source: LMDZ6/trunk/libf/phylmd/ecrad/driver/ecrad_driver_read_input.F90 @ 5818

! ecrad_driver_read_input.F90 - Read input structures from NetCDF file
!
! (C) Copyright 2018- ECMWF.
!
! This software is licensed under the terms of the Apache Licence Version 2.0
! which can be obtained at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
!
! In applying this licence, ECMWF does not waive the privileges and immunities
! granted to it by virtue of its status as an intergovernmental organisation
! nor does it submit to any jurisdiction.
!
! Author:  Robin Hogan
! Email:   r.j.hogan@ecmwf.int

module ecrad_driver_read_input

  public
  
contains

  subroutine read_input(file, config, driver_config, ncol, nlev, &
       &          single_level, thermodynamics, &
       &          gas, cloud, aerosol)

    use parkind1,                 only : jprb, jpim
    use radiation_io,             only : nulout
    use radiation_config,         only : config_type, ISolverSPARTACUS
    use ecrad_driver_config,      only : driver_config_type
    use radiation_single_level,   only : single_level_type
    use radiation_thermodynamics, only : thermodynamics_type
    use radiation_gas,            only : gas_type, &
       &   IVolumeMixingRatio, IMassMixingRatio, &
       &   IH2O, ICO2, IO3, IN2O, ICO, ICH4, IO2, ICFC11, ICFC12, &
       &   IHCFC22, ICCl4, INO2, GasName, GasLowerCaseName, NMaxGases
    use radiation_cloud,          only : cloud_type
    use radiation_aerosol,        only : aerosol_type
    use easy_netcdf,              only : netcdf_file
    
    implicit none

    type(netcdf_file),         intent(in)    :: file
    type(config_type),         intent(in)    :: config
    type(driver_config_type),  intent(in)    :: driver_config
    type(single_level_type),   intent(inout) :: single_level
    type(thermodynamics_type), intent(inout) :: thermodynamics
    type(gas_type),            intent(inout) :: gas
    type(cloud_type),  target, intent(inout) :: cloud
    type(aerosol_type),        intent(inout) :: aerosol

    ! Number of columns and levels of input data
    integer, intent(out) :: ncol, nlev

    integer :: ngases             ! Num of gases with concs described in 2D
    integer :: nwellmixedgases    ! Num of globally well-mixed gases

    ! Mixing ratio of gases described in 2D (ncol,nlev); this is
    ! volume mixing ratio (m3/m3) except for water vapour and ozone
    ! for which it is mass mixing ratio (kg/kg)
    real(jprb), allocatable, dimension(:,:) :: gas_mr

    ! Volume mixing ratio (m3/m3) of globally well-mixed gases
    real(jprb)                              :: well_mixed_gas_vmr

    ! Name of gas concentration variable in the file
    character(40)               :: gas_var_name

    ! Cloud overlap decorrelation length (m)
    real(jprb), parameter :: decorr_length_default = 2000.0_jprb

    ! General property to be read and then modified before used in an
    ! ecRad structure
    real(jprb), allocatable, dimension(:,:) :: prop_2d

    integer :: jgas               ! Loop index for reading gases
    integer :: irank              ! Dimensions of gas data

    ! Can we scale cloud size using namelist parameters?  No if the
    ! cloud size came from namelist parameters in the first place, yes
    ! if it came from the NetCDF file in the first place
    logical :: is_cloud_size_scalable

    ! The following calls read in the data, allocating memory for 1D and
    ! 2D arrays.  The program will stop if any variables are not found.
    
    ! Pressure and temperature (SI units) are on half-levels, i.e. of
    ! length (ncol,nlev+1)
    call file%get('pressure_hl',   thermodynamics%pressure_hl)
    call file%get('temperature_hl',thermodynamics%temperature_hl)

    ! Extract array dimensions
    ncol = size(thermodynamics%pressure_hl,1)
    nlev = size(thermodynamics%pressure_hl,2)-1

    if (driver_config%solar_irradiance_override > 0.0_jprb) then
      ! Optional override of solar irradiance
      single_level%solar_irradiance = driver_config%solar_irradiance_override
      if (driver_config%iverbose >= 2) then
        write(nulout,'(a,f10.1)')  '  Overriding solar irradiance with ', &
             &  driver_config%solar_irradiance_override
      end if
    else if (file%exists('solar_irradiance')) then
      call file%get('solar_irradiance', single_level%solar_irradiance)
    else
      single_level%solar_irradiance = 1366.0_jprb
      if (driver_config%iverbose >= 1 .and. config%do_sw) then
        write(nulout,'(a,g10.3,a)') 'Warning: solar irradiance set to ', &
             &  single_level%solar_irradiance, ' W m-2'
        end if
    end if

    ! Configure the amplitude of the spectral variations in solar
    ! output associated with the 11-year solar cycle: +1.0 means solar
    ! maximum, -1.0 means solar minimum, 0.0 means use the mean solar
    ! spectrum.
    if (driver_config%solar_cycle_multiplier_override > -1.0e6_jprb) then
      single_level%spectral_solar_cycle_multiplier &
           &  = driver_config%solar_cycle_multiplier_override
      if (driver_config%iverbose >= 2) then
        write(nulout,'(a,f10.1)')  '  Overriding solar spectral multiplier with ', &
             &  driver_config%solar_cycle_multiplier_override
      end if
    else if (file%exists('solar_spectral_multiplier')) then
      call file%get('spectral_solar_cycle_multiplier', single_level%spectral_solar_cycle_multiplier)
    else
      single_level%spectral_solar_cycle_multiplier = 0.0_jprb
    end if
    
    if (driver_config%cos_sza_override >= 0.0_jprb) then
      ! Optional override of cosine of solar zenith angle
      allocate(single_level%cos_sza(ncol))
      single_level%cos_sza = driver_config%cos_sza_override
      if (driver_config%iverbose >= 2) then
        write(nulout,'(a,g10.3)') '  Overriding cosine of the solar zenith angle with ', &
             &  driver_config%cos_sza_override
      end if
    else if (file%exists('cos_solar_zenith_angle')) then
      ! Single-level variables, all with dimensions (ncol)
      call file%get('cos_solar_zenith_angle',single_level%cos_sza)
    else if (.not. config%do_sw) then
      ! If cos_solar_zenith_angle not present and shortwave radiation
      ! not to be performed, we create an array of zeros as some gas
      ! optics schemes still need to be run in the shortwave
      allocate(single_level%cos_sza(ncol))
      single_level%cos_sza = 0.0_jprb
    else
      write(nulout,'(a,a)') '*** Error: cos_solar_zenith_angle not provided'
      stop
    end if

    if (config%do_clouds) then

      ! --------------------------------------------------------
      ! Read cloud properties needed by most solvers
      ! --------------------------------------------------------

      ! Read cloud descriptors with dimensions (ncol, nlev)
      call file%get('cloud_fraction',cloud%fraction)

      ! Fractional standard deviation of in-cloud water content
      if (file%exists('fractional_std')) then
        call file%get('fractional_std', cloud%fractional_std)
      end if
      
      ! Cloud water content and effective radius may be provided
      ! generically, in which case they have dimensions (ncol, nlev,
      ! ntype)
      if (file%exists('q_hydrometeor')) then
        call file%get('q_hydrometeor',  cloud%mixing_ratio, ipermute=[2,1,3])     ! kg/kg
        call file%get('re_hydrometeor', cloud%effective_radius, ipermute=[2,1,3]) ! m
      else
        ! Ice and liquid properties provided in separate arrays
        allocate(cloud%mixing_ratio(ncol,nlev,2))
        allocate(cloud%effective_radius(ncol,nlev,2))
        call file%get('q_liquid', prop_2d)   ! kg/kg
        cloud%mixing_ratio(:,:,1) = prop_2d
        call file%get('q_ice', prop_2d)   ! kg/kg
        cloud%mixing_ratio(:,:,2) = prop_2d
        call file%get('re_liquid', prop_2d)   ! m
        cloud%effective_radius(:,:,1) = prop_2d
        call file%get('re_ice', prop_2d)   ! m
        cloud%effective_radius(:,:,2) = prop_2d
      end if
      ! For backwards compatibility, associate pointers for liquid and
      ! ice to the first and second slices of cloud%mixing_ratio and
      ! cloud%effective_radius
      cloud%q_liq  => cloud%mixing_ratio(:,:,1)
      cloud%q_ice  => cloud%mixing_ratio(:,:,2)
      cloud%re_liq => cloud%effective_radius(:,:,1)
      cloud%re_ice => cloud%effective_radius(:,:,2)
      cloud%ntype = size(cloud%mixing_ratio,3)

      ! Simple initialization of the seeds for the Monte Carlo scheme
      call single_level%init_seed_simple(1,ncol)
      ! Overwrite with user-specified values if available
      if (file%exists('iseed')) then
        call file%get('iseed', single_level%iseed)
      end if

      ! Cloud overlap parameter
      if (file%exists('overlap_param')) then
        call file%get('overlap_param', cloud%overlap_param)
      end if

      ! Optional scaling of liquid water mixing ratio
      if (driver_config%q_liq_scaling >= 0.0_jprb &
           &  .and. driver_config%q_liq_scaling /= 1.0_jprb) then
        cloud%q_liq = cloud%q_liq * driver_config%q_liq_scaling
        if (driver_config%iverbose >= 2) then
          write(nulout,'(a,g10.3)')  '  Scaling liquid water mixing ratio by a factor of ', &
               &  driver_config%q_liq_scaling
        end if
      end if

      ! Optional scaling of ice water mixing ratio
      if (driver_config%q_ice_scaling >= 0.0_jprb .and. driver_config%q_ice_scaling /= 1.0_jprb) then
        cloud%q_ice = cloud%q_ice * driver_config%q_ice_scaling
        if (driver_config%iverbose >= 2) then
          write(nulout,'(a,g10.3)')  '  Scaling ice water mixing ratio by a factor of ', &
               &  driver_config%q_ice_scaling
        end if
      end if

      ! Optional scaling of cloud fraction
      if (driver_config%cloud_fraction_scaling >= 0.0_jprb &
           &  .and. driver_config%cloud_fraction_scaling /= 1.0_jprb) then
        cloud%fraction = cloud%fraction * driver_config%cloud_fraction_scaling
        if (driver_config%iverbose >= 2) then
          write(nulout,'(a,g10.3)')  '  Scaling cloud_fraction by a factor of ', &
               &  driver_config%cloud_fraction_scaling
        end if
      end if

      ! Cloud overlap is currently treated by an overlap decorrelation
      ! length (m) that is constant everywhere, and specified in one
      ! of the namelists
      if (driver_config%overlap_decorr_length_override > 0.0_jprb) then
        ! Convert overlap decorrelation length to overlap parameter between
        ! adjacent layers, stored in cloud%overlap_param
        call cloud%set_overlap_param(thermodynamics, &
             &    driver_config%overlap_decorr_length_override)
      else if (.not. allocated(cloud%overlap_param)) then 
        if (driver_config%iverbose >= 1) then
          write(nulout,'(a,g10.3,a)') 'Warning: overlap decorrelation length set to ', &
               &  decorr_length_default, ' m'
        end if
        call cloud%set_overlap_param(thermodynamics, decorr_length_default)
      else if (driver_config%overlap_decorr_length_scaling > 0.0_jprb) then
        ! Scale the overlap decorrelation length by taking the overlap
        ! parameter to a power
        !    where (cloud%overlap_param > 0.99_jprb) cloud%overlap_param = 0.99_jprb
        
        where (cloud%overlap_param > 0.0_jprb) 
          cloud%overlap_param = cloud%overlap_param**(1.0_jprb &
               &                             / driver_config%overlap_decorr_length_scaling)
        end where
        
        if (driver_config%iverbose >= 2) then
          write(nulout,'(a,g10.3)')  '  Scaling overlap decorrelation length by a factor of ', &
               &  driver_config%overlap_decorr_length_scaling
        end if
      else if (driver_config%overlap_decorr_length_scaling == 0.0_jprb) then
        cloud%overlap_param = 0.0_jprb
        if (driver_config%iverbose >= 2) then
          write(nulout,'(a)')  '  Setting overlap decorrelation length to zero (random overlap)'
        end if
      end if
      
      ! Cloud inhomogeneity is specified by the fractional standard
      ! deviation of cloud water content, that is currently constant
      ! everywhere (and the same for water and ice). The following copies
      ! this constant into the cloud%fractional_std array.
      if (driver_config%fractional_std_override >= 0.0_jprb) then
        if (driver_config%iverbose >= 2) then
          write(nulout,'(a,g10.3,a)') '  Overriding cloud fractional standard deviation with ', &
               &  driver_config%fractional_std_override
        end if
        call cloud%create_fractional_std(ncol, nlev, &
             &  driver_config%fractional_std_override)
      else if (.not. allocated(cloud%fractional_std)) then
        call cloud%create_fractional_std(ncol, nlev, 0.0_jprb)
        if (driver_config%iverbose >= 1) then
          write(nulout,'(a)') 'Warning: cloud optical depth fractional standard deviation set to zero'
        end if
      end if

      ! --------------------------------------------------------
      ! Read cloud properties needed by SPARTACUS
      ! --------------------------------------------------------

      if (config%i_solver_sw == ISolverSPARTACUS &
           &  .or.   config%i_solver_lw == ISolverSPARTACUS) then

        ! 3D radiative effects are governed by the length of cloud
        ! edge per area of gridbox, which is characterized by the
        ! inverse of the cloud effective size (m-1). Order of
        ! precedence: (1) effective size namelist overrides, (2)
        ! separation namelist overrides, (3) inv_cloud_effective_size
        ! present in NetCDF, (4) inv_cloud_effective_separation
        ! present in NetCDF. Only in the latter two cases may the
        ! effective size be scaled by the namelist variable
        ! "effective_size_scaling".

        is_cloud_size_scalable = .false. ! Default for cases (1) and (2)

        if (driver_config%low_inv_effective_size_override >= 0.0_jprb &
             &  .or. driver_config%middle_inv_effective_size_override >= 0.0_jprb &
             &  .or. driver_config%high_inv_effective_size_override >= 0.0_jprb) then
          ! (1) Cloud effective size specified in namelist

          ! First check all three ranges provided
          if (driver_config%low_inv_effective_size_override < 0.0_jprb &
             &  .or. driver_config%middle_inv_effective_size_override < 0.0_jprb &
             &  .or. driver_config%high_inv_effective_size_override < 0.0_jprb) then
            write(nulout,'(a,a)') '*** Error: if one of [low|middle|high]_inv_effective_size_override', &
                 & ' is provided then all must be'
            stop
          end if
          if (driver_config%iverbose >= 2) then
            write(nulout,'(a,g10.3,a)') '  Overriding inverse cloud effective size with:'
            write(nulout,'(a,g10.3,a)') '    ', driver_config%low_inv_effective_size_override, &
                 &       ' m-1 (low clouds)'
            write(nulout,'(a,g10.3,a)') '    ', driver_config%middle_inv_effective_size_override, &
                 &       ' m-1 (mid-level clouds)'
            write(nulout,'(a,g10.3,a)') '    ', driver_config%high_inv_effective_size_override, &
                 &       ' m-1 (high clouds)'
          end if
          call cloud%create_inv_cloud_effective_size_eta(ncol, nlev, &
               &  thermodynamics%pressure_hl, &
               &  driver_config%low_inv_effective_size_override, &
               &  driver_config%middle_inv_effective_size_override, &
               &  driver_config%high_inv_effective_size_override, 0.8_jprb, 0.45_jprb)

        else if (driver_config%cloud_separation_scale_surface > 0.0_jprb &
             &  .and. driver_config%cloud_separation_scale_toa > 0.0_jprb) then
          ! (2) Cloud separation scale provided in namelist

          if (driver_config%iverbose >= 2) then
            write(nulout,'(a)') '  Effective cloud separation parameterized versus eta:'
            write(nulout,'(a,f8.1,a)') '    ', &
                 &  driver_config%cloud_separation_scale_surface, ' m at the surface'
            write(nulout,'(a,f8.1,a)') '    ', &
                 &  driver_config%cloud_separation_scale_toa, ' m at top-of-atmosphere'
            write(nulout,'(a,f6.2)') '     Eta power is', &
                 &  driver_config%cloud_separation_scale_power
            write(nulout,'(a,f6.2)') '     Inhomogeneity separation scaling is', &
                 &  driver_config%cloud_inhom_separation_factor
          end if
          call cloud%param_cloud_effective_separation_eta(ncol, nlev, &
               &  thermodynamics%pressure_hl, &
               &  driver_config%cloud_separation_scale_surface, &
               &  driver_config%cloud_separation_scale_toa, &
               &  driver_config%cloud_separation_scale_power, &
               &  driver_config%cloud_inhom_separation_factor)
          
        else if (file%exists('inv_cloud_effective_size')) then
          ! (3) NetCDF file contains cloud effective size

          is_cloud_size_scalable = .true.

          call file%get('inv_cloud_effective_size', cloud%inv_cloud_effective_size)
          ! For finer control we can specify the effective size for
          ! in-cloud inhomogeneities as well
          if (file%exists('inv_inhom_effective_size')) then
            if (.not. driver_config%do_ignore_inhom_effective_size) then
              call file%get('inv_inhom_effective_size', cloud%inv_inhom_effective_size)
            else
              if (driver_config%iverbose >= 1) then
                write(nulout,'(a)') 'Ignoring inv_inhom_effective_size so treated as equal to inv_cloud_effective_size'
                write(nulout,'(a)') 'Warning: ...this is unlikely to be accurate for cloud fraction near one'
              end if
            end if
          else
            if (driver_config%iverbose >= 1) then
              write(nulout,'(a)') 'Warning: inv_inhom_effective_size not set so treated as equal to inv_cloud_effective_size'
              write(nulout,'(a)') 'Warning: ...this is unlikely to be accurate for cloud fraction near one'
            end if
          end if
          
        else if (file%exists('inv_cloud_effective_separation')) then
          ! (4) Alternative way to specify cloud scale

          is_cloud_size_scalable = .true.
          
          call file%get('inv_cloud_effective_separation', prop_2d)
          allocate(cloud%inv_cloud_effective_size(ncol,nlev))
          allocate(cloud%inv_inhom_effective_size(ncol,nlev))
          where (cloud%fraction > config%cloud_fraction_threshold &
               &  .and. cloud%fraction < 1.0_jprb - config%cloud_fraction_threshold)
            ! Convert effective cloud separation to effective cloud
            ! size, noting divisions rather than multiplications
            ! because we're working in terms of inverse sizes
            cloud%inv_cloud_effective_size = prop_2d / sqrt(cloud%fraction*(1.0_jprb-cloud%fraction))
          elsewhere
            cloud%inv_cloud_effective_size = 0.0_jprb
          end where
          if (file%exists('inv_inhom_effective_separation')) then
            if (driver_config%iverbose >= 2) then
              write(nulout,'(a)') '  Effective size of clouds and their inhomogeneities being computed from input'
              write(nulout,'(a)') '  ...variables inv_cloud_effective_separation and inv_inhom_effective_separation'
            end if
            call file%get('inv_inhom_effective_separation', prop_2d)
            where (cloud%fraction > config%cloud_fraction_threshold)
              ! Convert effective separation of cloud inhomogeneities
              ! to effective size of cloud inhomogeneities, assuming
              ! here that the Tripleclouds treatment of cloud
              ! inhomogeneity will divide the cloudy part of the area
              ! into regions of equal area
              cloud%inv_inhom_effective_size = prop_2d &
                   &  / sqrt(0.5_jprb*cloud%fraction * (1.0_jprb-0.5_jprb*cloud%fraction))
            elsewhere
              cloud%inv_inhom_effective_size = 0.0_jprb
            end where
          else
            ! Assume that the effective separation of cloud
            ! inhomogeneities is equal to that of clouds but
            ! multiplied by a constant provided by the user; note that
            ! prop_2d at this point contains
            ! inv_cloud_effective_separation
            if (driver_config%iverbose >= 2) then
              write(nulout,'(a)') '  Effective size of clouds being computed from inv_cloud_effective_separation'
              write(nulout,'(a,f6.2,a)') '  ...and multiplied by ', driver_config%cloud_inhom_separation_factor, &
                   &  ' to get effective size of inhomogeneities'
            end if
            where (cloud%fraction > config%cloud_fraction_threshold)
              ! Note divisions rather than multiplications because
              ! we're working in terms of inverse sizes
              cloud%inv_inhom_effective_size = (1.0_jprb / driver_config%cloud_inhom_separation_factor) * prop_2d &
                   &  / sqrt(0.5_jprb*cloud%fraction * (1.0_jprb-0.5_jprb*cloud%fraction))
            elsewhere
              cloud%inv_inhom_effective_size = 0.0_jprb
            end where
          end if ! exists inv_inhom_effective_separation
          deallocate(prop_2d)
          
        else

          write(nulout,'(a)') '*** Error: SPARTACUS solver specified but cloud size not, either in namelist or input file'
          stop

        end if ! Select method of specifying cloud effective size
        
        ! In cases (3) and (4) above the effective size obtained from
        ! the NetCDF may be scaled by a namelist variable
        if (is_cloud_size_scalable .and. driver_config%effective_size_scaling > 0.0_jprb) then
          ! Scale cloud effective size
          cloud%inv_cloud_effective_size = cloud%inv_cloud_effective_size &
               &                         / driver_config%effective_size_scaling
          if (allocated(cloud%inv_inhom_effective_size)) then
            if (driver_config%iverbose >= 2) then
              write(nulout, '(a,g10.3)') '  Scaling effective size of clouds and their inhomogeneities with ', &
                   &                           driver_config%effective_size_scaling
            end if
            cloud%inv_inhom_effective_size = cloud%inv_inhom_effective_size &
                 &                         / driver_config%effective_size_scaling
          else
            if (driver_config%iverbose >= 2) then
              write(nulout, '(a,g10.3)') '  Scaling cloud effective size with ', &
                   &                           driver_config%effective_size_scaling
            end if
          end if
        end if

      end if ! Using SPARTACUS solver

    end if ! do_cloud

    ! --------------------------------------------------------
    ! Read surface properties
    ! --------------------------------------------------------

    single_level%is_simple_surface = .true.

    ! Single-level variable with dimensions (ncol)
    if (file%exists('skin_temperature')) then
      call file%get('skin_temperature',single_level%skin_temperature) ! K
    else
      allocate(single_level%skin_temperature(ncol))
      single_level%skin_temperature(1:ncol) = thermodynamics%temperature_hl(1:ncol,nlev+1)
      if (driver_config%iverbose >= 1 .and. config%do_lw &
           &  .and. driver_config%skin_temperature_override < 0.0_jprb) then 
        write(nulout,'(a)') 'Warning: skin temperature set equal to lowest air temperature'
      end if
    end if
    
    if (driver_config%sw_albedo_override >= 0.0_jprb) then
      ! Optional override of shortwave albedo
      allocate(single_level%sw_albedo(ncol,1))
      single_level%sw_albedo = driver_config%sw_albedo_override
      if (driver_config%iverbose >= 2) then
        write(nulout,'(a,g10.3)') '  Overriding shortwave albedo with ', &
             &  driver_config%sw_albedo_override
      end if
      !if (allocated(single_level%sw_albedo_direct)) then
      !  single_level%sw_albedo_direct = driver_config%sw_albedo_override
      !end if
    else
      ! Shortwave albedo is stored with dimensions (ncol,nalbedobands)
      if (file%get_rank('sw_albedo') == 1) then
        ! ...but if in the NetCDF file it has only dimension (ncol), in
        ! order that nalbedobands is correctly set to 1, we need to turn
        ! off transposition
        call file%get('sw_albedo',    single_level%sw_albedo, do_transp=.false.)
        if (file%exists('sw_albedo_direct')) then
          call file%get('sw_albedo_direct', single_level%sw_albedo_direct, do_transp=.false.)
        end if
      else
        call file%get('sw_albedo',    single_level%sw_albedo, do_transp=.true.)
        if (file%exists('sw_albedo_direct')) then
          call file%get('sw_albedo_direct', single_level%sw_albedo_direct, do_transp=.true.)
        end if
      end if
    end if
    
    ! Longwave emissivity
    if (driver_config%lw_emissivity_override >= 0.0_jprb) then
      ! Optional override of longwave emissivity
      allocate(single_level%lw_emissivity(ncol,1))
      single_level%lw_emissivity = driver_config%lw_emissivity_override
      if (driver_config%iverbose >= 2) then
        write(nulout,'(a,g10.3)')  '  Overriding longwave emissivity with ', &
             &  driver_config%lw_emissivity_override
      end if
    else
      if (file%get_rank('lw_emissivity') == 1) then
        call file%get('lw_emissivity',single_level%lw_emissivity, do_transp=.false.)
      else
        call file%get('lw_emissivity',single_level%lw_emissivity, do_transp=.true.)
      end if
    end if
  
    ! Optional override of skin temperature
    if (driver_config%skin_temperature_override >= 0.0_jprb) then
      single_level%skin_temperature = driver_config%skin_temperature_override
      if (driver_config%iverbose >= 2) then
        write(nulout,'(a,g10.3)') '  Overriding skin_temperature with ', &
             &  driver_config%skin_temperature_override
      end if
    end if
    
    ! --------------------------------------------------------
    ! Read aerosol and gas concentrations
    ! --------------------------------------------------------

    if (config%use_aerosols) then
      ! Load aerosol data
      call file%get('aerosol_mmr', aerosol%mixing_ratio, ipermute=[2,3,1]);
      ! Store aerosol level bounds
      aerosol%istartlev = lbound(aerosol%mixing_ratio, 2)
      aerosol%iendlev   = ubound(aerosol%mixing_ratio, 2)
    end if

    ! Load in gas volume mixing ratios, which can be either 2D arrays
    ! (varying with height and column) or 0D scalars (constant volume
    ! mixing ratio everywhere).
    ngases          = 0 ! Gases with varying mixing ratio
    nwellmixedgases = 0 ! Gases with constant mixing ratio

    ! Water vapour and ozone are always in terms of mass mixing ratio
    ! (kg/kg) and always 2D arrays with dimensions (ncol,nlev), unlike
    ! other gases (see below)

    call gas%allocate(ncol, nlev)

    ! Loop through all radiatively important gases
    do jgas = 1,NMaxGases
      if (jgas == IH2O) then
        if (file%exists('q')) then
          call file%get('q', gas_mr)
          call gas%put(IH2O, IMassMixingRatio, gas_mr)
        else if (file%exists('h2o_mmr')) then
          call file%get('h2o_mmr', gas_mr)
          call gas%put(IH2O, IMassMixingRatio, gas_mr)
        else
          call file%get('h2o' // trim(driver_config%vmr_suffix_str), gas_mr);
          call gas%put(IH2O, IVolumeMixingRatio, gas_mr)
        end if
      else if (jgas == IO3) then
        if (file%exists('o3_mmr')) then
          call file%get('o3_mmr', gas_mr)
          call gas%put(IO3, IMassMixingRatio, gas_mr)
        else
          call file%get('o3' // trim(driver_config%vmr_suffix_str), gas_mr)
          call gas%put(IO3, IVolumeMixingRatio, gas_mr)
        end if
      else
        ! Find number of dimensions of the variable holding gas "jgas" in
        ! the input file, where the following function returns -1 if the
        ! gas is not found
        gas_var_name = trim(GasLowerCaseName(jgas)) // trim(driver_config%vmr_suffix_str)
        irank = file%get_rank(trim(gas_var_name))
        ! Note that if the gas is not present then a warning will have
        ! been issued, and irank will be returned as -1
        if (irank == 0) then
          ! Store this as a well-mixed gas
          call file%get(trim(gas_var_name), well_mixed_gas_vmr)
          call gas%put_well_mixed(jgas, IVolumeMixingRatio, well_mixed_gas_vmr)
        else if (irank == 2) then
          call file%get(trim(gas_var_name), gas_mr)
          call gas%put(jgas, IVolumeMixingRatio, gas_mr)
        else if (irank > 0) then
          write(nulout,'(a,a,a)')  '***  Error: ', trim(gas_var_name), ' does not have 0 or 2 dimensions'
          stop
        end if
      end if
      if (allocated(gas_mr)) deallocate(gas_mr)
    end do

    ! Scale gas concentrations if needed
    call gas%scale(IH2O,    driver_config%h2o_scaling,    driver_config%iverbose >= 2)
    call gas%scale(ICO2,    driver_config%co2_scaling,    driver_config%iverbose >= 2)
    call gas%scale(IO3,     driver_config%o3_scaling,     driver_config%iverbose >= 2)
    call gas%scale(IN2O,    driver_config%n2o_scaling,    driver_config%iverbose >= 2)
    call gas%scale(ICO,     driver_config%co_scaling,     driver_config%iverbose >= 2)
    call gas%scale(ICH4,    driver_config%ch4_scaling,    driver_config%iverbose >= 2)
    call gas%scale(IO2,     driver_config%o2_scaling,     driver_config%iverbose >= 2)
    call gas%scale(ICFC11,  driver_config%cfc11_scaling,  driver_config%iverbose >= 2)
    call gas%scale(ICFC12,  driver_config%cfc12_scaling,  driver_config%iverbose >= 2)
    call gas%scale(IHCFC22, driver_config%hcfc22_scaling, driver_config%iverbose >= 2)
    call gas%scale(ICCL4,   driver_config%ccl4_scaling,   driver_config%iverbose >= 2)
    call gas%scale(INO2,    driver_config%no2_scaling,    driver_config%iverbose >= 2)

  end subroutine read_input

end module ecrad_driver_read_input