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-#modified version of baroclinic_c12_dp.yaml
-stencil_config:
-  compilation_config:
-    backend: numpy
-    rebuild: false
-    validate_args: true
-    format_source: false
-    device_sync: false
-grid_config:
-  type: generated
-  config:
-    grid_type: 4
-    dx_const: 3000.0
-    dy_const: 3000.0
-    deglat: 10.0
-    eta_file: './input/eta_not_mono.txt'
-initialization:
-  type: analytic
-  config:
-    case: baroclinic
-performance_config:
-  collect_performance: true
-  experiment_name: c12_baroclinic
-nx_tile: 12
-nz: 79
-dt_atmos: 225
-minutes: 15
-layout:
-  - 1
-  - 1
-diagnostics_config:
-  path: output
-  output_format: netcdf
-  names:
-    - u
-    - v
-    - ua
-    - va
-    - pt
-    - delp
-    - qvapor
-    - qliquid
-    - qice
-    - qrain
-    - qsnow
-    - qgraupel
-  z_select:
-    - level: 65
-      names:
-        - pt
-dycore_config:
-  a_imp: 1.0
-  beta: 0.
-  consv_te: 0.
-  d2_bg: 0.
-  d2_bg_k1: 0.2
-  d2_bg_k2: 0.1
-  d4_bg: 0.15
-  d_con: 1.0
-  d_ext: 0.0
-  dddmp: 0.5
-  delt_max: 0.002
-  do_sat_adj: true
-  do_vort_damp: true
-  fill: true
-  hord_dp: 6
-  hord_mt: 6
-  hord_tm: 6
-  hord_tr: 8
-  hord_vt: 6
-  hydrostatic: false
-  k_split: 1
-  ke_bg: 0.
-  kord_mt: 9
-  kord_tm: -9
-  kord_tr: 9
-  kord_wz: 9
-  n_split: 1
-  nord: 3
-  nwat: 6
-  p_fac: 0.05
-  rf_cutoff: 3000.
-  rf_fast: true
-  tau: 10.
-  vtdm4: 0.06
-  z_tracer: true
-  do_qa: true
-  tau_i2s: 1000.
-  tau_g2v: 1200.
-  ql_gen: 0.001
-  ql_mlt: 0.002
-  qs_mlt: 0.000001
-  qi_lim: 1.0
-  dw_ocean: 0.1
-  dw_land: 0.15
-  icloud_f: 0
-  tau_l2v: 300.
-  tau_v2l: 90.
-  fv_sg_adj: 0
-  n_sponge: 48
-  u_max: 355.0
-
-physics_config:
-  hydrostatic: false
-  nwat: 6
-  do_qa: true