UFS Weather Model Configuration File Types

The files described here are present in the version of the ufs-weather-model as of Aug 14, 2022 under the tests/parm directory.

AQM Resource File The NOAA Air Quality Model is a subcomponent of UFS and requires the AQM Resource File, aqm.rc .

• This file can currently be parsed with pyyaml
• There are sections of the file that use a double colon (::) syntax to start a section that contains CSV data. These sections all seem to contain the same data type/structure.
• The double colon sections will require special handling to parse.
• Truthy values are pyyaml compliant, but may need to be converted back to lowercase strings when writing to file (need to check fortran code). Recommendation for unified management: Use YAML as a dictable and let a tool do the formatting. Use "base" from RT suite.