Minor edit

examples/config_he_flexpart_ch4.yml

@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ model :
 # How to build your observation vector and observation uncertainties if needed
 # Also projects information from the observation to the model space
 # - fic_obsvect: observation vector from previous simulations
+# - dump_debug: write out extra information (for debugging)
+# For FLEXPART the background plugin takes the following parameters
+# - dir_initconc: directory containing concentration files
+# - file_initconc: name of concentration files
+# - varname_initconc: name of fata variable in the netCDF file
+# - optimize_cini: optimize initial concentration or not
+# - cini_lat: northern edges of latitude bands for cini optimization
 obsvect:
   plugin:
     name: standard
@@ -74,7 +81,26 @@ obsvect:
     # fic_obsvect : /homevip/espen/FLEX_INV/CIF/flextest/monitor_obsvect.nc
     # file_obsvect : /homevip/espen/FLEX_INV/CIF/flextest/monitor_obsvect.nc
   dump: True
+  dump_debug: False
   dump_type: nc
+  
+  background:
+    plugin:
+      name: FLEXPART
+      version: nc
+    # parameters:
+    #   CH4 :
+    dir_netcdf : /homevip/espen/repos/CIF/flextest/
+# Initial concentrations
+    dir_initconc : /homevip/espen/FLEX_INV/CH4/TEST_INPUT/INIT_CONC/GHG/
+    file_initconc:  ch4_noaa_%Y%m.nc
+    varname_conc:   CH4
+    optimize_cini: False
+    cini_lat: [-30., 0., 30., 90.]
+
+
+
+
 #####################################################################
 #####################################################################
 # Measurements to account for
@@ -142,6 +168,8 @@ domain :
   nlat_glob : 180
   dx_glob : 1.
   dy_glob : 1.
+  heights : [100., 500., 1000., 2000., 3000., 5000., 7000., 9000.,
+       12000., 15000., 20000., 50000.]
   
 
 

pycif/plugins/obsoperators/fp/obsoper.py

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def obsoper(self, inputs, mode,
     controlvect = self.controlvect
     obsvect = self.obsvect
     subsimu_dates = model.subsimu_dates
-    dump_debug = obsvect.dump_debug
+    dump_debug = getattr(obsvect, 'dump_debug', False)
 
     
     if mode == 'fwd':