Merge branch 'release-v4.3'

This merge finalizes the v4.3 release by adding changes from the 'release-v4.3'
branch onto the 'master' branch.

* release-v4.3:
  Updated namelist.wps for consistency with updates to namelist.input
  Update version number to 4.3
  add new GWD fields to NoahMP, Chem and Fire tables
  correct default resolution data for OL3SS
  Add --nowrf option to configure script, for configuring without WRF
  Changes to rrpr.F for the September 2020 update to GEFS.
  updated namelist values to match case updates for default namelist.input
  Add 20 new GWD fields for WRF gwd_opt = 3
  update GEOGRID tables for NoahMP, fire and chem
  remove tile drainage
  dynamic irrigation added GEOGRID.TBL.ARW.noahmp
  Fix URL for NARR static data grib1 data
  Update geth_newdate.F
  Update build_hdate.F
  Fix plotfmt.ncl for use with Lambert Conformal projections

README

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-WRF Pre-Processing System Version 4.2
+WRF Pre-Processing System Version 4.3
 
 http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/
 

configure

@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-arg1=$1
+#
+# Check for command-line arguments
+# At present, the only supported argument is --nowrf, which disables checks to
+# find the path to the compiled WRF model.
+#
+nowrf=0
+for arg in $@; do
+  if [ "${arg}" = "--nowrf" ]; then
+    nowrf=1
+  fi
+done
+
 
 # Look for netcdf
 if test -z "$NETCDF" ; then
@@ -153,40 +164,56 @@ fi
 wrf_dir="none"
 standard_wrf_dirs="WRF WRF-4.0.3 WRF-4.0.2 WRF-4.0.1 WRF-4.0 WRFV3"
 
-#
-# If no WRF_DIR environment variable is set, try to locate a WRF build in one
-# of the expected directory names one directory level up; otherwise, try to use
-# the WRF I/O library from the code in $WRF_DIR
-#
-if [ -z "$WRF_DIR" ]; then
-#   for d in WRF WRF-4.0.3 WRF-4.0.2 WRF-4.0.1 WRF-4.0 WRFV3; do
-   for d in ${standard_wrf_dirs}; do
-      if [ -e ../${d}/external/io_netcdf/libwrfio_nf.a ]; then
-         echo "Found what looks like a valid WRF I/O library in ../${d}"
-         wrf_dir="../${d}"
-         break
+if [ ${nowrf} -eq 0 ]; then
+   #
+   # If no WRF_DIR environment variable is set, try to locate a WRF build in one
+   # of the expected directory names one directory level up; otherwise, try to use
+   # the WRF I/O library from the code in $WRF_DIR
+   #
+   if [ -z "$WRF_DIR" ]; then
+   #   for d in WRF WRF-4.0.3 WRF-4.0.2 WRF-4.0.1 WRF-4.0 WRFV3; do
+      for d in ${standard_wrf_dirs}; do
+         if [ -e ../${d}/external/io_netcdf/libwrfio_nf.a ]; then
+            echo "Found what looks like a valid WRF I/O library in ../${d}"
+            wrf_dir="../${d}"
+            break
+         fi
+      done
+   else
+      if [ ! -e ${WRF_DIR}/external/io_netcdf/libwrfio_nf.a ]; then
+         echo ""
+         echo "Error: The \$WRF_DIR environment variable was set, but the WRF code at"
+         echo "       ${WRF_DIR} doesn't appear to have been successfully compiled"
+         echo ""
+         exit
       fi
-   done
-else
-   if [ ! -e ${WRF_DIR}/external/io_netcdf/libwrfio_nf.a ]; then
+
+      echo "Using WRF I/O library in WRF build identified by \$WRF_DIR: ${WRF_DIR}"
+      wrf_dir=$WRF_DIR
+   fi
+
+   if [ $wrf_dir = "none" ]; then
       echo ""
-      echo "Error: The \$WRF_DIR environment variable was set, but the WRF code at"
-      echo "       ${WRF_DIR} doesn't appear to have been successfully compiled"
+      echo "Error: No compiled WRF code found. Please check that the WRF model has been compiled"
+      echo "       one directory level up (i.e., ../) in a directory named 'WRF', 'WRF-4.0.3', 'WRF-4.0.2', etc.,"
+      echo "       or specify the full path to the compiled WRF model with the environment variable \$WRF_DIR ."
+      echo ""
+      echo "Alternatively, if only WPS components that do no depend on WRF I/O libraries are needed, re-run"
+      echo "the configure script with the --nowrf option."
       echo ""
       exit
    fi
-
-   echo "Using WRF I/O library in WRF build identified by \$WRF_DIR: ${WRF_DIR}"
-   wrf_dir=$WRF_DIR
-fi
-
-if [ $wrf_dir = "none" ]; then
-   echo ""
-   echo "Error: No compiled WRF code found. Please check that the WRF model has been compiled"
-   echo "       one directory level up (i.e., ../) in a directory named 'WRF', 'WRF-4.0.3', 'WRF-4.0.2', etc.,"
-   echo "       or specify the full path to the compiled WRF model with the environment variable \$WRF_DIR ."
-   echo ""
-   exit
+else
+   cat << EOF
+********************************************************************************
+Configuring the WPS without a compiled WRF model.
+It will not be possible to build the following WPS components, which depend on
+the WRF I/O libraries:
+  - geogrid
+  - metgrid
+  - int2nc
+********************************************************************************
+EOF
 fi
 
 # Found perl, so proceed with configuration