= PDAF-OMI Debugging Information = {{{ #!html

PDAF-OMI Guide

  1. Overview
  2. callback_obs_pdafomi.F90
  3. Observation Modules
  4. Observation Operators
  5. Debugging functionality
  6. Implementing the analysis step with OMI
    1. General overview for ensemble filters
      1. Implementation for Global Filters
      2. Implementation for Local Filters
      3. Implementation for LEnKF
    2. General overview for 3D-Var methods
      1. Implementation for 3D-Var
      2. Implementation for 3D Ensemble Var
      3. Implementation for Hybrid 3D-Var
  7. Porting an existing implemention to OMI
  8. Using domain-limited observations
}}} [[PageOutline(2-3,Contents of this page)]] == Overview == When implementing an observation with PDAF, or when performing the very first implementation of PDAF with a new model, it is useful to check whether the inputs to the PDAF-routines are correctly used. For this purpose, PDAF-OMI provides a debugging functionality. It allows you to activate debugging output e.g. for a single local analysis domain on a single process of a complex application of a local filter like LEKSTF. == Activating Debugging Output == Debugging output is activated by a call of the form {{{ USE PDAFomi, ONLY: PDAFomi_set_debug_flag INTEGER :: dbg_id ! Debugging flag: >0 for debug output; =0 for no debug output CALLOMI PDAFomi_set debug_flag(dbg_id) }}} In particular this call can be inserted in any routines contained in `callback_obs_pdafomi.F90`. Setting the single argument of `PDAFomi_set_debug_flag` to a value larger 0 will active the output, while =0 will deactivate it. For the debugging it is useful to keep the number of observations low since for a large number of observations, the output will be very lengthy. This can particularly be the case when using the debugging output in `init_dim_obs_pdafomi` or `obs_op_pdafomi`. To this end, it can be useful to intentionally reduce the number of observations for the debugging. For the localized filters (LESTKF, LETKF, LNETF, LSEIK) it is recommended to only activate the debugging for a single local analysis domain as shown below. The particular domain index can be chosen e.g. based on the coordinates of the domain, which are usually determined in `init_dim_l_pdaf`. For example to activate debugging in `init_dim_obs_l_pdafomi` for the local analysis domain `domain_p=10` and filter process 0, one uses {{{ SUBROUTINE init_dim_obs_l_pdafomi(domain_p, step, dim_obs, dim_obs_l) USE PDAFomi, ONLY: PDAFomi_set_debug_flag USE mod_parallel_pdaf, ONLY: mype_filter ... IF (domain_p==10 .AND. mype_filter==0) THEN CALL PDAFomi_set_debug_flag(domain_p) ELSE CALL PDAFomi_set_debug_flag(0) ENDIF ... }}} == Understanding the Debugging Output == The debugging output mainly writes information about the different variables contained in the full data type `obs_f` allocated as `thisobs` and the local type `obs_l` allocate as `thisobs_l`. For reference we list the full declaration of these types. When reading the debugging output one can check for the meaning of the variables. {{{ TYPE obs_f ! ---- Mandatory variables to be set in INIT_DIM_OBS ---- INTEGER :: doassim=0 !< Whether to assimilate this observation type INTEGER :: disttype !< Type of distance computation to use for localization INTEGER :: ncoord !< Number of coordinates use for distance computation INTEGER, ALLOCATABLE :: id_obs_p(:,:) !< Indices of process-local observed field in state vector ! ---- Optional variables - they can be set in INIT_DIM_OBS ---- REAL, ALLOCATABLE :: icoeff_p(:,:) !< Interpolation coefficients for obs. operator (optional) REAL, ALLOCATABLE :: domainsize(:) !< Size of domain for periodicity (<=0 for no periodicity) (optional) ! ---- Variables with predefined values - they can be changed in INIT_DIM_OBS ---- INTEGER :: obs_err_type=0 !< Type of observation error: (0) Gauss, (1) Laplace INTEGER :: use_global_obs=1 !< Whether to use (1) global full obs. !< or (0) obs. restricted to those relevant for a process domain ! ---- The following variables are set in the routine PDAFomi_gather_obs --- INTEGER :: dim_obs_p !< number of PE-local observations INTEGER :: dim_obs_f !< number of full observations INTEGER :: dim_obs_g !< global number of observations INTEGER :: off_obs_f !< Offset of this observation in overall full obs. vector INTEGER :: off_obs_g !< Offset of this observation in overall global obs. vector INTEGER :: obsid !< Index of observation over all assimilated observations REAL, ALLOCATABLE :: obs_f(:) !< Full observed field REAL, ALLOCATABLE :: ocoord_f(:,:) !< Coordinates of full observation vector REAL, ALLOCATABLE :: ivar_obs_f(:) !< Inverse variance of full observations INTEGER, ALLOCATABLE :: id_obs_f_lim(:) !< Indices of domain-relevant full obs. in global vector of obs. END TYPE obs_f }}} {{{ TYPE obs_l INTEGER :: dim_obs_l !< number of local observations INTEGER :: off_obs_l !< Offset of this observation in overall local obs. vector INTEGER, ALLOCATABLE :: id_obs_l(:) !< Indices of local observations in full obs. vector REAL, ALLOCATABLE :: distance_l(:) !< Distances of local observations REAL, ALLOCATABLE :: ivar_obs_l(:) !< Inverse variance of local observations INTEGER :: locweight !< Specify localization function REAL :: lradius !< localization radius REAL :: sradius !< support radius for localization function END TYPE obs_l }}} === Example output === For illustration we insert the above call to PDAFomi_set_debug flag into `init_dim_obs_l_pdafomi` in `tutorial/online_2D_serialmodel_omi/`. then we compile and execute the tutorial program with: {{{ mpirun -np 4 ./model_pdaf -dim_ens 4 -filtertype 7 -local_range 5 -locweight 2 -assim_B .true. -assim_A .false. }}} With these settings only observation type B is activated, which are just 3 values in the model domain The first lines of the debugging output looks like this: {{{ ++ OMI-debug set_debug_flag: mype_filter 0 activate 10 ++ OMI-debug: 10 PDAFomi_init_dim_obs_l -- START ++ OMI-debug: 10 PDAFomi_init_dim_obs_l -- count local observations ++ OMI-debug init_dim_obs_l: 10 Re-init dim_obs_l=0 ++ OMI-debug init_dim_obs_l: 10 coords_l 1.0000000000000000 10.000000000000000 ++ OMI-debug cnt_dim_obs_l: 10 thisobs%ncoord 2 ++ OMI-debug cnt_dim_obs_l: 10 thisobs_l%lradius 5.0000000000000000 ++ OMI-debug cnt_dim_obs_l: 10 Check for observations within radius ++ OMI-debug comp_dist2: 10 compute Cartesian distance ++ OMI-debug cnt_dim_obs_l: 10 valid observation with coordinates 5.0000000000000000 8.0000000000000000 ++ OMI-debug: 10 PDAFomi_init_dim_obs_l -- initialize local observation arrays ++ OMI-debug comp_dist2: 10 compute Cartesian distance ++ OMI-debug init_dim_obs_l: 10 thisobs_l%dim_obs_l 1 ++ OMI-debug init_dim_obs_l: 10 thisobs_l%id_obs_l 1 ++ OMI-debug init_dim_obs_l: 10 thisobs_l%distance_l 4.4721359549995796 ++ OMI-debug: 10 PDAFomi_init_dim_obs_l -- END }}} The first line {{{ ++ OMI-debug set_debug_flag: mype_filter 0 activate 10 }}} is from PDAFomi_set_debug_flag showing that debugging is activates with value 10 (which is values fo `domain_p` specified in the call) The next lines are {{{ ++ OMI-debug: 10 PDAFomi_init_dim_obs_l -- START ++ OMI-debug: 10 PDAFomi_init_dim_obs_l -- count local observations ++ OMI-debug init_dim_obs_l: 10 Re-init dim_obs_l=0 }}} show that debugging output for PDAFomi_init_dim_obs_l is shown. Most routines show such a 'START' line. The second line shows that a segment of the orutine started, the counting of local observations. The third line states that dim_obs_l=0 is set. This line, as many others shows the name of the subroutine in short form without `PDAFomi` at the beginning of the line. The following lines show variable values {{{ ++ OMI-debug init_dim_obs_l: 10 coords_l 1.0000000000000000 10.000000000000000 ++ OMI-debug cnt_dim_obs_l: 10 thisobs%ncoord 2 ++ OMI-debug cnt_dim_obs_l: 10 thisobs_l%lradius 5.0000000000000000 }}} First we see that the coordinates `coords_l` of the grid point corresponding to domain_p=10 are (1.0, 10.0). Further we have two dimensions (thisobs%ncoord=2) and the localization radius is set to 5.0. In the following lines {{{ ++ OMI-debug cnt_dim_obs_l: 10 Check for observations within radius ++ OMI-debug comp_dist2: 10 compute Cartesian distance ++ OMI-debug cnt_dim_obs_l: 10 valid observation with coordinates 5.0000000000000000 8.0000000000000000 }}} the it is checked which observations lie within the distance thisobs_l%lradius=5.0 from coords_l=(1.0, 5.0). One observation with coordinates (5.0, 8.0) is found. The followign lines {{{ ++ OMI-debug: 10 PDAFomi_init_dim_obs_l -- initialize local observation arrays ++ OMI-debug comp_dist2: 10 compute Cartesian distance ++ OMI-debug init_dim_obs_l: 10 thisobs_l%dim_obs_l 1 ++ OMI-debug init_dim_obs_l: 10 thisobs_l%id_obs_l 1 ++ OMI-debug init_dim_obs_l: 10 thisobs_l%distance_l 4.4721359549995796 }}} show that observation arrays are initialized. A Cartesian distance is computerd. `thisobs_l%dim_obs_l` confirms that one local observation was found and it's the first element of the full observation vector (thisobs_l%id_obs_l=1) and the distance is thisobs_l%distance_l=4.4721359549995796. One could now compare this with the input information. Are the values of coords_l correct? Are the coordinates those of the first observation (5.0, 8.0)? Later in the debugging output (not shown above) we find, for example, {{{ ++ OMI-debug: 10 PDAFomi_init_obs_l -- Get local vector of observations ++ OMI-debug g2l_obs: 10 thisobs%id_obs_l 1 ++ OMI-debug g2l_obs: 10 obs_l -0.98253999999999997 ++ OMI-debug: 10 PDAFomi_init_obs_l -- Get local vector of inverse obs. variances ++ OMI-debug g2l_obs: 10 thisobs%id_obs_l 1 ++ OMI-debug g2l_obs: 10 obs_l 4.0000000000000000 }}} These lines are from the internal routine `PDAFomi_init_obs_l`, which initializes the local vector of observations. (This is functionality also existing in the 'traditional' form of implementing the observation. The documention page about [wiki:init_obs_l_pdaf init_obs_l_pdaf] explains what is done here.) Important is that not only the local observation vector (a single value) is initialized, but also the inverse observation variance (4.0 in this example). Similarly {{{ ++ OMI-debug: 10 PDAFomi_g2l_obs -- START Get local observed ensemble member 1 ++ OMI-debug g2l_obs: 10 thisobs%id_obs_l 1 ++ OMI-debug g2l_obs: 10 obs_l 0.12725110911115362 ++ OMI-debug: 10 PDAFomi_g2l_obs -- END }}} shows the localization of ensemble member 1. This is performed in the interval routine `PDAFomi_g2l_obs` (see the page about [wiki:g2l_obs_pdaf g2l_obs_pdaf]). There is analogous output for all of the 4 ensemble states.