Setting up the Run Script

3DVAR GSI USING ARW BACKGROUND (PREPBUFR AND OTHER OBS)

Setting up the Run Script

For this exercise, make a copy of the previously prepared run script: 
cp run_gsi_regional.ksh_basic run_gsi_regional.ksh. 

Make the following additional modifications to the script run_gsi_regional.ksh:

• Set the name/path for the analysis run directory to
• WORK_ROOT=${run directory}
• Select the background field format bk_core=ARW
• Select the NAM regional background error covariance bkcv_option=NAM
• Open the links to the radiance data, gpsro and radar data by un-commenting the following line:
• ln -s ${srcobsfile[$ii]} ${gsiobsfile[$ii]} 

An example of this run script is available from the link run_gsi_regional.ksh