this usage information
-quiet
: Suppress stdout monitor
-verbose
: Adds debugging info to monitor
-tdur
: Run length (hours)
-nstep
: Run length (timesteps)
-mnth
: Month number for input
-particles
: Enable particle tracking
-indir
: Directory for input data files
-flipcld
: flips cloud data from north-south to south-north
Restart/checkpointing:
-warm_start : Start from restart file
-restart
: Start from restart file
-reset
: Resets time, u, v, zet
-restm
: Resets time on restart to start_time
-tchk
: Checkpoint interval (hours)
-nchk
: Checkpoint interval (timesteps)
-tcmin
: Time of first checkpoint (hours)
-ncmin
: Timestep of first checkpoint (hours)
-tfwnd
:Forward-wind input data (hours)
Parallel processing:
-nproc
: Number of processes (not usually required)
-nprocs
: Number of processes
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-nprocx
: Number of processes in x
-nprocy
: Number of processes in y
-nens
: Number of ensemble members
-asynch
: Use asynchronous comms
-immed
: Use non-blocking comms
-promis
: Use promiscuous receives
-nocomms
: Disable boundary exchange
-noimmed
: Use blocking comms
-nosndrcv
: Do not use send/receive mode
-simple
: Use simple partitioning
-sndrcv
: Use send/receive mode
-synch
: Use synchronous comms
-partrk
: Use RK partitioning
-map
: Print partitioning map to file
Client/Server operation:
-server
: Start POLCOMS as server
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