ERROR: Grid origins not compatible between GRIDDESC in grid description file and initialized values

I am trying to generate point sectors’ 3D results using NEI2017. Then try to merge them with 2D model ready results in that package.
Based on model ready data in NEI2017 (459x299) and their script, I also tried to use 12US1_459X299 in griddesc_lambertonly_18jan2019_v7.txt (
‘12US1_459X299’, ! abbrev.=12US1, common name = Continental 12km grid
‘12CONUS1’, -2556000.000, -1728000.000, 12.D3, 12.D3, 459, 299, 1).

I set Lambert in WPS, after running MCIP, I got meteorological data with 459x299 (“MET_CRO_3D”) , 460x300 ( “MET_DOT_3D”). There is an error in laypoint…log after running ptegu.

ERROR: Grid origins not compatible between GRIDDESC in
grid description file and initialized values.
ERROR: Grid parameters for GRIDDESC in
grid description file are inconsistent with initialized values.

 *** ERROR ABORT in subroutine LAYPOINT
 Problem with gridded input data.

I am not sure where to check the initialize values. I checked the GRIDDESC file in output folder of MCIP.
’ ’
‘12CONUS1’
2 33.000 45.000 -97.000 -97.000 40.000
’ ’
‘12US1_459X299’
‘12CONUS1’ -2754000.000 -1794000.000 12000.000 12000.000 459 299 1
’ ’
Is it because ‘-2754000.000 -1794000.000’ different from ‘-2556000.000, -1728000.000’?
If yes, how could I control that?

Thank you in advance!

12US1_459x299 is the regular 12US1 grid used by EPA. The first grid description they listed is correct:

‘12US1_459X299’, ! abbrev.=12US1, common name = Continental 12km grid
‘12CONUS1’, -2556000.000, -1728000.000, 12.D3, 12.D3, 459, 299, 1).

We don’t recognize the other grid description they referenced (‘12CONUS1’ -2754000.000 -1794000.000 12000.000 12000.000 459 299 1) but perhaps that is what MCIP was run with? If so, that is the reason for the SMOKE error because the two don’t match. MCIP output needs to be prepared on the same grid for which you plan to run SMOKE.

Yes, MCIP output is 2754000.000 -1794000.000.
How could I control these output (XORIG YORIG) for MCIP output?
I tried to prepare on the same grid when run WPS.
e_we = 466,
e_sn = 306,
dx = 12000,
dy = 12000,
map_proj = ‘lambert’,
ref_lat = 40,
ref_lon = -97.0,
truelat1 = 33.0,
truelat2 = 45.0,
stand_lon = -97.0,

set BTRIM = 2 in MCIP
then get 459x299 output, but diff XORIG and YORIG.

I can’t recall if you are trying to use EPA-provided or your own MCIP run. Here is some info on MCIP – I don’t have the 12US1 grid info explicitly shown here, but an example is given for 12US2:

If you are trying to window to a specific domain, you can’t use BTRIM = 2. If you are trying to set the xorig and yorig specifically, you’d need to set BTRIM = -1. BTRIM = X just tells MCIP to cut off X number of grid cells around the WRF domain. BTRIM = 5, I believe, is what we use for 12US1.

And then use the variables below that to set the X0, Y0, NCOLS, and NROWS:

Thanks a lot for your explanation.
I did not find MCIP run in NEI2017 package, so I tried to set my own MCIP run.
I could not see the example is given for 12US2 and variables you provided that to set the X0, Y0, NCOLS, and NROWS.
Could you please send them again?

MCIP is not packaged with the emissions modeling platform as it is a tool run further upstream than emissions, but there should be other documentation available for it on CMAS Center or EPA’s CMAQ website.

This is what we use for 12US2:

window 12conus to 12us2 grid

if ( $CoordName == 12CONUS && $GridName == 12US2 ) then

set BTRIM = -1

set X0 = 18

set Y0 = 15

set NCOLS = 396

set NROWS = 246

endif