1.5. JULES version 7.3 Release Notes

The JULES vn7.3 release consists of approximately 19 tickets from 9 authors, including work by many other people.

Full details of the tickets committed for JULES vn7.3 can be found on the JULES shared repository Trac system.

Ticket numbers are indicated below, e.g. #1180.

1.5.1. General/Technical changes

  • Removed default numerical values from variables in the JULES_HYDROLOGY and JULES_RIVERS namelists. (#1180)

  • Allow a model domain that straddles the edge of the input grid (for grids that are cyclic in longitude). (#1301)

  • Simplification of the namelists required for OASIS-Rivers to aid maintenance of the LFRic coupled miniapp. (#1385)

  • Water resource variables bundled in a new TYPE. (#1401)

  • Clarification of timestep-related variables. (#1403)

  • Change kind type names to avoid clash with Fortran intrinsics. (#1408)

  • Removed some include files by moving code to module files. (#1411, 1412. 1418)

1.5.2. Bugs fixed

  • Fixed standalone diagnostics sat_excess_roff and drain. (#1039)

  • Fix for possible floating point exceptions in veg2 code. (#1155)

  • Bug fixes for irrigation code. (#1386)

  • Bug fixes for OASIS-Rivers coupling field, rflow_outflow. (#1435)

1.5.3. Changes to testing

  • Updated suite_report.py. (#1442)

1.5.4. Documentation updates

  • Simplified the description of platform files. (#1353)

  • Minor syntax changes in the JULES Coding Standards. (#1402)

  • Minor corrections to code and documentation. (#1421, 1443)

  • Updates associated with many of the above changes, and release notes. (#1384)

Documentation can be viewed on the github page http://jules-lsm.github.io/.