Hi, MCIP V5.0 Release Notes indicate the layer collapsing has been removed with this version. Indeed you can no longer set CTMLAYS in the namelist. I’m curious to learn more about why the developers decided to remove this feature which I believe has been widely used. I find no explanation on this.…

@bkoo and @Kelvin – Thank you for your interest in the layer collapsing in MCIP. Layer collapsing was removed starting in MCIPv5.0 for several reasons. Layer collapsing can artificially distort the meteorological fields and introduce inconsistencies in the model simulations. The original CMAQ …

MCIP V5.0 removed layer collapsing

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Kelvin December 14, 2019, 8:39am 2

I am curious like you when I found that

CMAQ 5.4 layer extraction option

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MCIP V5.0 removed layer collapsing

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