WRF Var Version 3.0.1 : Known Problems and Fixes

Compile Problem On IBMs (Reposted 8/05/08)

Problem: Compile time long on IBMs using xlf version 11.01.0000.0004.

Solution: Check your configure.var file and reduce optimization level from "O3 -qhot" to "O2". This has also been included in the updated tar file.

OpenMP Support (posted 8/5/08)

Problem: WRF-Var code cannot be compiled with shared memory option (smpar or dm+sm).

Solution: Compile serially or using MPI (dmpar).

Observations with NCEP PREPBUFR format (Posted 8/05/08)

Problem: WRF-Var is able to read NCEP PREPBUFR format observation, but this function has not been tested extensively yet, please use this feature with caution.

Solution: