LMDZ.COMMON directory layout and contents

This page describes the directory structure of the LMDZ longitude-latitude dynamical core and its main contents

The LMDZ.COMMON directory

Once download from the svn server, the LMDZ.COMMON directory contents should be:

arch       create_make_gcm  Licence_CeCILL_V2-en.txt  makelmdz
bld.cfg    ioipsl           Licence_CeCILL_V2-fr.txt  makelmdz_fcm
build_gcm  libf             makegcm

Where the noteworthy elements are:

• The makelmdz_fcm script, which is required to compile the model; see the dedicated page
• The arch directory which contains architecture files used by the makelmdz_fcm script
• The ioipsl directory which contains some scripts to assist one in installing the IOIPSL library
• The libf directory which contains the Fortran source code (see below).

The libf subdirectory

TODO...DESCRIBE VARIOUS DIRS AND CONNECTION WITH PHYSICS PACKAGES