subroutine interpolateH2CH4(wn,temp,presH2,presCH4,abcoef,firstcall,ind)

  !==================================================================
  !     
  !     Purpose
  !     -------
  !     Calculates the H2-CH4 CIA opacity, using a lookup table from
  !     HITRAN (2011)
  !
  !     Authors
  !     -------
  !     R. Wordsworth (2011)
  !     
  !==================================================================

  use callkeys_mod, only: H2orthopara_mixture, strictboundcia
  use datafile_mod, only: datadir
  use mod_phys_lmdz_para, only : is_master

  implicit none

  ! input
  double precision wn                 ! wavenumber             (cm^-1)
  double precision temp               ! temperature            (Kelvin)
  double precision presCH4            ! CH4 partial pressure    (Pascals)
  double precision presH2             ! H2 partial pressure    (Pascals)

  ! output
  double precision abcoef             ! absorption coefficient (m^-1)

  integer nS,nT
  parameter(nS=1974)
  parameter(nT=10)

  double precision, parameter :: losch = 2.6867774e19
  ! Loschmit's number (molecule cm^-3 at STP) 
  ! converts cm^5 molecule^-2 --> cm^-1 amagat^-2
  ! see Richard et al. 2011, JQSRT for details

  double precision amagatCH4
  double precision amagatH2
  double precision wn_arr(nS)
  double precision temp_arr(nT)
  double precision abs_arr(nS,nT)

  integer k,iT
  logical firstcall

  save wn_arr, temp_arr, abs_arr !read by master

  character*100 dt_file
  integer strlen,ios

  character(LEN=*), parameter :: fmat1 = "(A20,F10.3,F10.3,I7,F7.1,E10.3,F5.3)"

  character*20 bleh
  double precision blah, Ttemp, ztemp
  integer nres
  integer ind

  ztemp=temp
  if(ztemp.gt.400)then
    if (strictboundcia) then
      if (is_master) then
        print*,'Your temperatures are too high for this H2-CH4 CIA dataset.'
        print*,'Please run mixed H2-CH4 atmospheres below T = 400 K.'      
      endif
      stop
    else
      !if (is_master) then
      !  print*,'Your temperatures are too high for this H2-CH4 CIA dataset'
      !  print*,'you have chosen strictboundcia = ', strictboundcia
      !  print*,'*********************************************************'
      !  print*,' we allow model to continue but with temp = 400          '
      !  print*,'  ...       for H2-CH4 CIA dataset         ...           '
      !  print*,'  ... we assume we know what you are doing ...           '
      !  print*,'*********************************************************'
      !endif
      ztemp = 400
    endif
  elseif(ztemp.lt.40)then
    if (strictboundcia) then
      if (is_master) then
        print*,'Your temperatures are too low for this H2-CH4 CIA dataset.'
        print*,'Please run mixed H2-CH4 atmospheres above T = 40 K.'      
      endif
      stop
    else
      !if (is_master) then
      !  print*,'Your temperatures are too low for this H2-CH4 CIA dataset'
      !  print*,'you have chosen strictboundcia = ', strictboundcia
      !  print*,'*********************************************************'
      !  print*,' we allow model to continue but with temp = 40           '
      !  print*,'  ...       for H2-CH4 CIA dataset         ...           '
      !  print*,'  ... we assume we know what you are doing ...           '
      !  print*,'*********************************************************'
      !endif
      ztemp = 40
    endif
  endif

  amagatCH4 = (273.15/temp)*(presCH4/101325.0)
  amagatH2 = (273.15/temp)*(presH2/101325.0)

  if(firstcall)then ! called by sugas_corrk only
     if (is_master) print*,'----------------------------------------------------'
     if (is_master) print*,'Initialising H2-CH4 continuum from HITRAN database...'

     !     1.1 Open the ASCII files
         if (H2orthopara_mixture.eq."normal") then
           dt_file=TRIM(datadir)//'/continuum_data/H2-CH4_norm_2011.cia'
         else if ((H2orthopara_mixture.eq."hot") .or. (H2orthopara_mixture.eq."equilibrium")) then
           dt_file=TRIM(datadir)//'/continuum_data/H2-CH4_eq_2011.cia'
         endif

!$OMP MASTER
     open(33,file=dt_file,form='formatted',status='old',iostat=ios)
     if (ios.ne.0) then        ! file not found
        if (is_master) then
          write(*,*) 'Error from interpolateH2CH4'
          write(*,*) 'Data file ',trim(dt_file),' not found.'
          write(*,*) 'Check that your path to datagcm:',trim(datadir)
          write(*,*) 'is correct. You can change it in callphys.def with:'
          write(*,*) 'datadir = /absolute/path/to/datagcm'
          write(*,*) 'Also check that the continuum data continuum_data/H2-CH4_norm_2011.cia is there.'
        endif
        call abort
     else

        do iT=1,nT

           read(33,fmat1) bleh,blah,blah,nres,Ttemp
           if(nS.ne.nres)then
              if (is_master) then
                print*,'Resolution given in file: ',trim(dt_file)
                print*,'is ',nres,', which does not match nS.'
                print*,'Please adjust nS value in interpolateH2CH4.F90'
              endif
              stop
           endif
           temp_arr(iT)=Ttemp

           do k=1,nS
              read(33,*) wn_arr(k),abs_arr(k,it)
           end do

        end do

     endif
     close(33)
!$OMP END MASTER
!$OMP BARRIER
     if (is_master) then
       print*,'interpolateH2CH4: At wavenumber ',wn,' cm^-1'
       print*,'   temperature                 ',temp,' K'
       print*,'   CH4 partial pressure        ',presCH4,' Pa'
       print*,'   and H2 partial pressure     ',presH2,' Pa'
     endif
  endif

  call bilinearbig(nS,nT,wn_arr,temp_arr,abs_arr,wn,ztemp,abcoef,ind)

!     print*,'the absorption is ',abcoef,' cm^5 molecule^-2'
!     print*,'or ',abcoef*losch**2,' cm^-1 amagat^-2'

  abcoef=abcoef*losch**2*100.0*amagatCH4*amagatH2 ! convert to m^-1

!     print*,'We have ',amagatCH4,' amagats of CH4'
!     print*,'and     ',amagatH2,' amagats of H2'
!     print*,'So the absorption is ',abcoef,' m^-1'


!  unlike for Rayleigh scattering, we do not currently weight by the BB function
!  however our bands are normally thin, so this is no big deal.


  return
end subroutine interpolateH2CH4