return empty array instead of None type to prevent error

config.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ## Documentation @ https://imi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting-started/imi-config-file.html
 
 ## General
-RunName: "Test_Permian_1week"
+RunName: "Test_Permian_1week_true"
 isAWS: true
 UseSlurm: true
 SafeMode: true
@@ -84,18 +84,18 @@ Met: "geosfp"
 ## Setup modules
 ##   Turn on/off different steps in setting up the inversion 
 SetupTemplateRundir: true
-SetupSpinupRun: false
-SetupJacobianRuns: false
-SetupInversion: false
-SetupPosteriorRun: false
+SetupSpinupRun: true
+SetupJacobianRuns: true
+SetupInversion: true
+SetupPosteriorRun: true
 
 ## Run modules
 ##   Turn on/off different steps in performing the inversion
 RunSetup: true
-DoSpinup: false
-DoJacobian: false
-DoInversion: false
-DoPosterior: false
+DoSpinup: true
+DoJacobian: true
+DoInversion: true
+DoPosterior: true
 
 ## IMI preview
 DoPreview: true

src/components/template_component/template.sh

@@ -109,8 +109,9 @@ setup_template() {
 
     # Modify HISTORY.rc
     sed -i -e "s:'CH4':#'CH4':g" \
-           -e "s:'Metrics:#'Metrics:g" HISTORY.rc
-
+           -e "s:'Metrics:#'Metrics:g" \
+           -e "s:'StateMet:#'StateMet:g" HISTORY.rc
+
     # If turned on, save out hourly CH4 concentrations to daily files
     if "$HourlyCH4"; then
         sed -i -e 's/SpeciesConc.frequency:      00000100 000000/SpeciesConc.frequency:      00000000 010000/g' \

src/inversion_scripts/point_sources.py

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def SRON_plumes(config):
     startDate = datetime.datetime.strptime(str(config["StartDate"]), "%Y%m%d")
     endDate = datetime.datetime.strptime(str(config["EndDate"]), "%Y%m%d")
     if endDate.year < 2023:  # SRON plumes are only available beginning in 2023
-        return None
+        return []
     custom_vectorfile = not config["CreateAutomaticRectilinearStateVectorFile"]
     LatMax = config["LatMax"]
     LatMin = config["LatMin"]