Hi @andytangborn. Thanks for posting your feedback on the JEDI forum.
The answer to your question might be partially found in this email exchange I just copied/pasted on the forum. And the NICAS files read in hyb-3dvar_gfs_aero for the localization have the following path:
${datadir}/${prefix}_${number_of_MPI_tasks}-${index_of_the_current_MPI_task}.nc
As you noticed, there are some inconsistencies in the bumpparameters_nicas_gfs_aero.yaml configuration file (incorrect prefix key with a missing “o” here). Moreover, the output data produced by this test are not used in other tests. Indeed, since we use fixed length-scales for the NICAS localization, the hyb-3dvar_gfs_aero test uses the output data of the bumpparameters_nicas_gfs test.
I will try to clean up the “aero” configuration files, which are currently misleading. However, such a modification will not be merged into develop before Februrary, since @danholdaway is on paternity leave.
Please let me know if you need any further assistance.
Benjamin