This merge adds a new variable, 'initial_time', to model initial conditions and output files
for use by post-processing software to determine the forecast lead time
represented by the data in output files. This field is defined in the Registry.xml
file for both the init_atmosphere and atmosphere cores as
This merge adds a new variable, 'initial_time', to model initial conditions and output files for use by post-processing software to determine the forecast lead time represented by the data in output files. This field is defined in the Registry.xml file for both the init_atmosphere and atmosphere cores as
and appears in files as
In future, this variable may also be useful to allow bit-identical restarts at any time, rather than at special (e.g., radiation timestep) times.