Configuration files

CIME is controlled by several XML-format configuration files.

If the file starts with "config", those are read-only definitions of XML variables. XML files that start with "env" are created for each case and can be changed in the course of working with a case.

In cime/cime_config:

config_headers.xml - Banners that are placed at the beginning of the case "env" files. This file is shared between all models that use CIME.

In cime/cime_config/"MODEL". The content of these files can be different for each model.

config_files.xml This is a mapping of the location of the various config_ xml files used in CIME.

config_grids.xml This file describes the grids and combinations of grids supported by CIME for each component.

config_archive.xml This file defines the model output that should be archived after a model run has completed.