[hwsd2-wrf] ERROR: Error in ext_pkg_write_field

[SurAurora]

Hi jobonaf,

I hope you're doing well. My name is Aurora, and I'm using your data from the hwsd2-wrf repository. I wanted to thank you for sharing this project.

However, I'm having some trouble understanding how to convert the TIFF files to WPS binary data. In particular, I am using the following command:

SoilType_i1 $ convert_geotiff -c 16 -b 3 -w 2 /the-path/SoilType_depth000to030cm_i1.tif

This process seems to finish successfully, creating many files with names like "00601-00700.00501-00600" along with an "index" file. Here is the content of the index file:

projection = regular_ll
known_x = 1
known_y = 504
known_lat = -31.691668
known_lon = -71.283333
dx = 8.332824e-03
dy = 8.332443e-03
type = categorical
signed = yes
units = "NO UNITS"
description = "NO DESCRIPTION"
wordsize = 2
tile_x = 100
tile_y = 100
tile_z = 1
category_min = 1
category_max = 17
tile_bdr = 3
missing_value = 17.000000
scale_factor = 1.000000
row_order = bottom_top
endian = little

I modified the GEOGRID.TBL to point to this directory and updated the 'geog_data_res' field in the namelist.wps to use this data option. However, when running geogrid, it doesn't finish successfully and exits with the following error:

ERROR: Error in ext_pkg_write_field

I suspect I might be using the convert_geotiff command incorrectly, and I was hoping you could help me figure out what's going wrong. Below is my namelist.wps file:

&share
wrf_core = 'ARW'
max_dom = 1
start_date = '2024-08-00_03:00:00'
end_date = '2024-08-00_18:00:00'
interval_seconds = 21600
io_form_geogrid = 2
debug_level = 0
/

&geogrid
parent_id = 1
parent_grid_ratio = 1
i_parent_start = 1
j_parent_start = 1
e_we = 32
e_sn = 28
geog_data_res = 'CLsoil'
dx = 5000
dy = 5000
map_proj = 'lambert'
ref_lat = -33.652
ref_lon = -69.399
truelat1 = -33.720
truelat2 = -33.720
pole_lat = 90
pole_lon = 0
stand_lon = -69.291
geog_data_path = '/home/proyecto_mma/DATA/ARCHIVOS_MMA/WRF/geog/'
opt_geogrid_tbl_path = './geogrid/'
/

&ungrib
out_format = 'WPS'
prefix = 'FILE'
/

&metgrid
fg_name = 'FILE'
io_form_metgrid = 2
opt_metgrid_tbl_path = './metgrid'
/
Additionally, here is a portion of my GEOGRID.TBL:

name=SOILCTOP
priority=1
dest_type=categorical
z_dim_name=soil_cat
dominant=SCT_DOM
interp_option = CLsoil:nearest_neighbor
rel_path= CLsoil:SoilType_i1/

Any advice or guidance on how to resolve this issue would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your time and help.

Best regards,
Aurora