Surface is too high for domain: Face c

Question

Hello, I am using AEM3D and I could run the hydrodynamic model whithout any problem but running the WQ model caused the following error after only 13 steps!

12:44:17  INFO: Step:      1/432000 SimDate: 2017-05-02 00:00:00 (2017122.0000)  Time: 12:44:18
12:44:24  INFO: Step:      2/432000 SimDate: 2017-05-02 00:00:30 (2017122.0003)  Time: 12:44:25
12:44:25  INFO: Step:      3/432000 SimDate: 2017-05-02 00:01:00 (2017122.0007)  Time: 12:44:26
12:44:26  INFO: Step:      4/432000 SimDate: 2017-05-02 00:01:30 (2017122.0010)  Time: 12:44:26
12:44:27  INFO: Step:      5/432000 SimDate: 2017-05-02 00:02:00 (2017122.0014)  Time: 12:44:27
12:44:28  INFO: Step:      6/432000 SimDate: 2017-05-02 00:02:30 (2017122.0017)  Time: 12:44:28
12:44:28  INFO: Step:      7/432000 SimDate: 2017-05-02 00:03:00 (2017122.0021)  Time: 12:44:29
12:44:29  INFO: Step:      8/432000 SimDate: 2017-05-02 00:03:30 (2017122.0024)  Time: 12:44:30
12:44:30  INFO: Step:      9/432000 SimDate: 2017-05-02 00:04:00 (2017122.0028)  Time: 12:44:31
12:44:31  INFO: Step:     10/432000 SimDate: 2017-05-02 00:04:30 (2017122.0031)  Time: 12:44:32
12:44:32  INFO: Step:     11/432000 SimDate: 2017-05-02 00:05:00 (2017122.0035)  Time: 12:44:32
12:44:33  INFO: Step:     12/432000 SimDate: 2017-05-02 00:05:30 (2017122.0038)  Time: 12:44:33
12:44:34  INFO: Step:     13/432000 SimDate: 2017-05-02 00:06:00 (2017122.0042)  Time: 12:44:34
12:44:34  INFO:  ***** FATAL ERROR **** FATAL ERROR **** FATAL ERROR *****
12:44:34  INFO:  * in subroutine get_surface_and_bottom_maps
12:44:34 ERROR: A subdirectory or file unffiles already exists.
12:44:34  INFO:  * Surface is too high for domain: Face c
12:44:34  INFO:  *   Column:         18 i:        52 j:        11
12:44:34  INFO:  *   Height:          NaN
12:44:34  INFO:  *********************************************************

I wonder how can I define the cause?

Answer 1

Hi,

NaN's are often an issue in the code, can you send ([email protected]) me your setup (remove any output files first) and I'll have a look.

Chris

Comments

Thanks a lot Chris. I sent the files.
Nader

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Hi Nader,

This was an issue with a divide by 0 in carbon grazing by zooplankton.  I've updated the downloads with a fixed version.

Thanks

Chris

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Hi Chris,
Thanks a lot. So far passed the 13th time step! :))
Cheers,
Nader