From 4435762e82b6e03c4d1b93fccc991708cf07dc95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raffaele Montuoro <raffaele.montuoro@noaa.gov>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 20:26:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Properly set FV3 output filetype to 'netcdf_parallel' for
 EP4A

---
 parm/config/gefs/config.efcs | 12 ++++++++----
 parm/config/gefs/config.ufs  |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/parm/config/gefs/config.efcs b/parm/config/gefs/config.efcs
index 12714592f0..0ace476c8a 100644
--- a/parm/config/gefs/config.efcs
+++ b/parm/config/gefs/config.efcs
@@ -31,8 +31,14 @@ source "${EXPDIR}/config.ufs" ${string}
 source "${EXPDIR}/config.resources" efcs
 
 # Use serial I/O for ensemble (lustre?)
-export OUTPUT_FILETYPE_ATM="netcdf"
-export OUTPUT_FILETYPE_SFC="netcdf"
+case "${PROTO:-}" in
+  EP4A)
+  ;;
+    *)
+    export OUTPUT_FILETYPE_ATM="netcdf"
+    export OUTPUT_FILETYPE_SFC="netcdf"
+  ;;
+esac
 
 # Number of enkf members per fcst job
 export NMEM_EFCSGRP=1
@@ -44,8 +50,6 @@ export WRITE_DOPOST=".true."
 # Stochastic physics parameters (only for ensemble forecasts)
 case "${PROTO:-}" in
   EP4A)
-    export OUTPUT_FILETYPE_ATM="netcdf_parallel"
-    export OUTPUT_FILETYPE_ATM="netcdf_parallel"
     export MOM6_RESTART_SETTING=n
     export IEMS_ENKF=2
     export FHCYC_ENKF=24
diff --git a/parm/config/gefs/config.ufs b/parm/config/gefs/config.ufs
index d21e4cd6d9..f4f8c5f350 100644
--- a/parm/config/gefs/config.ufs
+++ b/parm/config/gefs/config.ufs
@@ -403,6 +403,8 @@ case "${PROTO}" in
     export nthreads_mom6=1
     export ntasks_ww3=262
     export nthreads_ww3=1
+    export OUTPUT_FILETYPE_ATM="netcdf_parallel"
+    export OUTPUT_FILETYPE_SFC="netcdf_parallel"
     ;;
      *)
     ;;