Errors with ufs-srweather-app on NOAA Hera machine

[Jeff-Duda]

I cannot proceed through the instructions for compiling on Hera, given at https://ufs-weather-model.readthedocs.io/en/latest/BuildingAndRunning.html.

My problem starts in section 3.5.1.1. The machine does not like it when I enter these commands:

[Jeffrey.Duda@hfe09 modulefiles]$ module use modulefiles
[Jeffrey.Duda@hfe09 modulefiles]$ module load ufs_hera.intel
Lmod has detected the following error:  The following module(s) are unknown: "ufs_hera.intel"

Please check the spelling or version number. Also try "module spider ..."
It is also possible your cache file is out-of-date; it may help to try:
  $ module --ignore_cache load "ufs_hera.intel"

Also make sure that all modulefiles written in TCL start with the string #%Module

I can see how it might not like trying to issue the second command, but replacing that with "source" doesn't fix the issue.

[Jeffrey.Duda@hfe09 modulefiles]$ source ufs_hera.intel
module-whatis: Command not found.
Lmod has detected the following error:  The following module(s) are unknown: "ufs_common"

Please check the spelling or version number. Also try "module spider ..."
It is also possible your cache file is out-of-date; it may help to try:
  $ module --ignore_cache load "ufs_common"

Also make sure that all modulefiles written in TCL start with the string #%Module

Here is the actual file:

#%Module

module-whatis "loads UFS Model prerequisites for Hera/Intel"

module use /scratch1/NCEPDEV/nems/emc.nemspara/soft/modulefiles
module load miniconda3/3.7.3

module use /contrib/sutils/modulefiles
module load sutils

module load cmake/3.20.1

module use /scratch2/NCEPDEV/nwprod/hpc-stack/libs/hpc-stack/modulefiles/stack

module load hpc/1.1.0

module load hpc-intel/18.0.5.274
module load hpc-impi/2018.0.4

module load ufs_common

setenv CC mpiicc
setenv CXX mpiicpc
setenv FC mpiifort
setenv CMAKE_Platform hera.intel

setenv I_MPI_DAPL_UD 1

I am running in tcsh. The module file appears suited for this shell.

Please advise. Thanks.

[JiliDong-NOAA]

it seems that you may want to issue "module use modulefiles" in ufs-weather-model/ instead of in ufs-weather-model/modulefiles

[Jeff-Duda]

Thanks, Jili. I wasn't aware of the level of directory specificity needed.

Now I'm getting this error shortly into the build script:

CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:113 (find_package):
  By not providing "FindNetCDF.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has
  asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "NetCDF", but
  CMake did not find one.

  Could not find a package configuration file provided by "NetCDF" with any
  of the following names:

    NetCDFConfig.cmake
    netcdf-config.cmake

  Add the installation prefix of "NetCDF" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
  "NetCDF_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files.  If "NetCDF"
  provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been
  installed.


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/scratch1/BMC/wrfruc/jdduda/UFS/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".

But here are my listed modules. I don't see why there is a problem.

[Jeffrey.Duda@hfe09 UFS]$ ml

Currently Loaded Modules:
  1) miniconda3/3.7.3   4) hpc/1.1.0              7) impi/2018.0.4      10) zlib/1.2.11  13) netcdf/4.7.4   16) fms/2022.01  19) g2/3.4.2       22) sp/2.3.3            25) yafyaml/v0.5.1             28) ufs_hera.intel
  2) sutils/default     5) intel/18.0.5.274       8) hpc-impi/2018.0.4  11) png/1.6.35   14) pio/2.5.2      17) bacio/2.4.1  20) g2tmpl/1.10.0  23) w3nco/2.4.1         26) mapl/2.11.0-esmf-8.3.0b09
  3) cmake/3.20.1       6) hpc-intel/18.0.5.274   9) jasper/2.0.22      12) hdf5/1.10.6  15) esmf/8.3.0b09  18) crtm/2.3.0   21) ip/3.3.3       24) gftl-shared/v1.3.3  27) ufs_common

[JiliDong-NOAA]

after you git clone ufs-weather-model, did you update the submodules?

in ufs-weather-model:

$ git submodule update --init --recursive

This will check out submodules, otherwise you don't have the complete package.