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Here is some instruction to run the model forward and then backward using the b_wave test case.

To compile code for an idealized case, in this example, the b_wave case,  do this:

(you can do this after you did a 'compile em_real', for example)

compile em_b_wave >& log &

After the compile, you should see ideal.exe in main/.

cd to test/em_b_wave/ directory, type the following to run ideal.exe:

ideal.exe

This will create wrfinput_d01 file (no wrfbdy_d01 is needed).

Then edit namelist.input file to run this case for 5 days (see attached namelist.input.forward).

(This should run reasonably fast, since the time step is 10 min).

Type the following to run:

wrf.exe >& wrf.fout &

After successfully run the job forward, save the forward namelist, edit the namelist.input
file for backward integration (see attached namelist.input.backward). Save wrfinput_d01 that
was generated earlier, and rename or link wrf_input_d01_0001-01-06_00:00:00 to wrfinput_d01.
Now the output at day 5 becomes your initial condition file.

Run the model as usual:

wrf.exe >& wrf.bout &

This is a very clean run since there is no physics turned on. Hence it is good to check the code.