5 Changes in the configuration file namcouple

• The namcouple configuration file of OASIS3-MCT is fully backward compatible with OASIS3.3. However, several namcouple keywords have been deprecated even if they are still allowed. These keywords are noted “UNUSED” in sections 3.2 and 3.3 and are not fully described. Information below these keywords will not be read and will not be used: $SEQMODE , $CHANNEL, $JOBNAME, $INIDATE, $MODINFO, $CALTYPE.

• Also the following inputs should not appear in the namcouple anymore as the related functionality are not supported anymore in OASIS3-MCT (see above): field status AUXILARY, time transformation ONCE, REDGLO, INVERT, MASK, EXTRAP, CORRECT, INTERP, MOZAIC, FILLING, SUBGRID, MASKP, REVERSE, GLORED.

• To get 2D fields in the debug output NetCDF files, the 2D dimensions of the grids must be provided in the namcouple (except if the field has the status OUTPUT); otherwise, the fields in the debug output files will be 1D.