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Source Code

!------------------------------------------------------------------------------
!               Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO)                !
!                    Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS)                    !
!                                 MAPL Component                              !
!------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#include "MAPL_Generic.h"
#define MPI_NULL_TAG 99

#define DEALOC_(A) if(associated(A))then;A=0;if(MAPL_ShmInitialized)then; call MAPL_DeAllocNodeArray(A,rc=STATUS);else; deallocate(A,stat=STATUS);endif;_VERIFY(STATUS);NULLIFY(A);endif

#define DEALOC2_(A) if(associated(A)) then; deallocate(A, stat=STATUS); _VERIFY(STATUS); NULLIFY(A); endif

#include "unused_dummy.H"
!
!>
!### MODULE: `MAPL_CFIOMod`
!
! Author: GMAO SI-Team
!
! The module `MAPL_CFIO` provides _Climate and Forecast_ (CF)
! compliant I/O methods for high level ESMF data types by using the
! CFIO Library. It currently includes read-write support for ESMF
! Bundles and States, and read-only support for ESMF Fields and
! Fortran arrays. The API consists of 4 basic methods:
!
!- MAPL_CFIORead
!- MAPL_CFIOCreate
!- MAPL_CFIOWrite
!- MAPL_CFIODestroy
!
module MAPL_CFIOMod
   use MAPL_ExceptionHandling

! !DESCRIPTION:
! \input{MAPL_CFIODescr.tex}
!
  use ESMF
  use MAPL_BaseMod
  use MAPL_CommsMod
  use MAPL_Constants
  use ESMF_CFIOMod
  use ESMF_CFIOUtilMod
  use ESMF_CFIOFileMod
  use MAPL_IOMod
  use ESMFL_Mod
  use MAPL_ShmemMod
  use MAPL_SortMod
  use MAPL_GridManagerMod
  use MAPL_RegridderManagerMod
  use MAPL_NewRegridderManager
  use MAPL_AbstractRegridderMod
  use MAPL_ConfigMod
  use mapl_RegridMethods
  use MAPL_MemUtilsMod
  use ESMF_CFIOCollectionVectorMod
  use ESMF_CFIOCollectionMod
  use PFIO
  use gFTL_IntegerVector
  use MAPL_StringTemplate
  use mpi

  use, intrinsic :: ISO_C_BINDING

  use, intrinsic :: iso_fortran_env, only: REAL64

  implicit none
  private

! !PUBLIC MEMBER FUNCTIONS:

  ! MAPL-style names
  ! ----------------
  public MAPL_CFIOCreate
  public MAPL_CFIOSet
  public MAPL_CFIOGet
  public MAPL_CFIOSetKrank
  public MAPL_CFIOOpenWrite
  public MAPL_CFIOCreateWrite
  public MAPL_CFIOClose
  public MAPL_CFIOWrite
  public MAPL_CFIOWriteBundlePost
  public MAPL_CFIOWriteBundleWait
  public MAPL_CFIOWriteBundleWrite
  public MAPL_CFIORead
  public MAPL_CFIODestroy
  public MAPL_GetCurrentFile
  public MAPL_CFIOIsCreated
  public MAPL_CFIOGetFilename
  public MAPL_CFIOGetTimeString

  public MAPL_CFIOPartition
  public MAPL_CFIOCreateFromFile
  public MAPL_CFIOReadBundleRead
  public MAPL_CFIOReadBundleWait
  public MAPL_CFIOReadParallel
  public MAPL_CFIOAddCollection

  ! ESMF-style names
  ! ----------------
  public ESMF_ioRead     ! another name for MAPL_CFIORead
  public ESMF_ioCreate   ! another name for MAPL_CFIOCreate
  public ESMF_ioWrite    ! another name for MAPL_CFIOWrite
  public ESMF_ioDestroy  ! another name for MAPL_CFIODestroy

! !PUBLIC TYPES:
!
  public MAPL_CFIO
  public collections

! !METHOD OVERLOADING:

!                     MAPL Consistent Naming Convention
!                     ---------------------------------

  interface MAPL_CFIOCreate
     module procedure MAPL_CFIOCreateFromBundle
     module procedure MAPL_CFIOCreateFromState
  end interface

  interface MAPL_CFIOWrite
     module procedure MAPL_CFIOWriteState
     module procedure MAPL_CFIOWriteBundle
  end interface

  interface MAPL_CFIORead
     module procedure MAPL_CFIOReadState
     module procedure MAPL_CFIOReadBundle
     module procedure MAPL_CFIOReadField
     module procedure MAPL_CFIOReadArray3D
     module procedure MAPL_CFIOReadArray2D
  end interface

  interface MAPL_CFIOReadParallel
     module procedure MAPL_CFIOReadParallel_
  end interface


!                     ESMF Consistent Naming Convention
!                     ---------------------------------

  interface ESMF_ioCreate
     module procedure MAPL_CFIOCreateFromBundle
     module procedure MAPL_CFIOCreateFromState
  end interface

  interface ESMF_ioRead
     module procedure MAPL_CFIOReadState
     module procedure MAPL_CFIOReadBundle
     module procedure MAPL_CFIOReadField
     module procedure MAPL_CFIOReadArray3D
     module procedure MAPL_CFIOReadArray2D
  end interface

  interface ESMF_ioWrite
     module procedure MAPL_CFIOWriteState
     module procedure MAPL_CFIOWriteBundle
  end interface

  interface ESMF_ioDestroy
     module procedure MAPL_CFIODestroy
  end interface

  type Ptr3Arr
     real, pointer              :: Ptr(:,:,:)
  end type Ptr3Arr

  type Ptr2Arr
     real, pointer              :: Ptr(:,:)
  end type Ptr2Arr

  integer, parameter :: maxStoredCoords = 10
  type StoredGlobalCoords
     real(KIND=REAL64), pointer :: LONS2D(:) => NULL()
     real(KIND=REAL64), pointer :: LATS2D(:) => NULL()
     logical               :: created = .false.
     integer               :: IM = 0
     integer               :: JM = 0
  end type StoredGlobalCoords

  type :: MCFIO_Variable
     integer :: request_id
     integer :: num_dimensions
     real, allocatable :: data(:,:,:)
  end type MCFIO_VARIABLE

  type :: MAPL_CFIO
     private
     logical                    :: CREATED=.false.
     character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR) :: NAME
     character(len=ESMF_MAXPATHLEN) :: fNAME
     character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR) :: format
     character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR) :: expid
     type(ESMF_CFIO)            :: CFIO
     integer                    :: XYOFFSET
     real                       :: VSCALE
     type(ESMF_TIMEINTERVAL)    :: OFFSET
     type(ESMF_CLOCK)           :: CLOCK
     type(ESMF_FIELDBUNDLE)     :: BUNDLE
     type(ESMF_GridComp)        :: GC
     type(ESMF_Grid)            :: Grid
     integer                    :: Root=1
     integer                    :: PartSize=1
     integer                    :: myPE
     integer                    :: numcores
     integer                    :: comm
     integer                    :: Order=-1
     integer                    :: Nbits=1000
     integer                    :: IM, JM, LM
     integer, pointer           :: VarDims(:)=>null()
     integer, pointer           :: VarType(:)=>null()
     integer, pointer           :: needVar(:)=>null()
     integer, pointer           :: pairList(:)=>null()
     logical                    :: doRotate
     character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR), &
                        pointer :: vectorList(:,:)=>null()
     logical                    :: Vinterp=.false.
     real                       :: pow=0.0
     character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR) :: Vvar
     character(len=3          ) :: Func
     character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR), &
                        pointer :: VarName(:)=>null()
     integer, pointer           :: Krank(:)=>null()
     integer                    :: rootRank = 0
     real,    pointer           :: levs(:)=>null()
     real,    pointer           :: unmodifiedLevs(:)=>null()
     type(MAPL_CommRequest), &
                        pointer :: reqs(:)=>null()
     class (AbstractRegridder), pointer :: regridder => null()
     class (AbstractRegridder), pointer :: new_regridder => null()
     integer :: regrid_method
     type (ESMF_Grid)           :: output_grid
     integer                    :: AsyncWorkRank
     integer                    :: globalComm
     logical                    :: regridConservative
     logical                    :: newFormat = .false.
     logical                    :: useFaceDim = .false.
     type(Ptr2Arr), pointer     :: Buffer(:) => null()
     logical                    :: gsiMode = .false.
     integer, pointer           :: varID(:) => null()
     logical                    :: kreverse,xshift
     integer                    :: collection_id
     ! new stuff for server
     integer                    :: scollection_id
     integer, pointer           :: request_ids(:) => null()
     type(Ptr2Arr), pointer     :: rBuffer(:)
     character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR), &
                        pointer :: levVarName(:)=>null()
     integer                    :: fraction
     integer                    :: regrid_type
     real, pointer              :: surfaceLayer(:,:) => null()
     logical                    :: ascending

     ! TLC components used in the new ESMF regrid variant
     integer :: n_vars
     type (MCFIO_Variable), allocatable :: variables(:)


  end type MAPL_CFIO

  integer, parameter :: trans_tag=9999

  integer, parameter :: CFIOMaxAge=60
  integer,dimension(CFIOMaxAge) :: CFIOAge
  type(ESMF_CFIO),dimension(CFIOMaxAge),target :: CFIORegister

  type(StoredGlobalCoords)    :: storedCoords(maxStoredCoords)

  type(CFIOCollectionVector) :: collections

contains

!-------------------------------------------------------------------------
!>
! The subroutine `MAPL_CFIOCreateFromBundle` creates a `MAPL_CFIO`
!  object from a Bundle. The `MAPL_CFIO` objects
! is opaque and its properties can only be set by this method at
! creation. Currently, its properties cannot be queried. The object
! is used only as a handle in write operations. It is not needed for
! reading.
!
! Its non-optional arguments associate a _NAME_, an ESMF
! _BUNDLE_, and a _CLOCK_ with the object. An ESMF TimeInterval
! _OFFSET_ is an optional argument that sets an offset between the
! time on the clock when eriting and the time stamp used for the data
! (defaults to no offset).
!
! The _format_ optional argument determines whether the write
! will use the linked self-describing format (SDF) library (HDF or
! netcdf) or write GrADS readable flat files. Currently only the SDF
! library option is supported.
!
! The remaining (optional) arguments are especialized and used
! primarily to support `MAPL_History`, or to provide documentation in
! the form of character strings that will be placed in corresponding
! attributes in the SDF file.
!
!#### HIstory
!
!- 19Apr2007 Todling
!   - Added ability to write out ak/bk
!   - Added experiment ID as optional argument
!
  subroutine MAPL_CFIOCreateFromBundle ( MCFIO, NAME, CLOCK, BUNDLE, OFFSET,      &
                                         OUTPUT_GRID, CHUNKSIZE, FREQUENCY, LEVELS, DESCR,    &
                                         XYOFFSET, VCOORD, VUNIT, VSCALE,         &
                                         SOURCE, INSTITUTION, COMMENT, CONTACT,   &
                                         FORMAT, EXPID, DEFLATE, GC,  ORDER, &
                                         NumCores, nbits, TM, Conservative,  &
                                         VectorList, itemOrder, RC )
! !ARGUMENTS:
!
    type(MAPL_CFIO),             intent(OUT) :: MCFIO
    character(LEN=*),            intent(IN)  :: NAME
    type(ESMF_FIELDBUNDLE),      intent(INout)  :: BUNDLE
    type(ESMF_CLOCK),            intent(INout):: CLOCK
    type(ESMF_TIMEINTERVAL), &
         optional,   intent(INout):: OFFSET
    type (ESMF_Grid), optional, pointer :: OUTPUT_GRID
    integer,         optional,   pointer     :: CHUNKSIZE(:)
    integer,         optional,   intent(IN)  :: FREQUENCY
    real,            optional,   pointer     :: LEVELS(:)
    character(LEN=*),optional,   intent(IN)  :: DESCR
    integer,         optional,   intent(IN)  :: XYOFFSET
    real,            optional,   intent(IN)  :: VSCALE
    integer,         optional,   intent(IN)  :: DEFLATE
    character(len=*),optional,   intent(IN)  :: VUNIT
    character(len=*),optional,   intent(IN)  :: VCOORD
    character(len=*),optional,   intent(IN)  :: source
    character(len=*),optional,   intent(IN)  :: institution
    character(len=*),optional,   intent(IN)  :: comment
    character(len=*),optional,   intent(IN)  :: contact
    character(len=*),optional,   intent(IN)  :: format
    character(len=*),optional,   intent(IN)  :: EXPID
    integer,         optional,   intent(IN)  :: Conservative
    type(ESMF_GridComp),optional,intent(IN)  :: GC
    integer,         optional,   intent(IN)  :: Order
    integer,         optional,   intent(IN)  :: Nbits
    integer,         optional,   intent(IN)  :: NumCores
    integer,         optional,   intent(IN)  :: TM
    character(len=*),optional,   pointer     :: vectorList(:,:)
    type(ESMF_ItemOrder_Flag),   optional,   intent(IN)  :: itemOrder
    integer,         optional,   intent(OUT) :: RC

! Locals
!-------

    integer                    :: STATUS


    type(ESMF_FIELD)    :: FIELD
    type(ESMF_GRID)     :: ESMFGRID
    type(ESMF_DELayout) :: LAYOUT
    type(ESMF_DistGrid) :: DISTGRID
    type(ESMF_TIME)     :: TIME
    type(ESMF_ALARM)    :: PERPETUAL
    type(ESMF_VM)       :: VM

    type(ESMF_CFIOVarInfo), pointer :: vars(:)
    type(ESMF_CFIOGrid),    pointer :: cfiogrid

    real, pointer  :: lats(:,:)
    real, pointer  :: lons(:,:)
    real, pointer  :: lats1d(:)
    real, pointer  :: lons1d(:)
    real, pointer  :: Local(:,:)
    real, pointer  :: lev (:  )
    real, pointer  :: ak  (:  )
    real, pointer  :: bk  (:  )
    real, pointer  :: ulevels(:  )
    real           :: range(2)

    real(KIND=REAL64), pointer  :: R8D2(:,:)

    integer        :: L, WriteInterval, counts(5), dims(3)
    integer        :: NumVars
    integer        :: IM,JM,LM
    integer        :: gridRank
    integer        :: fieldRank
    integer        :: Comm, nPEs
    integer        :: hours, mins, secs, timeInc
    integer        :: I, J, LT, K, IMO, JMO, LMG, IML, JML
    integer        :: IMBEG, IMEND, JMBEG, JMEND
    integer        :: Field_Type
    integer        :: Df
    integer        :: Num2DVars, Num3dVars
    integer        :: YY,MM,DD,H,M,S
    integer        :: noffset

    integer, allocatable :: Location(:)
    integer        :: CNT

    logical        :: Have2D, Have3D, HAVE_center, HAVE_edge, HAVE_ungrd
    logical        :: LPERP

    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR)  :: Vunits
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR)  :: LongName
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR)  :: Units
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR)  :: StartTime
    character(len=esmf_maxstr)  :: Usource
    character(len=esmf_maxstr)  :: Uinstitution
    character(len=esmf_maxstr)  :: Ucomment
    character(len=esmf_maxstr)  :: Ucontact
    character(len=esmf_maxstr)  :: Utitle
    character(len=esmf_maxstr)  :: GridTypeAttribute

    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR)  :: ClockName
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR)  :: Gridname
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR)  :: GridnameIn
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR)  :: GridnameOut
    character(len=2)            :: date
    character(len=2)            :: pole
    integer                     :: nn
    logical                     :: isGridRectilinear
    real, pointer               :: ptr3d(:,:,:)
    integer, allocatable        :: vsize(:)
    logical, allocatable        :: HasUngrid(:)
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR), pointer :: ungridded_units(:) => null()
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR), pointer :: ungridded_names(:) => null()
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR)  :: ungridded_unit, ungridded_name
    integer                     :: ungrdsize
    real, allocatable           :: ungridded_coord(:)
    real, allocatable           :: ungridded_coords(:,:)
    logical                     :: unGrdNameCheck, unGrdUnitCheck, unGrdCoordCheck
    logical                     :: found
    integer                     :: vectorListSize

    logical                     :: prevStored
    logical                     :: foundEmpty
    real(KIND=REAL64), pointer       :: LONS2D(:) => NULL()
    real(KIND=REAL64), pointer       :: LATS2D(:) => NULL()
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR), allocatable :: names(:)
    type(ESMF_ItemOrder_Flag) :: itemOrder_

    logical                     :: isPresent

! Begin
!------

    MCFIO%NAME   = NAME
    MCFIO%CLOCK  = CLOCK
    MCFIO%BUNDLE = BUNDLE

! Number of variables in the bundle
!----------------------------------

    call ESMF_FieldBundleGet (BUNDLE, FieldCount=NumVars,    RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    _ASSERT(NumVars>0, 'numVars must be > 0')

! Process optionals
!------------------

    if(present(NBITS)) then
       MCFIO%Nbits = NBITS
    else
       MCFIO%nBits = 1000
    end if

    if(present(deflate)) then
       df = deflate
    else
       df = 0
    endif

    if(present(Order)) then
       print*,'WARNING:   CFIO parameter "order" is no longer used.'
       print*,'           The new regrid facility uses ESMF parameters to'
       print*,'           specify the type of regridding to perform.'
       _FAIL( 'Order must be present')
       MCFIO%Order = Order
    else
       MCFIO%Order = -1
    endif

    if(present(source)) then
       Usource = source
    else
       Usource = "unknown"
    endif

    if(present(institution)) then
       Uinstitution = institution
    else
       Uinstitution = "unknown"
    endif

    if(present(comment)) then
       Ucomment = comment
    else
       Ucomment = "unknown"
    endif

    if(present(contact)) then
       Ucontact = contact
    else
       Ucontact = "unknown"
    endif

    if(present(format)) then
       MCFIO%format = format
    else
       MCFIO%format = "SDF"
    endif

    if(present(expid)) then
       MCFIO%expid = expid
    else
       MCFIO%expid = "No_ExpId"
    endif

    if(present(descr )) then
       Utitle  = descr
    else
       Utitle  = "unknown"
    endif

    if(present(LEVELS)) then
       ulevels => LEVELS
    else
       nullify(ulevels)
    endif

    if(present(GC)) then
       MCFIO%GC   = GC
    else
!ALT       MCFIO%GC   = ESMF_GridCompCreate("NULL")
    endif

    if(present(VUNIT)) then
       vunits = trim(vunit)
    else
       vunits = ""
    endif

    if (present(vectorList)) then
       if (associated(vectorList)) then
          mcfio%vectorList => vectorList
       else
          mcfio%vectorList => null()
       end if
    else
       mcfio%vectorList => null()
    end if

! Get CommBndl, the communicator that is spanned by fields in the bundle
!-----------------------------------------------------------------------

    call ESMF_FieldBundleGet(BUNDLE, 1, FIELD,               RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    call ESMF_FieldGet       (FIELD, grid=ESMFGRID,          RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    call ESMF_GridGet        (ESMFGRID, dimCount=gridRank,   rc=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    call ESMF_GridGet        (ESMFGRID, NAME=Gridname, rc=status )
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    call ESMF_GridGet        (ESMFGRID, distgrid=DISTGRID,   RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    call ESMF_DistGridGet    (DISTGRID, delayout=LAYOUT,     RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    call ESMF_DELayoutGet    (LAYOUT,   vm=VM,               RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    call ESMF_VMGet          (VM, mpiCommunicator=Comm,      RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    call ESMF_VMGet          (VM, localpet=mCFIO%MYPE,       RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    call ESMF_VMGet          (VM, petcount=NPES,             RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

! Save the ESMFGrid in the object
!--------------------------------

    mCFIO%comm = comm
    mCFIO%Grid = ESMFGRID

! Set the partition size to size of VM. Can be overridden later to call to MAPL_CFIOSet
! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    if(present(NumCores)) then
       mcfio%Numcores = NumCores
    else
       mcfio%Numcores = MAPL_CoresPerNodeGet(comm,rc=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
    end if

    mCFIO%partsize = size(MAPL_NodeRankList)

    MCFIO%regridConservative = .false.
    if (present(Conservative)) then
       if (Conservative /= 0) then
          MCFIO%regridConservative = .true.
       end if
    end if

! Vertical interpolation info
!----------------------------

    if(present(Vcoord)) then
       MCFIO%VVAR = adjustl(vcoord)
       MCFIO%Func = MCFIO%Vvar(1:3)
       if    (MCFIO%Func=='log') then
          MCFIO%Vvar = adjustl(MCFIO%Vvar(index(MCFIO%Vvar,'(')+1:index(MCFIO%Vvar,')')-1))
       elseif(MCFIO%Func=='pow') then
          read( MCFIO%Vvar(index(MCFIO%Vvar,',')+1:index(MCFIO%Vvar,')')-1) , *) mCFIO%pow
          MCFIO%Vvar = adjustl(MCFIO%Vvar(index(MCFIO%Vvar,'(')+1:index(MCFIO%Vvar,',')-1))
       endif
    else
       MCFIO%VVAR = ""
       MCFIO%Func = ""
    end if

    if(present(vscale)) then
       MCFIO%Vscale = Vscale
    else
       MCFIO%Vscale = 1.0
    endif

! Determine the rank and vertical Location (Mid or Edge) of Fields within Bundle.
!   Note: If User-Defined ULEVELS is not present, ALL levels are written.
!   In this case, vertical Location must be consistent for ALL variables.
! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    allocate(MCFIO%VarDims(NumVars), stat=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    allocate(MCFIO%VarName(NumVars), stat=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    allocate(location     (NumVars), stat=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    allocate(vsize        (NumVars), stat=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    allocate(hasUngrid    (NumVars), stat=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    allocate(MCFIO%VarType(NumVars), stat=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    allocate(MCFIO%needVar(NumVars), stat=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    allocate(ungridded_names(NumVars), stat=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    ungridded_names=""
    allocate(ungridded_units(NumVars), stat=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    ungridded_units=""

    allocate(names(NumVars),stat=status)
    _VERIFY(status)
    if (present(itemOrder)) then
       itemOrder_ = itemOrder
    else
       itemOrder_ = ESMF_ITEMORDER_ABC
    end if
    call ESMF_FieldBundleGet(bundle,itemorderflag=itemOrder_,fieldNameList=Names,rc=status)
    _VERIFY(status)

    VARIABLES_1: DO I = 1, NumVars

       call ESMF_FieldBundleGet(BUNDLE, names(i), field=FIELD,              RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       call ESMF_FieldGet      (FIELD, NAME= mCFIO%VarName(I), RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       vsize(i) = 1
       hasUngrid(I) = .false.
       if(mCFIO%VarName(I)==MCFIO%Vvar) then
          MCFIO%VarDims(I) = -1
          LOCATION(i)      = MAPL_VLocationNone
       else
          call ESMF_FieldGet(FIELD, dimCount=fieldRank, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          _ASSERT(fieldRank <= 3, 'fieldRank > 3')

          MCFIO%VarDims(I) = fieldRank

          call ESMF_AttributeGet(FIELD, NAME="VLOCATION", isPresent=isPresent, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          if ( isPresent ) then
             call ESMF_AttributeGet(FIELD, NAME="VLOCATION", VALUE=LOCATION(I), RC=STATUS)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
          else
             LOCATION(I) = MAPL_VLocationNone
          end if

          if (fieldRank == 3) then
             call ESMF_FieldGet(field, farrayPtr=ptr3d, rc=status)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             vsize(i) = size(ptr3d,3)
          end if

          if (fieldRank >= 3 .and. location(I) == MAPL_VLocationNone) then
             hasUngrid(I) = .true.
             call ESMF_AttributeGet(field,NAME="UNGRIDDED_UNIT",value=ungridded_unit,rc=status)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             call ESMF_AttributeGet(field,NAME="UNGRIDDED_NAME",value=ungridded_name,rc=status)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             ungridded_names(i) = ungridded_name
             ungridded_units(i) = ungridded_unit
             call ESMF_AttributeGet(field,NAME="UNGRIDDED_COORDS",isPresent=isPresent,rc=status)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             if (isPresent) then
                call ESMF_AttributeGet(field,NAME="UNGRIDDED_COORDS",itemcount=ungrdsize,rc=status)
                _VERIFY(STATUS)
             else
                ungrdsize=0
             end if
             if (ungrdsize/=0) then
                _ASSERT(vsize(i)==ungrdsize,'inconsistent ungrdsize')
                if (.not.allocated(ungridded_coord)) allocate(ungridded_coord(ungrdsize),stat=status)
                if (.not.allocated(ungridded_coords)) allocate(ungridded_coords(NumVars,ungrdsize),stat=status)
                _VERIFY(STATUS)
                call ESMF_AttributeGet(field,NAME="UNGRIDDED_COORDS",valuelist=ungridded_coord,rc=status)
                _VERIFY(STATUS)
                ungridded_coords(i,:) = ungridded_coord
             end if
          end if

       endif

    end do VARIABLES_1
    ! now put a check in that we aren't trying to do something like have two different
    ! ungridded units if we have any ungridded dimensions, compare ungridded info for
    ! each variable to the last values retrieved, if any differ then obviously user
    ! is trying to put 2 different ungridded variables in a collection that have
    ! different attributes
    if (any(hasUngrid)) then
       do i=1,NumVars
          if (hasUngrid(i)) then
             unGrdUnitCheck = ungridded_units(i) /= ungridded_unit
             unGrdNameCheck = ungridded_names(i) /= ungridded_name
             if ( allocated(ungridded_coords) .and. allocated(ungridded_coords) ) then
                unGrdCoordCheck = any(ungridded_coords(i,:) /= ungridded_coord)
             else
                unGrdCoordCheck = .false.
             end if
             if ( unGrdUnitCheck .or. unGrdNameCheck .or. unGrdCoordCheck) then
                _FAIL( 'Ungridded attributes for variables in collection do not match')
             end if
          end if
       end do
    end if


!ALT: next segment is here only for initial testing
! we need a better logic how to prepare needVar list
! possibilities are: add staggering, vector pair to spec
! special key words in collection, etc.
    mCFIO%needVar = 0
    vectorListSize = 0
    if (associated(mCFIO%vectorList)) then
       vectorListSize = size(mCFIO%vectorList,2)
    end if
    VARLOOP: DO I = 1, NumVars
       DO k = 1, vectorListSize
          if (mCFIO%varName(I) == mCFIO%vectorList(1,k)) then
             ! this is first component of a vector (i.e. U)
             ! find the index of the V component
             found = .false.
             DO J = 1, NumVars
                if (trim(mCFIO%varName(J)) == mCFIO%vectorList(2,k)) then
                   found = .true.
                   exit
                end if
             end DO
             _ASSERT(found, 'search failed')
             mCFIO%needVar(I) = J ! I am first component of the vector
          else if(mCFIO%varName(I) == mCFIO%vectorList(2,k)) then
             ! find the index of the U component
             ! store it as negative number by convension suggested by Max
             found = .false.
             DO J = 1, NumVars
                if (trim(mCFIO%varName(J)) == mCFIO%vectorList(1,k)) then
                   found = .true.
                   exit
                end if
             end DO
             _ASSERT(found, 'search failed')
             mCFIO%needVar(I) = -J ! I am second component of the vector
          end if
       end DO
    end DO VARLOOP

! Sizes of global grid in the bundle. Sizes in the SDF may be different.
!----------------------------------------------------------------------

    call MAPL_GridGet( MCFIO%GRID, globalCellCountPerDim=COUNTS,  &
                       localCellCountPerDim=DIMS,     RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    IML = DIMS(1)
    JML = DIMS(2)

    IM = COUNTS(1)
    JM = COUNTS(2)
    LMG = COUNTS(3)

    HAVE_center = any(LOCATION==MAPL_VLocationCenter)
    HAVE_edge   = any(LOCATION==MAPL_VLocationEdge  )
    HAVE_ungrd  = any(hasUngrid)

    if     ( associated(ULEVELS)  ) then
       LM = size(ULEVELS)
       HAVE_edge = .false.
       if (HAVE_ungrd) then
          _FAIL( 'ERROR: Specifying LEVELS is not allowed for UNGRIDDED vars')
       end if
    else

!      Check on proper levels
!      -----------------------
       if(HAVE_center .and.  HAVE_edge) then
          DO I = 1, NumVars
             IF (LOCATION(I)==MAPL_VLocationEdge) print*, mCFIO%VarName(I)
          ENDDO
          _FAIL( 'ERROR: Mixed Vlocation in CFIO not allowed unless LEVELS is specified')
       endif

       if( all(MCFIO%VarDims==2)) then
          LM = 1
       else if (HAVE_ungrd) then
          if (HAVE_center .or. HAVE_edge) then
             _FAIL( 'ERROR: Mixed 3d and UNGRIDDED in CFIO not allowed')
          end if
          if (minval(vsize) /= maxval(vsize)) then
             _FAIL( 'ERROR: Outputting variables with different ungridded sizes in one collection')
          end if
          LM = maxval(vsize)
       else
          LM = COUNTS(3)
          if (HAVE_edge) LM = LM+1
       endif
    end if

    mCFIO%LM   = LM

! Allocate request arrays for non-blocking gathers of bundle variables
!  Each 2D variable and each level of each 3D variable needs a request
!---------------------------------------------------------------------

    Num2DVars = count(MCFIO%VarDims==2)
    Num3DVars = count(MCFIO%VarDims==3)

    Have2D    = Num2DVars > 0
    Have3D    = Num3DVars > 0

    _ASSERT(HAVE2D .or. HAVE3D, 'must be 2D or 3D')

    LT        = Num2DVars + Num3DVars*LM

    allocate( MCFIO%reqs (LT),stat=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    allocate( MCFIO%Krank(LT),stat=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    mcfio%krank=0
    allocate(MCFIO%pairList(LT), stat=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    if (allocated(MAPL_NodeRankList)) then
       call MAPL_RoundRobinPEList(mcfio%krank,size(MAPL_NodeRankList),rc=status)
       _VERIFY(status)
    end if

    MCFIO%pairList = 0

! Horizontal dimensions of output fields
!---------------------------------------

    if (present(OUTPUT_GRID)) then
       if (associated(OUTPUT_GRID)) then
          mcfio%output_grid = OUTPUT_GRID
       else
          mcfio%output_grid = mCFIO%grid
       end if

       call MAPL_GridGet(mcfio%output_grid, globalCellCountPerDim=dims, rc=status)
       _VERIFY(status)
       IMO = dims(1)
       JMO = dims(2)

    else
       mcfio%output_grid = mCFIO%grid
       IMO = IM
       JMO = JM
    end if

    MCFIO%IM = IMO
    MCFIO%JM = JMO

!ALT: this is first attempt to guess if the grid is rectilinear
!     i.e. if we need could use 1d LAT/LONs
!     we take clues from the gridname
    Gridname = adjustl(Gridname)
    nn   = len_trim(Gridname)
    pole = Gridname(1:2)
    date = Gridname(nn-1:nn)

!ALT: if change of horizontal resolution is requested, we
!     assume uniform output grid
    if (IM /= IMO .or. JM /= JMO) isGridRectilinear=.true.

    isGridRectilinear = .true. ! default: 1d LAT/LONs
        ! special cases requiring 2d LAT/LONs
    if (JMO == 6*IMO) isGridRectilinear = .false.
    if (pole == 'CM') isGridRectilinear = .false.
    if (date == 'TM') isGridRectilinear = .false.

!ALT: if change of horizontal resolution is requested, we
!     assume uniform output grid
    if (IM /= IMO .or. JM /= JMO) then
       isGridRectilinear=.true.
       mCFIO%newFormat = .false.
    end if

    if (isGridRectilinear) then
       allocate(LONS1D(IMO), STAT=status)
       _VERIFY(status)
       allocate(LATS1D(JMO), STAT=status)
       _VERIFY(status)
    else
       allocate(LONS1D(0), LATS1D(0), STAT=status)
       _VERIFY(status)
       ! the above 2 lines need to be replaced with:
       ! table search + set logical prevStored
       prevStored = .false.
       do i = 1, maxStoredCoords
          if (.not.storedCoords(i)%created) cycle
          if ( storedCoords(i)%IM == IMO .and. &
               storedCoords(i)%JM == JMO ) then
             prevStored = .true.
             LONS2D => storedCoords(i)%LONS2D
             LATS2D => storedCoords(i)%LATS2D
!             call Write_Parallel("DEBUG:Using stored LAT/LONs")
             exit
          end if
       end do
       if (.not.prevStored) then
          call MAPL_AllocateShared(LONS2D, (/IMO*JMO/), &
               TransRoot=.true., RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          call MAPL_AllocateShared(LATS2D, (/IMO*JMO/), &
               TransRoot=.true., RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)

          foundEmpty = .false.
!          call Write_Parallel("DEBUG:Storing LAT/LONs")
          do i = 1, maxStoredCoords
             if (storedCoords(i)%created) cycle
             storedCoords(i)%created = .true.
             storedCoords(i)%LONS2D => LONS2D
             storedCoords(i)%LATS2D => LATS2D
             storedCoords(i)%IM = IMO
             storedCoords(i)%JM = JMO
             foundEmpty = .true.
             exit
          end do
          if (.not.foundEmpty) then
             _FAIL( 'ERROR: Need bigger table with storedCoords')
          end if
       end if
    endif

! Process horizontal resolution change
!-------------------------------------

    IMBEG = 1
    IMEND = IMO
    JMBEG = 1
    JMEND = JMO

    TRANSFORM: if (IM /= IMO .or. JM /= JMO) then

       if (present(output_grid)) then

            call get_latlon_from_factory(output_grid, lons1d, lats1d, rc=status)
            _VERIFY(status)

       else

          if(present(xyoffset)) then
             select case(xyoffset)
             case(0) ! PC, DC
                lons1d = MAPL_Range(-180.,180.-(360./IMO), IMO)
                lats1d = MAPL_Range(-90., +90., JMO)
             case(1) ! PC, DE
                lons1d = MAPL_Range(-180.+(180./IMO), 180.-(180./IMO), IMO)
                lats1d = MAPL_Range(-90., +90., JMO)
             case(2) ! PE, DC
                lons1d = MAPL_Range(-180.,180.-(360./IMO), IMO)
                lats1d = MAPL_Range(-90.+(90./JMO), +90.-(90./JMO), JMO)
             case(3) ! PE, DE
                lons1d = MAPL_Range(-180.+(180./IMO), 180.-(180./IMO), IMO)
                lats1d = MAPL_Range(-90.+(90./JMO), +90.-(90./JMO), JMO)
             case default
                _FAIL('needs informative message')
             end select
             mcfio%xyoffset = xyoffset
          else
             mcfio%xyoffset = 0
             lons1d = MAPL_Range(-180.,180.-(360./IMO), IMO, conversion_factor=MAPL_DEGREES_TO_RADIANS_R8)
             lats1d = MAPL_Range(-90., +90., JMO, conversion_factor=MAPL_DEGREES_TO_RADIANS_R8)
          endif

       endif

       call ESMF_AttributeGet(ESMFGRID, name="GridType", isPresent=isPresent, rc=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       if (isPresent) then
          call ESMF_AttributeGet(ESMFGRID, name="GridType", value=GridTypeAttribute, rc=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
       else
          GridTypeAttribute = 'UNKNOWN'
       endif

! If order of transform was not specified, do binning for coarser,
!   and bilinear for finer.
!------------------------------------------------------------------

       if     (mCFIO%order<0) then
          if (IMO <  IM .or. JMO < JM) then
             mCFIO%order=0
          else
             mCFIO%order=1
          end if
       end if

    else ! TRANSFORM


! Arrays of lats and lons from esmfgrid
!--------------------------------------

       !ALT we need to execute all of this only if
       ! the grid is rectilinear or not in the table
       if (isGridRectilinear .or. .not. prevStored) then
    !if (JMO /= 6*IMO) then

       allocate(LONS (IM ,JM ),STAT=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       allocate(LATS (IM ,JM ),STAT=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       allocate(LOCAL(IML,JML),STAT=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       call ESMF_GridGetCoord(esmfgrid, localDE=0, coordDim=1, &
            staggerloc=ESMF_STAGGERLOC_CENTER, &
            farrayPtr=R8D2, rc=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       LOCAL = R8D2*(180._REAL64/MAPL_PI_R8)
       call ArrayGather(LOCAL, LONS, ESMFGRID, RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       call ESMF_GridGetCoord(esmfgrid, localDE=0, coordDim=2, &
            staggerloc=ESMF_STAGGERLOC_CENTER, &
            farrayPtr=R8D2, rc=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       LOCAL = R8D2*(180._REAL64/MAPL_PI_R8)
       call ArrayGather(LOCAL, LATS, ESMFGRID, RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       call MAPL_CommsBcast (layout, lons, size(lons), 0, rc=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       call MAPL_CommsBcast (layout, lats, size(lats), 0, rc=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       if (isGridRectilinear) then
          LONS1D = LONS(:,1)
          LATS1D = LATS(1,:)
       else
          if (MAPL_AmNodeRoot .or. (.not. MAPL_ShmInitialized)) then
             k = 0
             do j = 1, jm
                do i = 1, im
                   k = k+1
                   LONS2D(k) = LONS(i,j)
                   LATS2D(k) = LATS(i,j)
                end do
             end do
          end if
          call MAPL_SyncSharedMemory(rc=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
       endif

       DEALLOCATE(LOCAL)
       DEALLOCATE(LONS)
       DEALLOCATE(LATS)

     end if
     !end if ! Cubed-Sphere ouput

    endif TRANSFORM

    if (present(output_grid)) then

       if (MCFIO%regridConservative) then
          call MAPL_GenGridName(imo, jmo, xyoffset=mcfio%xyoffset, gridname=gridnameOut, geos_style=.false.)
          gridnameIn = gridname
          call MAPL_GeosNameNew(gridnameIn)

          mCFIO%regridder => regridder_manager%make_regridder(mCFIO%grid, mCFIO%output_grid, &
               & REGRID_METHOD_CONSERVE, rc=status)
          _VERIFY(status)

       else

          mCFIO%regridder => regridder_manager%make_regridder(mCFIO%grid, mCFIO%output_grid, &
               & REGRID_METHOD_BILINEAR, rc=status)
          _VERIFY(status)

       end if

    end if
! Create the CFIO grid and populate it
!-------------------------------------

    allocate(CFIOGRID)

    CFIOGRID = ESMF_CFIOGridCreate(gName=trim(NAME)//"Grid", RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

! Horizontal grid info
!---------------------
    if (isGridRectilinear) then
       call ESMF_CFIOGridSet(CFIOGRID, LON=LONS1D(IMBEG:IMEND), LAT=LATS1D(JMBEG:JMEND),  TM=TM,  RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
    else
       !ALT: new approach
       ! create 2DR8 shared memory coordinate arrays
       ! actually, check if the object is in a table, if YES, use it
       ! else  create one and put it in the table
       ! fill them on node root
       ! pass them down
       call ESMF_CFIOGridSet(CFIOGRID, twoDimLat=.true., IM=IMO, JM=JMO, TM=TM,  &
            LON2=LONS2D, LAT2=LATS2D,  RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
    end if

    deallocate(LONS1D)
    deallocate(LATS1D)

! Vertical grid info
!--------------------

    mCFIO%Vinterp = .false.
    mCFIO%Vinterp = MCFIO%Vvar/=""
    VERTGRID: if(HAVE3D) THEN
       allocate(LEV(LM), stat=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       if (associated(ULEVELS)) then
          if (mCFIO%Vinterp .or. (size(ulevels) < LMG)) then
             LEV = ULEVELS
          else
             LEV = (/(L, L=1,size(ulevels))/)
          end if
       else if (HAVE_edge) then
          LEV = (/(L, L=0,LM-1)/)
       else if (HAVE_ungrd) then
          if (allocated(ungridded_coord)) then
             lev = ungridded_coord
          else
             lev = (/(L, L=1,LM)/)
          end if
       else
          LEV = (/(L, L=1,LM)/)
       end if

       allocate(mCFIO%levs(size(lev)),mcfio%unmodifiedLevs(size(lev)), stat=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       mCFIO%levs = lev
       mCFIO%unmodifiedLevs = lev
       if (HAVE_ungrd) then
          call ESMF_CFIOGridSet(cfiogrid, levUnit=ungridded_unit, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          call ESMF_CFIOGridSet(cfiogrid, standardName =ungridded_name, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          call ESMF_CFIOGridSet(cfiogrid, coordinate ='N/A', RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          mCFIO%levs = -mCFIO%levs
       else if(mCFIO%Vinterp) then
          if    (mCFIO%Func=='log') then
             mCFIO%levs = log(lev* MCFIO%vscale)
          elseif(mCFIO%Func=='pow') then
             mCFIO%levs = (lev* MCFIO%vscale)**mCFIO%pow
          else
             mCFIO%levs = lev* MCFIO%vscale
          end if
          mCFIO%unmodifiedLevs=mCFIO%unmodifiedLevs*MCFIO%vscale

          if( trim(vunits).eq."" ) then
             call ESMF_AttributeGet(FIELD, NAME="UNITS", VALUE=units,         RC=STATUS)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             call ESMF_CFIOGridSet(cfiogrid, levUnit=trim(units),             RC=STATUS)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
          else
             call ESMF_CFIOGridSet(cfiogrid, levUnit=trim(vunits),            RC=STATUS)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
          endif
          call ESMF_CFIOGridSet(cfiogrid, standardName =trim(MCFIO%Vvar)//'_level', RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          call ESMF_CFIOGridSet(cfiogrid, coordinate   =trim(MCFIO%Vvar),           RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
       else
          if (present(vunit) .and. trim(vunits) .ne. "") then
             call ESMF_CFIOGridSet(cfiogrid, levUnit      =trim(vunits),         RC=STATUS)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
          else
             call ESMF_CFIOGridSet(cfiogrid, levUnit      ='layer',              RC=STATUS)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
          end if
          call ESMF_CFIOGridSet(cfiogrid, standardName ='model_layers',       RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          call ESMF_CFIOGridSet(cfiogrid, coordinate   ='eta',                RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
       end if

       if (associated(ulevels)) then
          call ESMF_CFIOGridSet(cfiogrid, lev=ulevels,  RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
       else
          call ESMF_CFIOGridSet(cfiogrid, lev=abs(lev),  RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
       end if

       deallocate(LEV)

    else

       call ESMF_CFIOGridSet(cfiogrid, levUnit      ='none',         RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       call ESMF_CFIOGridSet(cfiogrid, standardName ='2d_fields',    RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       call ESMF_CFIOGridSet(cfiogrid, coordinate   ='N/A',          RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

    end if VERTGRID

! Create variable objects
!------------------------

    allocate(vars(Num2DVars+Num3dVars), stat=status)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

! Disable range checking
!-----------------------

    RANGE(2) =  MAPL_UNDEF
    RANGE(1) = -MAPL_UNDEF

    K = 0

    mCFIO%vartype = MAPL_ScalarField
    VARIABLES_2: do L=1,NumVars

       if(mCFIO%VarDims(L)<1) cycle

       K = K + 1

       call ESMF_FieldBundleGet(BUNDLE, mCFIO%varName(L), field=FIELD,                       RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       call ESMF_AttributeGet  (FIELD, NAME="LONG_NAME",isPresent=isPresent, RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       if ( isPresent ) then
          call ESMF_AttributeGet  (FIELD, NAME="LONG_NAME",VALUE=LongName, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
       else
          LongName = mCFIO%VarName(L)
       endif

       call ESMF_AttributeGet  (FIELD, NAME="UNITS"    ,isPresent=isPresent, RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       if ( isPresent ) then
          call ESMF_AttributeGet  (FIELD, NAME="UNITS"    ,VALUE=Units, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
       else
          Units = 'unknown'
       end if

       call ESMF_AttributeGet  (FIELD, NAME="FIELD_TYPE",isPresent=isPresent, RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       if ( isPresent ) then
          call ESMF_AttributeGet  (FIELD, NAME="FIELD_TYPE",VALUE=Field_Type, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
       else
          Field_Type = MAPL_ScalarField
       end if

       mCFIO%vartype(L) = Field_Type

       VARS(K) = ESMF_CFIOVarInfoCreate(vName=trim(mCFIO%VarName(L)),   RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       call ESMF_CFIOVarInfoSet(VARS(K),           &
            vName        = mCFIO%VarName(L),       &
            vTitle       = LongName,               &
            grid         = cfioGRID,               &
            amiss        = MAPL_Undef,             &
            scaleFactor  = 1.,                     &
            addOffSet    = 0.,                     &
            standardName = LongName,               &
            twoDimVar    = MCFIO%VarDims(L)==2,    &
            validRange   = RANGE,                  &
            vUnits       = UNITS,                  &
                                         RC=STATUS )
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       if (present(CHUNKSIZE)) then
          if (associated(CHUNKSIZE)) then
             call ESMF_CFIOVarInfoSet(VARS(K), &
                  ChunkSize = ChunkSize,       &
                         rc = status           )
          end if
       end if

    end do VARIABLES_2

! Get time info from the clock. Note the optional offset
!-------------------------------------------------------

    call ESMF_ClockGet(CLOCK, name=clockname, CurrTime =TIME, RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    if(present(OFFSET)) then

        call ESMF_TimeIntervalGet( OFFSET, S=noffset, rc=status )
        _VERIFY(STATUS)
        if( noffset /= 0 ) then
            LPERP = ( index( trim(clockname),'_PERPETUAL' ).ne.0 )
        if( LPERP ) then
            call ESMF_ClockGetAlarm ( clock, alarmname='PERPETUAL', alarm=PERPETUAL, rc=status )
            _VERIFY(STATUS)
            if( ESMF_AlarmIsRinging(PERPETUAL) ) then
                call ESMF_TimeGet ( Time, YY = YY, &
                                          MM = MM, &
                                          DD = DD, &
                                          H  = H , &
                                          M  = M , &
                                          S  = S, rc=status )
                                          MM = MM + 1
                call ESMF_TimeSet ( Time, YY = YY, &
                                          MM = MM, &
                                          DD = DD, &
                                          H  = H , &
                                          M  = M , &
                                          S  = S, rc=status )
                if( MAPL_AM_I_ROOT() ) write(6,"(a,2x,i4.4,'/',i2.2,'/',i2.2,2x,'Time: ',i2.2,':',i2.2,':',i2.2)") &
                     & "Inside Create: ",YY,MM,DD,H,M,S
            endif
        endif
        endif

       TIME = TIME  - OFFSET
       MCFIO%OFFSET = OFFSET
    else
      call ESMF_TimeIntervalSet( MCFIO%OFFSET, S=0, rc=status )
      _VERIFY(STATUS)
    endif

    call ESMF_TimeGet (TIME,  timeString=StartTime, RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

! Create CFIO object
!-------------------

    MCFIO%cfio =  ESMF_CFIOCreate(cfioObjName=trim(Name))

! Set Internal MetaCode Writing interval. Default of 6 hours. If set to 0
!  it is reset to 6 hours.Currently CFIO and GFIO expect timeIncrement to be
!  in HHMMSS format, this imposes severe limitations to the frequency of the output:
!  no writes should be done less frequently than once every 4 days (99 hours)
! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    if (present(FREQUENCY)) then
       !_ASSERT(FREQUENCY <= 4*86400,'bad frequency')
       if (frequency == 0 ) then
          writeInterval = 21600
       else
          writeInterval = FREQUENCY
       endif
    else
       writeInterval = 21600
    end if

    hours         = writeInterval/3600
    writeInterval = writeInterval-3600*hours
             mins = writeInterval/60
             secs = writeInterval-60*mins

    timeinc = 10000*hours + 100*mins + secs

! Set global attributes
!----------------------

    call ESMF_CFIOSet(MCFIO%CFIO,                                 &
         varObjs     = VARS,                                      &
         grid        = cfioGRID,                                  &
         format      = MCFIO%Format,                              &
         expid       = MCFIO%ExpId,                               &
         TimeString  = trim(StartTime),                           &
         timeInc     = timeInc,                                   &
         title       = trim(Utitle),                              &
         source      = Usource,                                   &
         history     = 'File written by MAPL_CFIO',               &
         institution = Uinstitution,                              &
         convention  = "COARDS",                                  &
         contact     = Ucontact,                                  &
         references  = "http://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov",               &
         comment     = Ucomment,                                  &
         prec        = 0,                                         &
         deflate     = df,                                        &
         RC=STATUS )
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

! Create AK/BKs
! -------------

    if(HAVE3D) then
       call ESMF_AttributeGet(ESMFGRID, NAME='ak', isPresent=isPresent, RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       if (isPresent) then
          call ESMF_AttributeGet(ESMFGRID, NAME='ak', itemcount=CNT, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
       else
          CNT=0
       endif
       if (CNT>0) then
          allocate ( ak(CNT), bk(CNT), stat=status )
          _VERIFY(STATUS)

          call ESMF_AttributeGet(ESMFGRID, name='ak', valueList=ak, rc=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          call ESMF_CFIOSet(MCFIO%cfio, attRealName='ak', attReal=ak )

          call ESMF_AttributeGet(ESMFGRID, name='bk', valuelist=bk, rc=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          call ESMF_CFIOSet(MCFIO%cfio, attRealName='bk', attReal=bk )

          deallocate ( ak, bk )
       end if
    endif

! All Done
!---------

    MCFIO%CREATED = .true.

    deallocate(hasUngrid)
    deallocate(vsize)
    deallocate(location)
!@    call ESMF_CFIOVarInfoDestroy(vars, _RC)
    deallocate(vars)
!ALT we should do this:    call ESMF_CFIOGridDestroy(cfiogrid)
    deallocate(cfiogrid)
    deallocate(ungridded_names)
    deallocate(ungridded_units)
    if (allocated(ungridded_coord)) then
       deallocate(ungridded_coord)
    end if
    if (allocated(ungridded_coords)) then
       deallocate(ungridded_coords)
    end if

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)
  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOCreateFromBundle


  subroutine MAPL_CFIOCreatewrite ( MCFIO, nsteps, RC )

    type(MAPL_CFIO),           intent(INOUT) :: MCFIO
    integer,         optional, intent(   IN) :: nsteps
    integer,         optional, intent(  OUT) :: RC

    type(ESMF_Time)                :: CurrTime
    type(ESMF_Alarm)               :: PERPETUAL
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR)     :: StartTime
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR)     :: ClockName

    logical                        :: LPERP
    integer                        :: YY,MM,DD,H,M,S
    integer                        :: noffset
    integer                        :: STATUS


    if(present(nsteps)) then
       call ESMF_CFIOSet(MCFIO%CFIO, nsteps=nsteps, RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
    else
       call ESMF_CFIOSet(MCFIO%CFIO, nsteps=1, RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
    endif

! Get time info from the clock. Note the optional offset
!-------------------------------------------------------

    call ESMF_ClockGet(mCFIO%CLOCK, name=clockname, CurrTime=CurrTime, RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

        call ESMF_TimeIntervalGet( mCFIO%OFFSET, S=noffset, rc=status )
        _VERIFY(STATUS)
        if( noffset /= 0 ) then
            LPERP = ( index( trim(clockname),'_PERPETUAL' ).ne.0 )
        if( LPERP ) then
            call ESMF_ClockGetAlarm ( mCFIO%CLOCK, alarmName='PERPETUAL', alarm=PERPETUAL, rc=status )
            _VERIFY(STATUS)
            if( ESMF_AlarmIsRinging(PERPETUAL) ) then
                call ESMF_TimeGet ( CurrTime, YY = YY, &
                                              MM = MM, &
                                              DD = DD, &
                                              H  = H , &
                                              M  = M , &
                                              S  = S, rc=status )
                                              MM = MM + 1
                call ESMF_TimeSet ( CurrTime, YY = YY, &
                                              MM = MM, &
                                              DD = DD, &
                                              H  = H , &
                                              M  = M , &
                                              S  = S, rc=status )
            endif
        endif
        endif

    CurrTime = CurrTime - mCFIO%OFFSET

    call ESMF_TimeGet (CurrTime,  timeString=StartTime, RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    call ESMF_CFIOSet(MCFIO%CFIO, TimeString=trim(StartTime), RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    call ESMF_CFIOSet(MCFIO%CFIO, fName=trim(mCFIO%fName),     RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    if (MCFIO%JM == 6 * MCFIO%IM) then
       if (MCFIO%newFormat) then
          call ESMF_CFIOSet(MCFIO%CFIO, formatVersion=2.90, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          MCFIO%useFaceDim = .true.
       end if
    end if

! Create FILE from the root of the partition working on this bundle.
!------------------------------------------------------------------

    AMROOT: if (mCFIO%MYPE==mCFIO%RootRank) then

       call ESMF_CFIOFileCreate(MCFIO%CFIO, format=MCFIO%format, &
                                expid=MCFIO%EXPID,      RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
!      print *, ' Created CFIO File: ', trim(mCFIO%fName)

    end if AMROOT

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)
  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOCreateWrite



  subroutine MAPL_CFIOOpenWrite ( MCFIO, RC )

    type(MAPL_CFIO),           intent(INOUT) :: MCFIO
    integer,         optional, intent(  OUT) :: RC

    integer                        :: STATUS


! Open the file for writing only at the root process
!---------------------------------------------------

    AMROOT: if (mCFIO%MYPE==mCFIO%RootRank) then
       call ESMF_CFIOFileOpen(MCFIO%CFIO, fmode=0, RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
!      print *, ' Opened CFIO File: ', trim(mCFIO%fName)
    end if AMROOT

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)
  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOOpenWrite

!-------------------------------------------------------------------------
!>
! The subroutine `MAPL_CFIOCreateFromState`
! creates a `MAPL_CFIO` object from a State. States are written by
! "serializing" all Fields in them, whether they are directly in
! the State or are contained within a hierarchy of embedded Bundles
! and States, into a single Bundle.
!
! The Method optionally returns a pointer to the serialized ESMF
! Bundle, but this is not needed for `MAPL_Write`
! operations. Otherwise arguments are the same as for
! CreateFromBundle.
!
! Its non-optional arguments associate a _NAME_, an ESMF _BUNDLE_,
! and a _CLOCK_ with the object. An ESMF TimeInterval
! _OFFSET_ is an optional argument that sets an offset between the
! time on the clock when eriting and the time stamp used for the data
! (defaults to no offset).
!
! The _format_ optional argument determines whether the write
! will use the linked self-describing format (SDF) library (HDF or
! netcdf) or write GrADS readable flat files. Currently only the SDF
! library option is supported.

! The remaining (optional) arguments are especialized and used
! primarily to support _MAPL_History_, or to provide documentation in
! the form of character strings that will be placed in corresponding
! attributes in the SDF file.

!#### History
!- 12Jun2007 Todling  Added EXPID as opt argument
!
  subroutine MAPL_CFIOCreateFromState ( MCFIO, NAME, CLOCK, STATE, OFFSET,  &
                                        OUTPUT_GRID, CHUNKSIZE, FREQUENCY, &
                                        LEVELS, DESCR, BUNDLE, &
                                        XYOFFSET, VCOORD, VUNIT, VSCALE,   &
                                        SOURCE, INSTITUTION, COMMENT, CONTACT, &
                                        FORMAT, EXPID, DEFLATE, GC,  ORDER, &
                                        NumCores, nbits, TM, Conservative,  RC )

    type(MAPL_CFIO),             intent(OUT) :: MCFIO
    character(LEN=*),            intent(IN)  :: NAME
    type(ESMF_State),            intent(INout)  :: STATE
    type(ESMF_Clock),            intent(INOUT)  :: CLOCK
    type(ESMF_FieldBundle), optional,  pointer    :: BUNDLE
    type(ESMF_TimeInterval), &
                     optional,   intent(INOUT):: OFFSET
    type (ESMF_Grid),optional,   pointer     :: OUTPUT_GRID
    integer,         optional,   pointer     :: CHUNKSIZE(:)
    integer,         optional,   intent(IN)  :: FREQUENCY
    real,            optional,   pointer     :: LEVELS(:)
    character(LEN=*),optional,   intent(IN)  :: DESCR
    real,            optional,   intent(IN)  :: VSCALE
    character(len=*),optional,   intent(IN)  :: VUNIT
    character(len=*),optional,   intent(IN)  :: VCOORD
    integer,         optional,   intent(IN)  :: XYOFFSET
    character(len=*),optional,   intent(IN)  :: source
    character(len=*),optional,   intent(IN)  :: institution
    character(len=*),optional,   intent(IN)  :: comment
    character(len=*),optional,   intent(IN)  :: contact
    character(len=*),optional,   intent(IN)  :: format
    character(len=*),optional,   intent(IN)  :: EXPID
    integer,         optional,   intent(IN)  :: DEFLATE
    type(ESMF_GridComp),optional,intent(IN)  :: GC
    integer,         optional,   intent(IN)  :: Order
    integer,         optional,   intent(IN)  :: Nbits
    integer,         optional,   intent(IN)  :: NumCores
    integer,         optional,   intent(IN)  :: TM
    integer,         optional,   intent(IN)  :: CONSERVATIVE
    integer, optional,           intent(OUT) :: RC
!
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR)     :: Iam="MAPL_CFIOCreateFromState"
    integer                        :: STATUS

! Locals

    type(ESMF_FieldBundle), target :: tBUNDLE

!   Create an empty bundle
!   ----------------------

    tBUNDLE = ESMF_FieldBundleCreate ( name=Iam, rc=STATUS )
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

!   Serialize the state
!   -------------------

    call ESMFL_BundleAddState ( tBUNDLE, STATE, rc=STATUS, VALIDATE=.true. )
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

!   Create the mapl_CFIO object
!   ----------------------

    call MAPL_CFIOCreateFromBundle ( MCFIO, NAME, CLOCK, tBUNDLE,        &
                                     OFFSET = OFFSET,                    &
                                     OUTPUT_GRID=OUTPUT_GRID,            &
                                     CHUNKSIZE=CHUNKSIZE,                &
                                     FREQUENCY=FREQUENCY,                &
                                     LEVELS=LEVELS,                      &
                                     DESCR=DESCR,                        &
                                     XYOFFSET= XYOFFSET,                 &
                                     VCOORD  = VCOORD,                   &
                                     VUNIT   = VUNIT,                    &
                                     VSCALE  = VSCALE,                   &
                                     SOURCE  = SOURCE,                   &
                                     INSTITUTION = INSTITUTION,          &
                                     COMMENT = COMMENT,                  &
                                     CONTACT = CONTACT,                  &
                                     FORMAT  = FORMAT,                   &
                                     EXPID   = EXPID,                    &
                                     DEFLATE = DEFLATE,                  &
                                     GC      = GC,                       &
                                     ORDER   = ORDER,                    &
                                     NumCores= NUMCORES,                 &
                                     nbits   = NBITS,                    &
                                     TM      = TM,                       &
                                     CONSERVATIVE=CONSERVATIVE,          &
                                                               RC=STATUS )
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    if ( present(BUNDLE) ) then
         BUNDLE => tBUNDLE
    end if

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)

  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOCreateFromState


!-------------------------------------------------------------------------
!>
! The subroutine `MAPL_CFIOWriteBundlePost`
! writes an ESMF Bundle to a File. Only the `MAPL_CFIO` object is
! a required argument as pointers to the actual data to be
! written is recorded in it during creation.
!
! *CLOCK, BUNDLE* can be used to override the choice
! made at creation, but this is of dubious value, particularly
! for *BUNDLE* since it must be excatly conformant with the
! creation *BUNDLE*. *NBITS* if the number of bits of
! the mantissa to retain. This is used to write files with degraded
! precision, which can then be compressed with standard utilities.
! The default is no degradation of precision.
!
! **A note about compression.** NetCDF-4, HDF-4 and HDF-5 all
! support transparent internal GZIP compression of the data being
! written. However, very little is gained by compressing float
! point fields from earth system models. Compression yields can
! be greatly increased by setting to zero bits in the mantissa of float
! numbers. On average 50\% compression can be achieved, while
! preserving a meaningful accuracy in the fields. Unlike
! classical CF compression by means of *scale_factor* and
! *add_offset* attributes, internal GZIP compression
! requires no special handling by the users of the data. In fact,
! they do not even need to know that the data is compressed! At this
! point, `MAPL_CFIO` does not activate this GZIP compression
! feature in the files being written, but the resulting precision
! degredaded files can be compressed offline with the HDF-4
! *hrepack* utility.


  subroutine MAPL_CFIOWriteBundlePost( MCFIO, PrePost, RC )
!
    type(MAPL_CFIO  ),               intent(INOUT) :: MCFIO
    logical,               optional, intent(IN   ) :: PrePost
    integer,               optional, intent(  OUT) :: RC

    integer                    :: status

    type(ESMF_FIELD)           :: FIELD
    integer                    :: L, K, k0, LM
    integer                    :: NN
    real,             pointer  :: Ptr2(:,:), Ptr3(:,:,:)
    real, target, allocatable  :: Ple3d(:,:,:)
    real,         allocatable  :: Pl3d(:,:,:)
    real,         allocatable  :: Ptrx(:,:,:)
    real,             pointer  :: layer(:,:),ps0(:,:)
    logical                    :: PrePost_
    integer                    :: globalcount(3)
    type(ESMF_VM)              :: vm
!                              ---
    _ASSERT(MCFIO%CREATED, 'MCFIO%CREATED is false')

    if (present(PrePost)) then
       PrePost_ = PrePost
    else
       PrePost_ = .true.
    end if

!  Set centers and edges of interpolating field
!----------------------------------------------

    if(mCFIO%Vinterp) then
       call ESMF_FieldBundleGet(mCFIO%bundle, fieldName=mCFIO%Vvar, Field=Field,  RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       nullify (ptr3)
       call ESMF_FieldGet(Field, localDE=0, farrayPtr=Ptr3, rc=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       allocate( LAYER(size(Ptr3,1),size(Ptr3,2) ), stat=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       if (associated(mcfio%regridder)) then
          call ESMF_VMGetCurrent(vm,rc=status)
          _VERIFY(status)
          call MAPL_GridGet(mcfio%grid,globalCellCountPerDim=globalCount,rc=status)
          _VERIFY(status)
          call MAPL_AllocNodeArray(ps0,[globalCount(1),globalCount(2)],rc=status)
          if(STATUS==MAPL_NoShm) allocate(ps0(globalCount(1),globalCount(2)),stat=status)
          _VERIFY(status)
          call MAPL_AllocNodeArray(mcfio%surfaceLayer,[mcfio%im,mcfio%jm],rc=status)
          if(STATUS==MAPL_NoShm) allocate(mcfio%surfaceLayer(mcfio%im,mcfio%jm),stat=status)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
       end if

! The Ptr3 interpolating variable is a zero-based (0-LM) edge variable
!---------------------------------------------------------------------
       if(lbound(PTR3,3)==0) then
          allocate( ple3D(size(Ptr3,1),size(Ptr3,2),size(Ptr3,3)  ), stat=status)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          allocate(  pl3D(size(Ptr3,1),size(Ptr3,2),size(Ptr3,3)-1), stat=status)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)

          if    (mCFIO%Func=='log') then
             ple3D = log(Ptr3)
             pl3D  = log( 0.5*(Ptr3(:,:,1:)+Ptr3(:,:,0:ubound(Ptr3,3)-1)) )
          elseif(mCFIO%Func=='pow') then
             ple3D = Ptr3**mCFIO%pow
             pl3D  =    ( 0.5*(Ptr3(:,:,1:)+Ptr3(:,:,0:ubound(Ptr3,3)-1)) )**mCFIO%pow
          else
             ple3D = Ptr3
             pl3D  =    ( 0.5*(Ptr3(:,:,1:)+Ptr3(:,:,0:ubound(Ptr3,3)-1)) )
          end if
          if (associated(mCFIO%regridder)) then
             mcfio%ascending = (ptr3(1,1,0)<ptr3(1,1,1))
             call ArrayGather(ptr3(:,:,ubound(ptr3,3)),ps0,mcfio%grid,rc=status)
             _VERIFY(status)
          end if

       else

! The Ptr3 interpolating variable is a (1-LM) mid-layer variable
!---------------------------------------------------------------
          allocate(  Ptrx(size(Ptr3,1),size(Ptr3,2),0:size(Ptr3,3)  ), stat=status)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          allocate( ple3D(size(Ptr3,1),size(Ptr3,2),0:size(Ptr3,3)  ), stat=status)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          allocate(  pl3D(size(Ptr3,1),size(Ptr3,2),  size(Ptr3,3)  ), stat=status)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)

          Ptrx(:,:,0               ) = 0.5*( 3* Ptr3(:,:,1)             -Ptr3(:,:,2)                )
          Ptrx(:,:,1:size(Ptr3,3)-1) = 0.5*(    Ptr3(:,:,2:size(Ptr3,3))+Ptr3(:,:,1:size(Ptr3,3)-1) )
          Ptrx(:,:,  size(Ptr3,3)  ) = 0.5*( 3* Ptr3(:,:,  size(Ptr3,3))-Ptr3(:,:,  size(Ptr3,3)-1) )

          if    (mCFIO%Func=='log') then
             ple3D = log(Ptrx)
             pl3D  = log( 0.5*(Ptrx(:,:,1:)+Ptrx(:,:,0:ubound(Ptrx,3)-1)) )
          elseif(mCFIO%Func=='pow') then
             ple3D = Ptrx**mCFIO%pow
             pl3D  =    ( 0.5*(Ptrx(:,:,1:)+Ptrx(:,:,0:ubound(Ptrx,3)-1)) )**mCFIO%pow
          else
             ple3D = Ptrx
             pl3D  =    ( 0.5*(Ptrx(:,:,1:)+Ptrx(:,:,0:ubound(Ptrx,3)-1)) )
          end if

          if (associated(mCFIO%regridder)) then
             mcfio%ascending = (ptrx(1,1,0)<ptrx(1,1,1))
             call ArrayGather(ptrx(:,:,ubound(ptrx,3)),ps0,mcfio%grid,rc=status)
             _VERIFY(status)

          end if
          deallocate(Ptrx)
       end if

       if (associated(mCFIO%regridder)) then
          call MAPL_BcastShared(vm,data=ps0,N=globalCount(1)*globalCount(2),root=0,RootOnly=.false.,rc=status)
          _VERIFY(status)
          if (MAPL_AmNodeRoot .or. (.not. MAPL_ShmInitialized)) then
             call mCFIO%regridder%regrid(ps0,mcfio%surfaceLayer,rc=status)
             _VERIFY(status)
          end if

          if (MAPL_ShmInitialized) then
             call MAPL_DeAllocNodeArray(ps0,rc=status)
             _VERIFY(status)
          else
             deallocate(ps0)
          end if
       end if

    end if

    call MAPL_CFIOSetVectorPairs(mCFIO,rc=status)
    _VERIFY(status)

! Cycle through all variables posting receives.
!----------------------------------------------

    nn = 0

    POSTRECV: do L=1, size(MCFIO%VarDims)
       if    (mCFIO%VarDims(L)==2) then ! Rank == 2
          LM = 1
       elseif(MCFIO%VarDims(L)==3) then ! Rank == 3
          LM = MCFIO%LM
       else
          LM = 0
       endif

       do K=1,LM
          nn    = nn + 1
          call MAPL_CreateRequest(MCFIO%GRID, MCFIO%Krank(nn), MCFIO%reqs(nn), &
                                  tag=nn, RequestType=MAPL_IsGather, PrePost = PrePost_, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
       enddo
    end do POSTRECV

! Cycle through all variables posting sends.
!-------------------------------------------

    nn = 0

    VARIABLES: do L=1, size(MCFIO%VarDims)

       call ESMF_FieldBundleGet(MCFIO%BUNDLE, MCFIO%VARNAME(L), FIELD=FIELD,                  RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

! We treat only fields with rank 2 (horizontal 2D) and
!  rank 3 (first 2 dimension are horz, third is vert).
!--------------------------------------------------------

       RANK: if (MCFIO%VarDims(L)==2) then ! Rank == 2

          nn    = nn + 1
          ptr2  =>null()

          call ESMF_FieldGet      (FIELD, localDE=0, farrayPtr=PTR2, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          call MAPL_ArrayIGather  (Ptr2, MCFIO%reqs(NN), RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)

       elseif(MCFIO%VarDims(L)==3) then ! Rank == 3

          ptr3 =>null()

          call ESMF_FieldGet      (FIELD, localDE=0, farrayPtr=PTR3, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)

          K0  = lbound(PTR3,3) - 1

! For each level, interpolate vertically and post gather
!-------------------------------------------------------

          LAYERS: do K=1,MCFIO%LM
             VINTERP: if(mCFIO%Vinterp) then
                call VertInterp(LAYER, PTR3, MCFIO%LEVS(K), ple3d, pl3d, rc=status)
                _VERIFY(STATUS)
             else if (MCFIO%LEVS(K)<0) then
                LAYER => PTR3(:,:,K+K0)
             else
                LAYER => PTR3(:,:,nint(MCFIO%LEVS(K)))
             end if VINTERP

             nn    = nn + 1

             call MAPL_ArrayIGather(LAYER, MCFIO%reqs(nn), rc=status)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
          enddo LAYERS

       end if RANK

    end do VARIABLES



!   if(mCFIO%myPE==mCFIO%Root) then
!      print *, ' Posted to File: ', trim(mCFIO%fName)
!   endif


    if(mCFIO%Vinterp) then
       deallocate( ple3D, stat=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       deallocate( pl3D , stat=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       deallocate( Layer, stat=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
    end if

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)
  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOWriteBundlePost

  subroutine MAPL_CFIOWriteBundleWait( MCFIO, CLOCK, RC )

    type(MAPL_CFIO  ),                 intent(INOUT) :: MCFIO
    type(ESMF_CLOCK),                  intent(INOUT) :: CLOCK
    integer,                optional,  intent(  OUT) :: RC

! Locals
!-------

    integer                    :: status

    integer                    :: L, K, NN
    logical                    :: AmRoot, MyGlobal
    real,          pointer     :: Gptr2Out(:,:  )
    real,          pointer     :: PtrGlob (:,:  )
    integer                    :: counts(5)
    integer                    :: IM0,JM0,I,IP
    logical                    :: FixPole
    integer                    :: lm, nv
    logical                    :: transAlreadyDone
    type(Ptr2Arr), allocatable :: globPtrArr(:)
    type(Ptr2Arr)              :: PtrTypeIn(2)
    type(Ptr2Arr)              :: PtrTypeOut(2)

    _UNUSED_DUMMY(CLOCK)

! Space for global arrays is allocated everywhere, even if not used.
!------------------------------------------------------------------

    _ASSERT(MCFIO%CREATED, 'MCFIO%CREATED is false')

! Allocate global 2d and 3d arrays at the writing resolution
!  Note that everybody allocated these.
!-----------------------------------------------------------

    call MAPL_GridGet( MCFIO%GRID, globalCellCountPerDim=COUNTS, RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    IM0 = COUNTS(1)
    JM0 = COUNTS(2)

    !if(any(mCFIO%myPE==mCFIO%Krank)) then
       !allocate(Gptr3Out(Mcfio%IM, Mcfio%JM,1), stat=STATUS)
       !_VERIFY(STATUS)

       !Gptr2Out => Gptr3Out(:,:,1)
       !Gptr2Out(:,:) = 0.0
    !end if

    nn   = 0

    AmRoot     = mCFIO%myPE==MCFIO%RootRank

    allocate(globPtrArr(size(mCFIO%reqs)), stat=status)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    COLCTVWAIT: do nn=1,size(mCFIO%reqs)
       ! Wait on request for slice nn
       !-----------------------------
       call MAPL_CollectiveWait(MCFIO%reqs(nn), DstArray=PtrGlob,  rc=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       globPtrArr(nn)%ptr => PtrGlob ! this is valid only if myGlobal is .true.
    end do COLCTVWAIT

    nn   = 0
    VARIABLES: do L=1,size(MCFIO%VarDims)

       FixPole = (MCFIO%VarType(L) == MAPL_VectorField) .and. &
                 (JM0              == 6*IM0)            .and. &
                 (Mcfio%JM         /= 6*mcfio%IM)

       RANK: if (MCFIO%VarDims(L)==2) then
          LM = 1
       else  if (MCFIO%VarDims(L)==3) then
          LM = MCFIO%lm
       else
          LM = 0
       end if RANK

       LEVELS: do k=1,LM
          nn       = nn + 1
          MyGlobal = mCFIO%Krank(nn) == MCFIO%MYPE
          PtrGlob => globPtrArr(nn)%ptr

! Horizontal Interpolation and Shaving on PEs with global data
! ------------------------------------------------------------

          if( MyGlobal ) then
             nv = mCFIO%pairList(nn)
             VECTORTEST: if (nv == 0) then
                ! scalar
                allocate( MCFIO%reqs(nn)%Trans_Array(Mcfio%IM, Mcfio%JM, 1), stat=STATUS )
                _VERIFY(STATUS)
                Gptr2Out => MCFIO%reqs(nn)%Trans_Array(:,:,1)
                PtrTypeIn (1)%ptr => globPtrArr(nn)%ptr
                PtrTypeOut(1)%ptr => Gptr2Out
                call TransShaveAndSend(PtrTypeIn(1:1),PtrTypeOut(1:1),MCFIO%reqs(nn)%s_rqst,doTrans=.true.,IdxOut=1)
                _VERIFY(status)
             else if (nv > 0) then
                ! I am U part of vector
                if (associated(MCFIO%reqs(nn)%Trans_Array)) then
                   _ASSERT(associated(MCFIO%reqs(nv)%Trans_Array), 'Trans_Array not associated')
                   TransAlreadyDone = .true.
                else
                   TransAlreadyDone = .false.
                   allocate( MCFIO%reqs(nn)%Trans_Array(Mcfio%IM, Mcfio%JM, 1), stat=STATUS )
                   _VERIFY(STATUS)
                   allocate( MCFIO%reqs(nv)%Trans_Array(Mcfio%IM, Mcfio%JM, 1), stat=STATUS )
                   _VERIFY(STATUS)
                endif
                PtrTypeIn (1)%ptr => globPtrArr(nn)%ptr
                PtrTypeIn (2)%ptr => globPtrArr(nv)%ptr
                PtrTypeOut(1)%ptr => MCFIO%reqs(nn)%Trans_Array(:,:,1)
                PtrTypeOut(2)%ptr => MCFIO%reqs(nv)%Trans_Array(:,:,1)
                call TransShaveAndSend(PtrTypeIn(1:2),PtrTypeOut(1:2),MCFIO%reqs(nn)%s_rqst,doTrans=.not.TransAlreadyDone,IdxOut=1)
                _VERIFY(status)
             else
                ! I am V part of vector
                nv = abs(nv)
                if (associated(MCFIO%reqs(nn)%Trans_Array)) then
                   _ASSERT(associated(MCFIO%reqs(nv)%Trans_Array), 'Trans_Array not associated')
                   TransAlreadyDone = .true.
                else
                   TransAlreadyDone = .false.
                   allocate( MCFIO%reqs(nn)%Trans_Array(Mcfio%IM, Mcfio%JM, 1), stat=STATUS )
                   _VERIFY(STATUS)
                   allocate( MCFIO%reqs(nv)%Trans_Array(Mcfio%IM, Mcfio%JM, 1), stat=STATUS )
                   _VERIFY(STATUS)
                endif
                PtrTypeIn (1)%ptr => globPtrArr(nv)%ptr
                PtrTypeIn (2)%ptr => globPtrArr(nn)%ptr
                PtrTypeOut(1)%ptr => MCFIO%reqs(nv)%Trans_Array(:,:,1)
                PtrTypeOut(2)%ptr => MCFIO%reqs(nn)%Trans_Array(:,:,1)
                call TransShaveAndSend(PtrTypeIn(1:2),PtrTypeOut(1:2),MCFIO%reqs(nn)%s_rqst,doTrans=.not.TransAlreadyDone,IdxOut=2)
                _VERIFY(status)
             end if VECTORTEST
          endif
       end do LEVELS

    end do VARIABLES

!    do nn=1,size(mCFIO%reqs)
!       MyGlobal = MCFIO%Krank(nn) == MCFIO%MYPE
!       if (myGlobal) then
!          deallocate(globPtrArr(nn)%ptr)
!          NULLIFY(globPtrArr(nn)%ptr)
!       end if
!    end do
    deallocate(globPtrArr)

   !if(AmRoot) then
   !   write(6,'(1X,"TransShaveAndSend: ",i6," Slices (",i3," Nodes, ",i2," CoresPerNode) to File:  ",a)') &
   !         size(MCFIO%reqs),mCFIO%partsize/mCFIO%numcores,mCFIO%numcores,trim(mCFIO%fName)
   !endif

    !if (any(mCFIO%myPE==mCFIO%Krank)) then
       !deallocate(Gptr3Out, stat=STATUS)
       !_VERIFY(STATUS)
    !end if

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)

  contains

    subroutine TransShaveAndSend(PtrIn,PtrOut,request,doTrans,idxOut)
      type(Ptr2Arr) :: PtrIn(:)
      type(Ptr2Arr) :: PtrOut(:)
      integer       :: request
      logical       :: doTrans
      integer       :: idxOut

      real, pointer :: Gin (:,:)
      real, pointer :: Gout(:,:)
      real, dimension(:,:,:), pointer :: uin, uout, vin, vout
      integer :: im, jm

      type(c_ptr)   :: cptr

      if (size(PtrIn) == 1) then
         _ASSERT(idxOut ==1, 'idxOut /= 1')
         Gin => PtrIn(1)%ptr
         Gout => PtrOut(1)%ptr

         if (associated(mCFIO%regridder)) then
            if (mCFIO%regridConservative) then
               call mCFIO%regridder%regrid(Gin, Gout, rc=status)
               _VERIFY(STATUS)
            else
               call mCFIO%regridder%set_undef_value(MAPL_undef)
               call mCFIO%regridder%regrid(Gin, Gout, rc=status)
               _VERIFY(status)
            end if
            if (mcfio%vinterp .and. (lm .ne. 1) ) then
               if (mcfio%ascending) then
                  where(mcfio%surfaceLayer<mcfio%unmodifiedLevs(k)) gout=MAPL_UNDEF
               else
                  where(mcfio%surfaceLayer>mcfio%unmodifiedLevs(k)) gout=MAPL_UNDEF
               endif
            end if
         else
            _ASSERT( all(shape(gout)==shape(gin)), 'in-out shape mismatch')
            gout=gin
         end if

         ! if going from CS to LAT-LON pole winds are wrong, approximate fix below
         if (FixPole) then
            do i=1,mcfio%im
               ip = i+(mcfio%im/2)
               if (ip > mcfio%im) ip = ip - mcfio%im
               if ( (gout(i,mcfio%jm-1) == MAPL_UNDEF) .or. (gout(ip,mcfio%jm-1) == MAPL_UNDEF)) then
                  gout(i,mcfio%jm) = MAPL_UNDEF
               else
                  gout(i,mcfio%jm)=(gout(i,mcfio%jm-1)-gout(ip,mcfio%jm-1))/2.0
               end if
               if ( (gout(i,2) == MAPL_UNDEF) .or. (gout(ip,2) == MAPL_UNDEF)) then
                  gout(i,1) = MAPL_UNDEF
               else
                  gout(i,1)=(gout(i,2)-gout(ip,2))/2.0
               endif
            enddo
         endif

         deallocate(Gin)
         nullify   (Gin)
      else
         _ASSERT(size(PtrIn) == 2, 'if not scalar, ptrIn must be 2-vector')
         _ASSERT(size(PtrOut) == 2, 'if not scalar, ptrOut must be 2-vector')
         Gout => PtrOut(idxOut)%ptr
         ! TLC: Probably do not need this conditional now that there are identity regridders
         if (doTrans) then
            _ASSERT(associated(mcfio%regridder), 'mcfio%regridder not associated')
            im = size(PtrIn(1)%ptr,1)
            jm = size(PtrIn(1)%ptr,2)

            ! MAT PGI cannot handle C_LOC call inside C_F_POINTER
            cptr = C_loc(PtrIn(1)%ptr(1,1))
            call C_F_pointer (cptr, uin,[im,jm,1])

            cptr = C_loc(PtrIn(2)%ptr(1,1))
            call C_F_pointer (cptr, vin,[im,jm,1])

!@#               allocate(uin(im,jm,1), vin(im,jm,1))
!@#               uin(:,:,1) = PtrIn(1)%ptr
!@#               vin(:,:,1) = PtrIn(2)%ptr

            im = size(PtrOut(1)%ptr,1)
            jm = size(PtrOut(1)%ptr,2)

            cptr = C_loc(PtrOut(1)%ptr(1,1))
            call C_F_pointer (cptr, uout,[im,jm,1])

            cptr = C_loc(PtrOut(2)%ptr(1,1))
            call C_F_pointer (cptr, vout,[im,jm,1])

!@#               allocate(uout(im,jm,1), vout(im,jm,1))

            call mCFIO%regridder%set_undef_value(MAPL_undef)
            call mCFIO%regridder%regrid(uin, vin, uout, vout, rc=status)
            _VERIFY(status)
            if (mcfio%vinterp .and. (lm .ne. 1) ) then
               if (mcfio%ascending) then
                  where(mcfio%surfaceLayer<mcfio%unmodifiedLevs(k)) uout(:,:,1)=MAPL_UNDEF
                  where(mcfio%surfaceLayer<mcfio%unmodifiedLevs(k)) vout(:,:,1)=MAPL_UNDEF
               else
                  where(mcfio%surfaceLayer>mcfio%unmodifiedLevs(k)) uout(:,:,1)=MAPL_UNDEF
                  where(mcfio%surfaceLayer>mcfio%unmodifiedLevs(k)) vout(:,:,1)=MAPL_UNDEF
               endif
            end if

            deallocate(PtrIn(1)%ptr)
            nullify(PtrIn(1)%ptr)
            deallocate(PtrIn(2)%ptr)
            nullify(PtrIn(2)%ptr)
         end if
      end if

      if(mCFIO%NBITS < 24) then
         call ESMF_CFIODownBit ( Gout, Gout, mCFIO%NBITS, undef=MAPL_undef, rc=STATUS )
         _VERIFY(STATUS)
      end if

         call MPI_ISend(Gout, size(Gout), MPI_REAL, MCFIO%RootRank, &
                 trans_tag, mCFIO%comm, request,         STATUS)
            _VERIFY(STATUS)


      return
    end subroutine TransShaveAndSend

  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOWriteBundleWait

  subroutine MAPL_CFIOWriteBundleWrite( MCFIO, CLOCK, RC )

    type(MAPL_CFIO  ),                 intent(INOUT) :: MCFIO
    type(ESMF_CLOCK),                  intent(INOUT) :: CLOCK
    integer,                optional,  intent(  OUT) :: RC

! Locals
!-------

    integer                    :: status

    integer                    :: L, K, NN
    integer                    :: YY,MM,DD,H,M,S
    integer                    :: noffset
    logical                    :: AmRoot, MyGlobal, LPERP
    type(ESMF_TIME )           :: TIME
    type(ESMF_Alarm)           :: PERPETUAL
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR) :: DATE
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR) :: ClockName
    real,          pointer     :: Gptr3Out(:,:,:)
    real,          pointer     :: Gptr2Out(:,:  )
    integer                    :: counts(5)
    integer                    :: IM0,JM0
    integer                    :: nymd,nhms

! Space for global arrays is allocated everywhere, even if not used.
!------------------------------------------------------------------

    _ASSERT(MCFIO%CREATED, 'MCFIO%CREATED is false')

! Set the time at which we will be writing from the clock
!--------------------------------------------------------

       call ESMF_ClockGet       (CLOCK, name=ClockName, CurrTime =TIME, RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       call ESMF_TimeIntervalGet( MCFIO%OFFSET, S=noffset, rc=status )
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       if( noffset /= 0 ) then
          LPERP = ( index( trim(clockname),'_PERPETUAL' ).ne.0 )
          if( LPERP ) then
             call ESMF_ClockGetAlarm ( clock, alarmName='PERPETUAL', alarm=PERPETUAL, rc=status )
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             if( ESMF_AlarmIsRinging(PERPETUAL) ) then
                call ESMF_TimeGet ( Time, YY = YY, &
                     MM = MM, &
                     DD = DD, &
                     H  = H , &
                     M  = M , &
                     S  = S, rc=status )
                MM = MM + 1
                call ESMF_TimeSet ( Time, YY = YY, &
                     MM = MM, &
                     DD = DD, &
                     H  = H , &
                     M  = M , &
                     S  = S, rc=status )
             endif
          endif
       endif

       TIME = TIME - MCFIO%OFFSET

       call ESMF_TimeGet        (TIME,     timeString=DATE,     RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       ! Allocate global 2d and 3d arrays at the writing resolution
       !  Note that everybody allocated these.
       !-----------------------------------------------------------

       call MAPL_GridGet( MCFIO%GRID, globalCellCountPerDim=COUNTS, RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       IM0 = COUNTS(1)
       JM0 = COUNTS(2)

       if(any(mCFIO%myPE==mCFIO%Krank)) then
          allocate(Gptr3Out(Mcfio%IM, Mcfio%JM,1), stat=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)

          Gptr2Out => Gptr3Out(:,:,1)
          Gptr2Out(:,:) = 0.0
       end if

       AmRoot     = mCFIO%myPE==mCFIO%rootRank

       ! Finally Do The Writes
       !______________________

       nn   = 0
       VARIABLESW: do L=1,size(MCFIO%VarDims)

          RANKW: if (MCFIO%VarDims(L)==2) then
             nn       = nn + 1
             MyGlobal = mCFIO%Krank(nn) == MCFIO%MYPE

             ! Horizontal Interpolation and Shaving on PEs with global data
             ! ------------------------------------------------------------

             IAMVARROOT: if(AmRoot) then
                Gptr2Out => Gptr3Out(:,:,1)
                call MPI_Recv(Gptr2Out,size(Gptr2Out),MPI_REAL, mCFIO%Krank(nn), &
                     trans_tag,  mCFIO%comm, MPI_STATUS_IGNORE, STATUS)
                _VERIFY(STATUS)

                call StrToInt(date,nymd,nhms)
                call ESMF_CFIOVarWrite(MCFIO%CFIO, trim(MCFIO%VARNAME(L)), &
                     Gptr2Out, timeString=DATE,  RC=STATUS)
                _VERIFY(STATUS)

             end if IAMVARROOT

          elseif (MCFIO%VarDims(L)==3) then

             ! Everyone waits, processes their layer, and sends it to root.
             !   Root write it out.
             !-------------------------------------------------------------

             LEVELSW: do k=1,MCFIO%lm
                nn       = nn + 1
                MyGlobal = MCFIO%Krank(nn) == MCFIO%MYPE

                IAMLEVROOT: if(AmRoot) then
                   Gptr2Out => Gptr3Out(:,:,1)
                   call MPI_Recv(Gptr2Out, size(Gptr2Out), MPI_REAL, mCFIO%Krank(nn), &
                        trans_tag,  mCFIO%comm, MPI_STATUS_IGNORE,   STATUS)
                   _VERIFY(STATUS)

                   call StrToInt(date,nymd,nhms)
                   call ESMF_CFIOVarWrite(MCFIO%CFIO, trim(MCFIO%VARNAME(L)), &
                        Gptr3Out, kbeg=K, kount=1,          &
                        timeString=DATE,           RC=STATUS)
                   _VERIFY(STATUS)

                end if IAMLEVROOT
             end do LEVELSW
          endif RANKW

       end do VARIABLESW

   !if(AmRoot) then
   !   write(6,'(1X,"Wrote: ",i6," Slices (",i3," Nodes, ",i2," CoresPerNode) to File:  ",a)') &
   !         size(MCFIO%reqs),mCFIO%partsize/mCFIO%numcores,mCFIO%numcores,trim(mCFIO%fName)
   !endif

! Clean-up
!---------
    nn   = 0
    VARIABLESC: do L=1,size(MCFIO%VarDims)

       RANKC: if (MCFIO%VarDims(L)==2) then
          nn       = nn + 1
          MyGlobal = mCFIO%Krank(nn) == MCFIO%MYPE

             if( MyGlobal ) then
                call MPI_Wait(MCFIO%reqs(nn)%s_rqst, MPI_STATUS_IGNORE, STATUS)
                _VERIFY(STATUS)
                deallocate( MCFIO%reqs(nn)%Trans_Array, stat=STATUS)
                _VERIFY(STATUS)
                nullify( MCFIO%reqs(nn)%Trans_Array )
             endif

       elseif (MCFIO%VarDims(L)==3) then

          LEVELSC: do k=1,MCFIO%lm
             nn       = nn + 1
             MyGlobal = MCFIO%Krank(nn) == MCFIO%MYPE

             if( MyGlobal ) then
                call MPI_Wait(MCFIO%reqs(nn)%s_rqst, MPI_STATUS_IGNORE, STATUS)
                _VERIFY(STATUS)
                deallocate( MCFIO%reqs(nn)%Trans_Array, stat=STATUS)
                _VERIFY(STATUS)
                nullify( MCFIO%reqs(nn)%Trans_Array )
             endif

          end do LEVELSC
       endif RANKC

    end do VARIABLESC

  ! if(AmRoot) then
  !    write(6,'(1X,"Cleaned: ",i6," Slices (",i3," Nodes, ",i2," CoresPerNode) to File:  ",a)') &
  !          size(MCFIO%reqs),mCFIO%partsize/mCFIO%numcores,mCFIO%numcores,trim(mCFIO%fName)
  ! endif
       if (any(mCFIO%myPE==mCFIO%Krank)) then
          deallocate(Gptr3Out, stat=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
       end if

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)

  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOWriteBundleWrite

!===========================================================================
!>
! The subroutine `MAPL_CFIOWriteBundle`
! writes an ESMF Bundle to a File. Only the `MAPL_CFIO` object is
! a required argument as pointers to the actual data to be
! written is recorded in it during creation.
!
! *CLOCK, BUNDLE* can be used to override the choice
! made at creation, but this is of dubious value, particularly
! for *BUNDLE* since it must be excatly conformant with the
! creation *BUNDLE*. *NBITS* if the number of bits of
! the mantissa to retain. This is used to write files with degraded
! precision, which can then be compressed with standard utilities.
! The default is no degradation of precision.
!
! **A note about compression.* NetCDF-4, HDF-4 and HDF-5 all
! support transparent internal GZIP compression of the data being
! written. However, very little is gained by compressing float
! point fields from earth system models. Compression yields can
! be greatly increased by setting to zero bits in the mantissa of float
! numbers. On average 50\% compression can be achieved, while
! preserving a meaningful accuracy in the fields. Unlike
! classical CF compression by means of *scale_factor* and
! *add_offset* attributes, internal GZIP compression
! requires no special handling by the users of the data. In fact,
! they do not even need to know that the data is compressed! At this
! point, `MAPL_CFIO` does not activate this GZIP compression
! feature in the files being written, but the resulting precision
! degredaded files can be compressed offline with the HDF-4
! *hrepack* utility.

  subroutine MAPL_CFIOWriteBundle( MCFIO, CLOCK, Bundle, &
                                   VERBOSE, NBITS, created, RC    )
!
    type(MAPL_CFIO  ),                 intent(INOUT) :: MCFIO
    type(ESMF_CLOCK),       optional,  intent(INOUT) :: CLOCK
    type(ESMF_FIELDBUNDLE), optional,  intent(INout) :: BUNDLE
    logical,                optional,  intent(IN   ) :: VERBOSE
    integer,                optional,  intent(IN   ) :: NBITS
    logical,                optional,  intent(IN   ) :: created
    integer,                optional,  intent(  OUT) :: RC
!
    integer                    :: status
    logical                    :: isCreated

    _UNUSED_DUMMY(VERBOSE)

    _ASSERT(present(CLOCK), 'CLOCK argument must be present')
    _ASSERT(present(BUNDLE), 'BUNDLE argument must be present')

! for backward compatibility
!---------------------------

    if(present(NBITS)) then
       mCFIO%Nbits = Nbits
    end if

! DSK fName is set in History during runtime, but the G5 tutorial does not, so we must set it here
    if (IACHAR(MCFIO%fName(1:1)) == 0) then
       call MAPL_CFIOSet( MCFIO, fName=MCFIO%Name, RC=status )
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
    endif

    if (present(created)) then
       isCreated=created
    else
       isCreated=.false.
    end if
    if (.not.isCreated) then
       call MAPL_CFIOCreateWrite    ( MCFIO,         RC=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
    end if

    call MAPL_CFIOWriteBundlePost( MCFIO,         RC=status)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    call MAPL_CFIOWriteBundleWait( MCFIO, CLOCK,  RC=status)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    call MAPL_CFIOWriteBundleWrite( MCFIO, CLOCK, RC=status)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)
  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOWriteBundle


!-------------------------------------------------------------------------
!>
! The subroutine `MAPL_CFIOWriteState`
! serializes an ESMF state into a Bundle and writes it to a file.
! Only the `MAPL_CFIO` object is a required argument as pointers to
! the actual data to be written is recorded in it during creation.
!
! *CLOCK, BUNDLE* can be used to override the choice
! made at creation, but this is of dubious value, particularly
! for *BUNDLE* since it must be excatly conformant with the
! creation *BUNDLE*. *NBITS* if the number of bits of
! the mantissa to retain. This is used to write files with degraded
! precision, which can then be compressed with standard utilities.
! The default is no degradation of precision.
!
! **A note about compression.** NetCDF-4, HDF-4 and HDF-5 all
! support transparent internal GZIP compression of the data being
! written. However, very little is gained by compressing float
! point fields from earth system models. Compression yields can
! be greatly increased by setting to zero bits in the mantissa of float
! numbers. On average `50%` compression can be achieved, while
! preserving a meaningful accuracy in the fields. Unlike
! classical CF compression by means of *scale_factor* and
! *add_offset* attributes, internal GZIP compression
! requires no special handling by the users of the data. In fact,
! they do not even need to know that the data is compressed! At this
! point, `MAPL_CFIO` does not activate this GZIP compression
! feature in the files being written, but the resulting precision
! degredaded files can be compressed offline with the HDF-4
! *hrepack* utility.
!
  subroutine MAPL_CFIOWriteState ( MCFIO, CLOCK, State, &
                                   VERBOSE, NBITS, RC   )
!
    type(MAPL_CFIO),             intent(INOUT) :: MCFIO
    type(ESMF_State),            intent(INout) :: STATE
    type(ESMF_CLOCK),            intent(INOUT) :: CLOCK
    integer, optional,           intent(  OUT) :: RC
    logical, optional,           intent(  IN)  :: VERBOSE
    integer, optional,           intent(  IN)  :: NBITS
!
    character(len=*), parameter  :: Iam="MAPL_CFIOWriteState"
    integer                      :: STATUS

! Locals

    type(ESMF_FieldBundle) :: tBUNDLE

! Get the appropriate bundle
!---------------------------

!ALT    if(present(STATE)) then
       tBUNDLE = ESMF_FieldBundleCreate ( name=Iam, rc=STATUS )
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       call ESMFL_BundleAddState ( tBUNDLE, STATE, rc=STATUS, VALIDATE=.true. )
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
!ALT    else
!ALT       tBUNDLE = MCFIO%BUNDLE
!ALT    end if

!   Write the Bundle
!   ----------------

    call MAPL_CFIOWriteBundle ( MCFIO, CLOCK=CLOCK, BUNDLE=tBUNDLE, &
                                VERBOSE=VERBOSE, NBITS=NBITS, RC=STATUS   )
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

!ALT    if(present(STATE)) then
       call ESMF_FieldBundleDestroy ( tBUNDLE, rc=STATUS )
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
!ALT    endif

!   All done
!   --------

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)

 end subroutine MAPL_CFIOWriteState

!-------------------------------------------------------------------------
!>
! The subroutine MAPL_CFIOReadBundle`
! reads an ESMF Bundle from a file on a given time. The file is
! open, read from, and closed on exit. The arguments are:
!
!- **FILETMPL** A GrADS-style file name template. In its simplest
!   form is the full path name for the file to be read. However, it
!   can contain the following tokens which will be expanded from
!   the current time in {\em TIME}:
!   - **%y4** 4 digits for year
!   - **%m2** 2 digits for month, to expand to 01, 02, .., 12
!   - **%m3** 3 digits for month, to expand to jan, feb, mar, ..., dec
!   - **%d2** 2 digits for day
!   - **%h2** 2 digits for hour
!   - **%n2** 2 digits for minutes
!   Example: if FILETMPL = `'forecast.%y4-%m2-%d2_%h2z.nc4'`, and the clock
!   says it is 18Z on 05 February 2007, the template will expand in the
!   following file name: `'forecast.2007-02-05_18Z.nc4'`
!- **TIME** The ESMF time to read from the file
!- **BUNDLE** An ESMF Bundle to read the data in. When the Bundle is empty
!   one field is added for each variable present in the input file, and the
!   necessary memory allocated according to the ESMF grid present in the Bundle.
!- **[NOREAD]** If .TRUE., no data is actually read into the Bundle. This is
!   useful to define a Bundle with the same variables as presented in the
!   file, which in turn can be used to created a `MAPL_CFIO` object for
!   writing.
!- **[RC]** Error return code; set to `ESMF_SUCCESS` if all is well.
!- **[VERBOSE]** If .TRUE., prints progress messages to STDOUT; useful
!   for debugging.
!- **[FORCE_REGRID]** Obsolete; kept for backward compatibility but
!   has no effect.
!- **[TIME_IS_CYCLIC]**  If .TRUE. it says that the input file is periodic
!   in time. Useful for reading climatological files. For example, if the
!   input file has 12 monthly means from January to December of 2001, setting
!   this option to .TRUE. allows one to read this data for any other year. See
!   note below regarding issues with reading monthly mean data.
!- **[TIME_INTERP]** If .TRUE., the input file does not have to coincide with the
!   actual times on file. In such cases, the data for the bracketing times are
!   read and the data is properly interpolated in time. The input time, though,
!   need to be within the range of times present on file
!   (unless *TIME_IS_CYCLIC* is specified).
!- **[ONLY_VARS]** A list of comma separated vafriables to be read from the
!   file. By default, all variables are read from the file. This option allows
!   one to read a subset of vafriables. Example: `ONLY_VARS='u,v,ps'`.
!
! **A note about storing monthly climatological data.** As per the CF
! conventions, month is not a well defined unit of time, as the time
! step is not constant throughout the year. When storing 12 months
! of climatological data one way around it is to use an average
! number of hours: use 732 or 730 hours depending on whether the year
! recorded in the file is a leap-year or not.
!
!#### Design Issues
! The input argument *TIME* should be replaced with *CLOCK*
! for consistency with the rest of the API. One should also provide
! an interface involving the MAPL CFIO object.
!
  subroutine MAPL_CFIOReadBundle ( FILETMPL, TIME, BUNDLE, NOREAD, RC, &
                                   VERBOSE, FORCE_REGRID, ONLY_VARS, ONLY_LEVS, &
                                   TIME_IS_CYCLIC, TIME_INTERP, conservative, &
                                   voting, ignoreCase, doParallel, GSImode, getFrac, EXPID, collection_id )
!
    character(len=*),            intent(IN   ) :: FILETMPL
    type(ESMF_TIME),             intent(INout) :: TIME
    type(ESMF_FIELDBUNDLE),           intent(INOUT) :: BUNDLE
    logical, optional,           intent(IN   ) :: NOREAD
    integer, optional,           intent(  OUT) :: RC
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: VERBOSE
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: FORCE_REGRID
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: TIME_IS_CYCLIC
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: TIME_INTERP
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: conservative
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: voting
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: doParallel
    character(len=*), optional,  intent(IN)    :: ONLY_VARS
    real,    optional,           intent(IN)    :: ONLY_LEVS(:)
    character(len=*), optional,  intent(IN)    :: EXPID
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: ignoreCase
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: GSImode
    integer, optional,           intent(IN)    :: getFrac
    integer, optional,           intent(IN)    :: collection_id
!
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    character(len=*), parameter  :: Iam="MAPL_CFIOReadBundle"
    integer                      :: STATUS

! Locals


    type(ESMF_CFIO), pointer     :: CFIO
    type(ESMF_CFIOGrid), pointer :: CFIOGRID
    type(ESMF_GRID)              :: ESMFGRID
    type(ESMF_FIELD)             :: FIELD
    type(ESMF_ARRAY)             :: ARRAY
    type(ESMF_VM)                :: VM

    type(ESMF_CFIOVarInfo), pointer :: VARS(:)

    integer                      :: IM,  JM,  LM, ISTAR, JSTAR
    integer                      :: IM0, JM0
    integer                      :: L1, L, K
    integer                      :: NumVars, nVars
    integer                      :: counts(5)
    integer                      :: dims(3)
    integer                      :: arrayRank

    logical                      :: IamRoot, twoD
    logical                      :: amOnFirstNode

    real, pointer                ::  PTR2      (:,:),  PTR3      (:,:,:)
    real, pointer                :: GPTR2bundle(:,:), GPTR3bundle(:,:,:)
    real, pointer                :: GPTR2file  (:,:), GPTR3file  (:,:,:)

    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR)   :: DATE
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR)   :: BundleVARNAME
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR)   :: CFIOVARNAME
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR)   :: LONG_NAME
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR)   :: UNITS

    real, pointer :: LONSfile(:),   LATSfile(:)
    real, pointer :: LONSbundle(:) => NULL()
    real, pointer :: LATSbundle(:) => NULL()

    !(stassi,14feb2012)--character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR) :: FILENAME
    !character(len=256) :: FILENAME
    character(len=1024) :: FILENAME
    integer :: nymd, nhms
    logical :: timeInterp=.false., VERB = .false., change_resolution, do_xshift, single_point, fcubed
    integer, allocatable    :: gridToFieldMap(:)
    integer                 :: gridRank
    integer                 :: comm
    logical                 :: found
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR) :: gridname
    logical :: RegridCnv
    logical :: Voting_, ldoFrac
    logical :: runParallel
    logical :: ignoreCase_
    integer, pointer        :: Krank(:) => null()
    logical                 :: myGlobal
    integer                 :: nn, CoresPerNode, myPet, nPet, numNodes
    logical :: selectedLevels
    real, pointer :: levsfile(:) => null()
    integer :: LM_FILE
    integer :: LL,klev
    integer, allocatable :: LEVIDX(:)
    type(ESMF_CFIOGrid)  :: varsGrid
    real, parameter      :: eps = 1.0e-4 ! tolerance to find "selected" levels
    logical :: kreverse
    integer :: i1w,inw,j1w,jnw
    logical :: gsiMode_
    integer :: hw
    integer :: halowidth(3)
    class (AbstractRegridder), pointer :: regridder
    integer :: method
    type(CFIOCollection), pointer :: collection => null()
    logical :: time_is_cyclic_
    logical :: cfioIsCreated

!                              ---
    _UNUSED_DUMMY(FORCE_REGRID)

    if ( present(VERBOSE) )     VERB = VERBOSE
    if ( present(TIME_INTERP) ) timeInterp = TIME_INTERP
    if (present(time_is_cyclic)) then
       time_is_cyclic_ = time_is_cyclic
    else
       time_is_cyclic_ = .false.
    end if
    if (present(conservative) ) then
       RegridCnv = conservative
    else
       RegridCnv = .false.
    end if
    if ( present(Voting) ) then
         Voting_ = Voting
    else
         Voting_ = .false.
    endif
    if ( present(getFrac) ) then
         ldoFrac = .true.
    else
         ldoFrac = .false.
    endif
    if ( present(ignoreCase) ) then
         ignoreCase_ = ignoreCase
    else
         ignoreCase_ = .false.
    end if

    if ( present(doParallel) ) then
       runParallel = doParallel
    else
       runParallel = .true.
    end if
    if (present(ONLY_LEVS)) then
       selectedLevels = .true.
    else
       selectedLevels = .false.
    end if
    if (present(GSImode)) then
       GSImode_=GSImode
    else
       GSImode_=.false.
    end if
    if (gsiMode_) then
       hw = 1
    else
       hw = 0
    end if
    haloWidth = (/HW,HW,0/)

    ! by default kreverse is false
    kreverse = .false.

! Transform ESMF time to string for use in CFIO
!----------------------------------------------
    call ESMF_TimeGet(TIME, timeString=DATE, RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    call strToInt(DATE, nymd, nhms)
    call fill_grads_template ( filename, filetmpl, &
                           experiment_id=EXPID, nymd=nymd, nhms=nhms, rc=status )
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    !call WRITE_PARALLEL("CFIO: Reading " // trim(filename))
    if (mapl_am_i_root()) write(*,*)"CFIO: Reading ",trim(filename)," at ",nymd," ",nhms


    cfioIsCreated = .false.
    if (present(collection_id)) then
       collection => collections%at(collection_id)
       cfio => collection%find(filename, _RC)
    else
       allocate(CFIO)
       cfio=ESMF_CFIOCreate(RC=status)
       _VERIFY(status)
       cfioIsCreated = .true.
       call ESMF_CFIOSet(CFIO, fName=trim(fileName), RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       call ESMF_CFIOFileOpen  (CFIO, FMODE=1, cyclic=TIME_IS_CYCLIC_, RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
    end if



! Get info from the bundle
!-------------------------
    call ESMF_VMGetCurrent(VM, RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    call ESMF_FieldBundleGet     (Bundle, FieldCount=NUMVARS, RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    IamRoot = MAPL_AM_I_ROOT(VM)
    call ESMF_VMGet(VM, mpiCommunicator=comm, localPet=myPET, PETcount=nPet, rc=status)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    amOnFirstNode = MAPL_ShmemAmOnFirstNode(comm=comm, RC=status)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    CoresPerNode = MAPL_CoresPerNodeGet(comm,rc=status)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    ! Get lat/lons of input bundle
    ! ----------------------------
    call ESMF_FieldBundleGet     (Bundle,   Grid=ESMFGRID, RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    call GridGetLatLons_ ( ESMFGRID, LONSbundle, LATSbundle, rc=status )
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
! Get info from the CFIO object
!------------------------------
    call ESMF_CFIOGet       (CFIO,     grid=CFIOGRID,                     RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    call ESMF_CFIOGridGet   (CFIOGRID, IM=IM, JM=JM, KM=LM,               RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    if(selectedLevels) then
       LM_FILE = LM
       LM = size(ONLY_LEVS)
       _ASSERT(LM <= LM_FILE, 'LM > LM_FILE')
    end if

    call ESMF_CFIOGridGet    (CFIOGRID, LON=LONSFILE, LAT=LATSFILE, RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    deallocate(CFIOGRID)

    call ESMF_CFIOGet (CFIO,varObjs=VARS, nVars=nVars, RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)


! If the bundle is empty, read entire varlist from file
!------------------------------------------------------

    if(NUMVARS==0) then

       call MAPL_GridGet(ESMFGRID, globalCellCountPerDim=COUNTS, &
            localCellCountPerDim=DIMS, RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       call ESMF_GridGet(ESMFGRID, name=gridname, rc=rc)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       ! Assert compatibility of file and bundle
       !----------------------------------------
       _ASSERT( LM==0 .or. counts(3) == 0 .or. LM==counts(3) .or. LM==(counts(3)+1), 'file and bundle are incompatible')

       ! Get lat/lons of input bundle
       ! ----------------------------

       NUMVARS = nVars

       L1 = 0
       do L=1,NUMVARS

          call ESMF_CFIOVarInfoGet(VARS(L),vname=CFIOVARNAME, vtitle=LONG_NAME, vunits=UNITS, twoDimVar=twoD, &
               & grid=varsGrid, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)

          if ( present(ONLY_VARS) ) then
               if ( index(','//trim(ONLY_VARS)  //',', &
                          ','//trim(CFIOVARNAME)//',') < 1 ) cycle
          endif
          if (trim(CFIOVARNAME)=="lons" .or. trim(CFIOVARNAME)=="lats") cycle

          L1 = L1 + 1

          BundleVarName = CFIOVARNAME
          if(twoD) then
            allocate(PTR2(1-HW:DIMS(1)+HW,1-HW:DIMS(2)+HW),stat=STATUS)
            _VERIFY(STATUS)
            PTR2  = 0.0

            call ESMF_GridGet(ESMFGRID, dimCount=gridRank, rc=status)
            _VERIFY(STATUS)
            allocate(gridToFieldMap(gridRank), stat=status)
            _VERIFY(STATUS)
            if(gridRank == 2) then
               gridToFieldMap(1) = 1
               gridToFieldMap(2) = 2
            else if (gridRank == 3) then
               gridToFieldMap(1) = 1
               gridToFieldMap(2) = 2
               gridToFieldMap(3) = 0
            else
               _RETURN(ESMF_FAILURE)
            end if

            FIELD = ESMF_FieldCreate(grid=ESMFGRID, &
                            datacopyFlag = ESMF_DATACOPY_REFERENCE,   &
                            farrayPtr=PTR2, gridToFieldMap=gridToFieldMap, &
                            name=BundleVARNAME, &
                            totalLWidth=haloWidth(1:2),     &
                            totalUWidth=haloWidth(1:2),     &
                            rc = status)

            _VERIFY(STATUS)

            deallocate(gridToFieldMap)

!ALT: for now we add only HorzOnly (no tiles)
            call ESMF_AttributeSet(FIELD, NAME='LONG_NAME', VALUE=LONG_NAME, RC=STATUS)
            _VERIFY(STATUS)
            call ESMF_AttributeSet(FIELD, NAME='UNITS', VALUE=UNITS, RC=STATUS)
            _VERIFY(STATUS)
            call ESMF_AttributeSet(FIELD, NAME='DIMS', VALUE=MAPL_DimsHorzOnly, RC=STATUS)
            _VERIFY(STATUS)
            call ESMF_AttributeSet(FIELD, NAME='VLOCATION', &
                                        VALUE=MAPL_VLocationNone, RC=STATUS)
            _VERIFY(STATUS)

          else
            ! 3-d case
             call ESMF_CFIOGridGet (varsGrid, lev=levsfile, rc=status)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             if (levsfile(1) > levsfile(lm)) kreverse = .true.

             if (selectedLevels) then
                if (.not. allocated(levidx)) then
                   allocate(levidx(LM), stat=status)
                   _VERIFY(STATUS)
                   ! build level index
                   DO K = 1, LM
                      found = .false.
                      DO LL = 1, LM_FILE
                         if (abs(LEVSFILE(LL) - ONLY_LEVS(K)) < eps) then
                            LEVIDX(K) = LL
                            found = .true.
                            exit
                         end if
                      END DO
                      _ASSERT(found, 'search failed')
                   END DO

                end if
             end if
            deallocate(levsfile)
            nullify(levsfile)

            if (lm == counts(3)) then
               allocate(PTR3(1-HW:DIMS(1)+HW,1-HW:DIMS(2)+HW,LM),stat=STATUS)
               _VERIFY(STATUS)
            else if (lm == (counts(3)+1)) then
               allocate(PTR3(1-HW:DIMS(1)+HW,1-HW:DIMS(2)+HW,0:LM-1),stat=STATUS)
               _VERIFY(STATUS)
            endif
            PTR3  = 0.0
            FIELD = ESMF_FieldCreate(grid=ESMFGRID, &
                            datacopyFlag = ESMF_DATACOPY_REFERENCE,   &
                            farrayPtr=PTR3, name=BundleVARNAME,       &
                            totalLWidth=haloWidth(1:2),     &
                            totalUWidth=haloWidth(1:2),     &
                            rc = status)
            _VERIFY(STATUS)
!ALT: for now we add only HorzVert (no tiles)
            call ESMF_AttributeSet(FIELD, NAME='LONG_NAME', VALUE=LONG_NAME, RC=STATUS)
            _VERIFY(STATUS)
            call ESMF_AttributeSet(FIELD, NAME='UNITS', VALUE=UNITS, RC=STATUS)
            _VERIFY(STATUS)
            call ESMF_AttributeSet(FIELD, NAME='DIMS', VALUE=MAPL_DimsHorzVert, RC=STATUS)
            _VERIFY(STATUS)
            if (lm == counts(3)) then
               call ESMF_AttributeSet(FIELD, NAME='VLOCATION', &
                                           VALUE=MAPL_VLocationCenter, RC=STATUS)
            else if (lm == (counts(3)+1)) then
               call ESMF_AttributeSet(FIELD, NAME='VLOCATION', &
                                           VALUE=MAPL_VLocationEdge, RC=STATUS)
            end if

            _VERIFY(STATUS)
          end if
          call MAPL_FieldBundleAdd(BUNDLE, FIELD, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)

       end do
       NUMVARS = L1  ! could be less than on file if user chooses to

    else

       do L=1,NumVars
          call ESMF_FieldBundleGet (BUNDLE, L, FIELD,                     RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          call ESMF_FieldGet(FIELD,NAME=BundleVarName, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          call MAPL_GridGet(ESMFGRID, globalCellCountPerDim=COUNTS, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          call ESMF_GridGet(ESMFGRID, name=gridname, rc=rc)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          ! Assert compatibility of file and bundle
          !----------------------------------------
          _ASSERT( LM==0 .or. counts(3) == 0 .or. LM==counts(3) .or. lm == (counts(3)+1), 'incompatible file and bundle')

          found = .false.
          do K=1,size(VARS)
             call ESMF_CFIOVarInfoGet(VARS(K),vname=CFIOVARNAME,          RC=STATUS)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             if (ignoreCase_) then
                BUNDLEVARNAME = ESMF_UtilStringUpperCase(BUNDLEVARNAME,RC=status)
                _VERIFY(STATUS)
                CFIOVARNAME   = ESMF_UtilStringUpperCase(CFIOVARNAME,RC=status)
                _VERIFY(STATUS)
             end if
             if(trim(BUNDLEVARNAME)==trim(CFIOVARNAME)) then
               found = .true.
               exit
             end if
          end do
          _ASSERT(found, 'search failed')
          call ESMF_CFIOVarInfoGet(VARS(K), twoDimVar=twoD, grid=varsGrid, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          if (.not. twoD) then
             call ESMF_CFIOGridGet (varsGrid, lev=levsfile, rc=status)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             if (levsfile(1) > levsfile(lm)) kreverse = .true.
          end if
          if (selectedLevels) then
             if (.not. twoD) then
                ! 3-d case
                if (.not. allocated(levidx)) then
                   allocate(levidx(LM), stat=status)
                   _VERIFY(STATUS)
                   ! build level index
                   DO K = 1, LM
                      found = .false.
                      DO LL = 1, LM_FILE
                         if (abs(LEVSFILE(LL) - ONLY_LEVS(K)) < eps) then
                            LEVIDX(K) = LL
                            found = .true.
                            exit
                         end if
                      END DO
                      _ASSERT(found, 'search failed')
                   END DO

                end if
             end if
          end if
          if (associated(levsfile)) then
             deallocate(levsfile)
             nullify(levsfile)
          end if
       end do
    end if

    if(present(NOREAD)) then
       if(NOREAD) goto 10
    end if

!   Do we have to run a transform?
!   ------------------------------
    IM0 = counts(1)
    JM0 = counts(2)

    if (IM /= IM0 .or. JM /= JM0)  then
        change_resolution = .true.
    else
        change_resolution = .false.
    end if

! 180 Degree Shifting and Cubed Sphere
! ------------------------------------
!
!   In the earlier revisions of this subroutine there was an implicit assumption
!   of the input data being on the lat-lon grid. Since there were two
!   possibilities: Longitudinal origin at dateline, or at the Greewitch meridian,
!   the code used to perform Longitudinal shifting, if needed, so that the
!   output is "properly" oriented at dateline center.
!
!   Out current strategy is to correct the input (from the file), if needed.
!   We first check if the input is on the Cubed-Sphere grid.
!   In this case no shifting is done. Otherwise we still assume that the
!   input is on a lat-lon grid and if shifting is needed,
!   it will be done prior to the optional MAPL_HorzTransformRun regridding.


    if ( JM == 6*IM )  then
        fcubed = .true.
    else
        fcubed = .false.
    end if

    do_xshift = .FALSE. ! Initialize: do not shift

    if ( IM0==1 .AND. JM0==1 ) then
       single_point = .TRUE.       ! running SCM with single point grid
       change_resolution = .FALSE. ! does not make sense in SCM mode
    else
       single_point = .FALSE. ! Normal case, not SCM
       ! never shift if cubed
       if (.not.fcubed) do_xshift = abs(LONSfile(1)+180._REAL64) .GT. abs(LONSfile(2)-LONSfile(1))
    end if

    if (change_resolution .and. RegridCnv) then

       runParallel = .false. ! override input, conservative regridding now done distributed

       if (Voting_) then
         method = REGRID_METHOD_VOTE
       elseif (ldofrac) then
         method = REGRID_METHOD_FRACTION
       else
         method = REGRID_METHOD_CONSERVE
       end if
       regridder => make_regridder(ESMFGRID, method, LONSfile, LATSfile, IM, JM, counts(3), runparallel, localTiles=.true., rc=status)
       _VERIFY(status)


    else if ( change_resolution .and. (.not.RegridCnv)) then
       method = REGRID_METHOD_BILINEAR
       regridder => make_regridder(ESMFGRID, method, LONSfile, LATSfile, IM, JM, counts(3), runparallel, rc=status)
       _VERIFY(status)
    end if
    call MAPL_SyncSharedMemory(rc=status)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

! Allocate space for global arrays. If non-conservative perform
! parallel transform distributed across levels
! If conservative do not parallelize over levels this is done
! distributed already so this parallel strategy will not work
!------------------------------------------------------------

    if (RegridCnv .and. change_resolution) then

       call MAPL_GRID_INTERIOR(ESMFGRID,I1w,INw,J1w,JNw)
       if(MAPL_ShmInitialized) then
          call MAPL_AllocNodeArray(Gptr2file,(/im,jm/),rc=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          call MAPL_AllocNodeArray(Gptr3file,(/im,jm,1/),rc=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
       else
          allocate(Gptr2file(im,jm),stat=status)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          allocate(Gptr3file(im,jm,1),stat=status)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
       endif
       Allocate(Gptr2bundle(inw-i1w+1,jnw-j1w+1),stat=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       allocate(Gptr3bundle(0,0,0), stat=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       if (LM > 0) then
          allocate(krank(LM),stat=status)
       else
          allocate(krank(1) ,stat=status)
       end if
       krank = 0

    else

       IM0 = counts(1)
       JM0 = counts(2)

       CoresPerNode = MAPL_CoresPerNodeGet(comm,rc=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       if (LM > 0) then
          allocate(krank(LM),stat=status)
       else
          allocate(krank(1) ,stat=status)
       end if

       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       if (runParallel .and. (LM > 0) ) then
          numNodes = size(MAPL_NodeRankList)
          call MAPL_RoundRobinPEList(krank,numNodes,rc=status)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
       else
          krank = 0
       end if
       nn=count(krank==myPet)

       if (nn > 0) then

          allocate(Gptr2bundle(IM0,JM0   ), stat=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          allocate(Gptr3bundle(IM0,JM0,nn), stat=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          allocate(Gptr2file  (IM ,JM    ), stat=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          allocate(Gptr3file  (IM ,JM , 1), stat=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)

       else

          allocate(Gptr2bundle(0,0   ), stat=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          allocate(Gptr3bundle(0,0,0), stat=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          allocate(Gptr2file  (0,0    ), stat=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          allocate(Gptr3file  (0,0,0), stat=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)

       end if

    end if

!   Special handling for single column case
!   Pick out index into file grid for lats and lons of scm grid -
!   Assume that scm grid counts lon from -180 to 180 and lat from -90 to 90
    if(single_point) then
      if(LONSfile(1).lt.0.) then        !  assume lons on file go from -180 to 180
       ISTAR = 1 + (LONSbundle(1)+180.)/( 360./ IM )
      else                              !  lons on file go from 0 to 360
       if(LONSbundle(1).lt.0.) then
       ISTAR = 1 + (LONSbundle(1)+360.)/( 360./IM )
       else
       ISTAR = 1 + LONSbundle(1)/( 360./IM )
       endif
      endif
!  assume lats on file go from -90 to 90
       JSTAR = 1 + (LATSbundle(1)+90.)/( 180. / (JM-1) )
    endif

! Read each variable
!-------------------
    do L=1,NumVars

       call ESMF_FieldBundleGet (BUNDLE, L, FIELD,                       RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       call ESMF_FieldGet       (FIELD, NAME=BundleVarName, array=ARRAY, RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       if (ignoreCase_) call getVarNameIgnoreCase(BundleVarName,vars,RC=status)

       call ESMF_FieldGet(FIELD,   Grid=ESMFGRID, RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       call ESMF_ArrayGet       (array, rank=arrayRank,                  RC=STATUS)

       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       if ( VERB .and. IamRoot ) &
            print *, Iam // ': Reading '//trim(BundleVARNAME)// &
                            ' at ' // trim(date)
       select case (arrayRank)

       case (2)

          call ESMF_ArrayGet(Array, localDE=0, farrayPtr=PTR2, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)

          ! read the data on root
          if (IamRoot) then
             if ( timeInterp ) then
                call ESMF_CFIOVarReadT(CFIO, trim(BundleVARNAME), GPTR2file, &
                                       timeString=DATE, RC=STATUS)
                if (ldofrac) GPTR2file=GPTR2file-getfrac
             else
                call ESMF_CFIOVarRead (CFIO, trim(BundleVARNAME), GPTR2file, &
                                       timeString=DATE, RC=STATUS)
                if (ldofrac) GPTR2file=GPTR2file-getfrac
             endif
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             if ( do_xshift ) then
                 if ( VERB ) print *, Iam // &
                      ': shifting input longitudes by 180 degrees'
                 call shift180Lon2D_ ( Gptr2file, im, jm )
             end if
          end if

          ! transform and scatter
          if (change_resolution) then
              if (RegridCnv) then
                 call MAPL_SyncSharedMemory(rc=status)
                 _VERIFY(STATUS)
                 call MAPL_BcastShared(VM, Data=Gptr2file, N=im*jm, Root=0, RootOnly=.false., rc=status)
                 _VERIFY(STATUS)
                 call MAPL_SyncSharedMemory(rc=STATUS)
                 _VERIFY(STATUS)
                 call regridder%regrid(Gptr2file, Gptr2bundle, rc=status)
                 _VERIFY(status)
                 call MAPL_SyncSharedMemory(rc=status)
                 _VERIFY(STATUS)
                 ptr2 = Gptr2bundle
                 call MAPL_SyncSharedMemory(rc=STATUS)
                 _VERIFY(STATUS)
              else

                 if (IamRoot) then
                    call regridder%set_undef_value(MAPL_undef)
                    call regridder%regrid(Gptr2file, Gptr2bundle, rc=status)
                    _VERIFY(status)
                    if (GSImode_) call shift180Lon2D_ ( Gptr2bundle, im0, jm0 )
                 end if
                 call ArrayScatter(PTR2, GPTR2bundle, ESMFGRID, hw=hw, RC=STATUS)
                 _VERIFY(STATUS)
              end if
          else if ( single_point ) then
             Gptr2bundle(1,1) = Gptr2file(ISTAR,JSTAR)
             ptr2(1,1) = GPTR2bundle(1,1) ! single point SCM case
          else
             if (IamRoot) Gptr2bundle = Gptr2file
             call ArrayScatter(PTR2, GPTR2bundle, ESMFGRID, hw=hw, RC=STATUS)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
          end if ! change resolution

       case(3)

          nn = 0


          call ESMF_FieldGet(Field, localDE=0, farrayPtr=PTR3, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)

          nn=0

          do k = 1, LM

             MyGlobal = Krank(k) == myPet

             call MAPL_SyncSharedMemory(rc=status)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             if (MyGlobal) then
                nn=nn+1
                if (selectedLevels) then
                   _ASSERT(allocated(levidx), 'levidx not allocated')
                   klev = levidx(k)
                else
                   klev = k
                end if
                if (kreverse) klev = lm - k + 1
                if ( timeInterp ) then
                   call ESMF_CFIOVarReadT(CFIO, trim(BundleVARNAME), GPTR3file, &
                        kbeg=klev, kount=1, timeString=DATE, RC=STATUS)
                        if (ldofrac) GPTR3file=GPTR3file-getfrac
                else
                   call ESMF_CFIOVarRead (CFIO, trim(BundleVARNAME), GPTR3file, &
                        kbeg=klev, kount=1, timeString=DATE, RC=STATUS)
                        if (ldofrac) GPTR3file=GPTR3file-getfrac
                end if
                _VERIFY(STATUS)
                GPTR2file = GPTR3file(:,:,1)
                if ( do_xshift ) then
                   call shift180Lon2D_ ( Gptr2file, im, jm )
                end if
             end if

             if (change_resolution) then
                if (RegridCnv) then
                   call MAPL_SyncSharedMemory(rc=status)
                   _VERIFY(STATUS)
                   call MAPL_BcastShared(VM, Data=Gptr2file, N=im*jm, Root=0, RootOnly=.false., rc=status)
                   _VERIFY(STATUS)
                   call MAPL_SyncSharedMemory(rc=STATUS)
                   _VERIFY(STATUS)

                   call regridder%regrid(Gptr2file, Gptr2bundle, rc=status)
                   _VERIFY(status)

                   call MAPL_SyncSharedMemory(rc=status)
                   _VERIFY(STATUS)
                   L1 = LBOUND(PTR3,3)-1
                   ptr3(:,:,K+L1) = Gptr2bundle
                   call MAPL_SyncSharedMemory(rc=STATUS)
                   _VERIFY(STATUS)

                 else
                    if (MyGlobal) then
                       call regridder%set_undef_value(MAPL_undef)
                       call regridder%regrid(Gptr2file, Gptr2bundle, rc=status)
                       _VERIFY(status)
                       if (GSImode_) call shift180Lon2D_ ( Gptr2bundle, im0, jm0 )
                       Gptr3bundle(:,:,nn)=Gptr2bundle
                    end if
                end if
             else if ( single_point ) then
                  Gptr3bundle(:,:,nn) = Gptr2file(ISTAR,JSTAR)
             else
                if (MyGlobal) Gptr3bundle(:,:,nn)=Gptr2file
             end if

          end do

          if (single_point) then
             ptr3(1,1,:) = Gptr3bundle(1,1,:)
          else
             if ( (.not.RegridCnv) .and. runParallel) then
                call MAPL_CollectiveScatter3D(esmfgrid,Gptr3bundle(:,:,:nn),ptr3,hw=hw,rc=status)
                _VERIFY(STATUS)
             else if ( (.not.RegridCnv) .and. (.not.RunParallel) ) then
                do K=1,LM
                   L1 = LBOUND(PTR3,3)-1
                   call ArrayScatter(PTR3(:,:,K+L1), Gptr3bundle(:,:,K), ESMFGRID, hw=hw, RC=STATUS)
                   _VERIFY(STATUS)
                end do
             end if
             if (GSImode_) call SwapV_(PTR3)
          end if

       end select

    end do
    deallocate(krank)

    deallocate(GPtr2bundle)
    deallocate(GPtr3bundle)

    if (RegridCnv .and. change_resolution) then
       ! make sure everyone is done before potentially releasing shared memory
       call MAPL_SyncSharedMemory(rc=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       DEALOC_(GPtr2file  )
       DEALOC_(GPtr3file  )
    else
       deallocate(Gptr2file)
       deallocate(Gptr3file)
    end if

10  continue
! always do this cleanup

    deallocate(LONSfile,LATSfile)
    deallocate(LONSbundle,LATSbundle)
!@    call ESMF_CFIOVarInfoDestroy(vars, _RC)
    deallocate(VARS)

    if (selectedLevels) then
       if (allocated(levidx)) then
          deallocate(levidx)
       end if
    end if

    if (cfioIsCreated) then
       call ESMF_CFIODestroy(CFIO, rc=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
    end if

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)

CONTAINS

    subroutine shift180Lon2D_ ( c, im, jm )
    integer, intent(in) :: im, jm
    real, intent(inout) :: c(im,jm)
    real :: cj(im)
    integer :: m(4), n(4), imh, j
    imh = nint(im/2.)
    m = [ 1,      imh, 1+imh,    im  ]
    n = [ 1,   im-imh, 1+im-imh, im  ]
    do j = 1, jm
       cj(n(1):n(2)) = c(m(3):m(4),j)
       cj(n(3):n(4)) = c(m(1):m(2),j)
       c(:,j) = cj
    end do
    return
    end subroutine shift180Lon2D_

    subroutine SwapV_(fld)
    implicit none
    real,intent(inout) ::  fld(:,:,:)
    real,allocatable   :: work(:,:,:)
    integer im, jm, km
    im   = size(fld,1)
    jm   = size(fld,2)
    km   = size(fld,3)
    allocate (work(im,jm,km))
    work = fld
    fld(:,:,km:1:-1) = work(:,:,1:km:+1)
    deallocate (work)
    end subroutine SwapV_

    subroutine getVarNameIgnoreCase(vname,vars,rc)
    character(len=*), intent(inout)  :: vname
    type(ESMF_CFIOVarInfo), pointer, intent(in) :: vars(:)
    integer, optional, intent(out)  :: rc

    integer :: status
    integer j
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR) :: cfiovarname,tname,tcfioname

    tname = vname
    tname = ESMF_UtilStringUpperCase(tname,rc=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    do j=1,size(vars)
        call ESMF_CFIOVarInfoGet(vars(j),vname=cfiovarname,RC=STATUS)
        _VERIFY(STATUS)
        tcfioname = cfiovarname
        tcfioname = ESMF_UtilStringUpperCase(tcfioname,rc=STATUS)
        _VERIFY(STATUS)
        if (trim(tname) == trim(tcfioname)) then
           vname = cfiovarname
           exit
        end if
    enddo
    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)
    end subroutine getVarNameIgnoreCase

  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOReadBundle

!-------------------------------------------------------------------------
!>
! The subroutine `MAPL_CFIOReadState`
! serializes an ESMF state into a Bundle and reads its content from
! a file. The file is open, read from, and closed on exit. The
! arguments are:
!- **FILETMPL** A GrADS-style file name template. In its simplest
!   form is the full path name for the file to be read. However, it
!   can contain the following tokens which will be expanded from
!   the current time in *TIME*:
!   - **%y4** 4 digits for year
!   - **%m2** 2 digits for month, to expand to 01, 02, .., 12
!   - **%m3** 3 digits for month, to expand to jan, feb, mar, ..., dec
!   - **%d2** 2 digits for day
!   - **%h2** 2 digits for hour
!   - **%n2** 2 digits for minutes
!   Example: if FILETMPL = `'forecast.%y4-%m2-%d2_%h2z.nc4'`, and the clock
!   says it is 18Z on 05 February 2007, the template will expand in the
!   following file name: `'forecast.2007-02-05_18Z.nc4'`
!- **TIME** The ESMF time to read from the file
!- **STATE** An ESMF State to read the data in. Usually used in conjubction
!   with ONLY_VARS.
!- **[NOREAD]** If .TRUE., no data is actually read into the Bundle. This is
!   useful to define a Bundle with the same variables as presented in the
!   file, which in turn can be used to created a `MAPL_CFIO` object for
!   writing.
!- **[RC]** Error return code; set to `ESMF_SUCCESS` if all is well.
!- **[VERBOSE]** If .TRUE., prints progress messages to STDOUT; useful
!   for debugging.
!- **[FORCE_REGRID]** Obsolete; kept for backward compatibility but
!   has no effect.
!- **[TIME_IS_CYCLIC]**  If .TRUE. it says that the input file is periodic
!   in time. Useful for reading climatological files. For example, if the
!   input file has 12 monthly means from January to December of 2001, setting
!   this option to .TRUE. allows one to read this data for any other year. See
!   note below regarding issues with reading monthly mean data.
!- **[TIME_INTERP]** If .TRUE., the input file does not have to coincide with the
!   actual times on file. In such cases, the data for the bracketing times are
!   read and the data is properly interpolated in time. The input time, though,
!   need to be within the range of times present on file
!   (unless *TIME_IS_CYCLIC* is specified).
!- **[ONLY_VARS]** A list of comma separated vafriables to be read from the
!   file. By default, all variables are read from the file. This option allows
!   one to read a subset of vafriables. Example: `ONLY\_VARS='u,v,ps'`.
!
!#### Design Issue
! The input argument *TIME* should be replaced with *CLOCK*
! for consistency with the rest of the API. One should also provide
! an interface involving the MAPL CFIO object.
!
  subroutine MAPL_CFIOReadState ( FILETMPL, TIME, STATE, NOREAD, RC, &
                                  VERBOSE, FORCE_REGRID, ONLY_VARS,  &
                                  TIME_IS_CYCLIC, TIME_INTERP,       &
                                  conservative, voting, ignoreCase, doParallel, getFrac )
!
    character(len=*),            intent(IN   ) :: FILETMPL
    type(ESMF_TIME),             intent(INout) :: TIME
    type(ESMF_STATE),            intent(INOUT) :: STATE
    logical, optional,           intent(IN   ) :: NOREAD
    integer, optional,           intent(  OUT) :: RC
    logical, optional,           intent(  IN)  :: VERBOSE
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: FORCE_REGRID ! obsolete
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: TIME_IS_CYCLIC
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: TIME_INTERP
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: conservative
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: voting
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: ignoreCase
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: doParallel
    integer, optional,           intent(IN)    :: getFrac
    character(len=*), optional,  intent(IN   ) :: ONLY_VARS !! comma separated, no spaces

    character(len=*), parameter  :: Iam="MAPL_CFIOReadState"
    integer                      :: STATUS

! Locals

    type(ESMF_FieldBundle) :: tBUNDLE

!                          ----

!   Create an empty bundle
!   ----------------------
    tBUNDLE = ESMF_FieldBundleCreate ( name=Iam, rc=STATUS )
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

!   Serialize the state
!   -------------------
    call ESMFL_BundleAddState ( tBUNDLE, STATE, rc=STATUS, VALIDATE=.true. )
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

!   Read the Bundle
!   ---------------
    call MAPL_CFIOReadBundle( FILETMPL, TIME, tBUNDLE,         &
                              NOREAD = NOREAD,                 &
                              VERBOSE = VERBOSE,               &
                              FORCE_REGRID=FORCE_REGRID,       &
                              ONLY_VARS = ONLY_VARS,           &
                              TIME_IS_CYCLIC = TIME_IS_CYCLIC, &
                              TIME_INTERP = TIME_INTERP,       &
                              conservative = conservative,     &
                              voting = voting,                 &
                              ignoreCase = ignoreCase,         &
                              doParallel = doParallel,         &
                              getFrac = getFrac,               &
                              RC = STATUS )

    _VERIFY(STATUS)

!   All done
!   --------
    call ESMF_FieldBundleDestroy ( tBUNDLE, rc=STATUS )
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)

 end subroutine MAPL_CFIOReadState

!-------------------------------------------------------------------------
!>
! The subroutine `MAPL_CFIOReadField`
! reads a variable from a file and stores it on an ESMF Field.
! The file is open, read from, and closed on exit. The
! arguments are:
!- **VARN** The variable name.
!- **FILETMPL** A GrADS-style file name template. In its simplest
!   form is the full path name for the file to be read. However, it
!   can contain the following tokens which will be expanded from
!   the current time in *TIME*:
!   - **%y4** 4 digits for year
!   - **%m2** 2 digits for month, to expand to 01, 02, .., 12
!   - **%m3** 3 digits for month, to expand to jan, feb, mar, ..., dec
!   - **%d2** 2 digits for day
!   - **%h2** 2 digits for hour
!   - **%n2** 2 digits for minutes
!   Example: if FILETMPL = `'forecast.%y4-%m2-%d2_%h2z.nc4'`, and the clock
!   says it is 18Z on 05 February 2007, the template will expand in the
!   following file name: `forecast.2007-02-05_18Z.nc4'`
!- **TIME** The ESMF time to read from the file
!- **[RC]** Error return code; set to `ESMF_SUCCESS` if all is well.
!- **[VERBOSE]** If .TRUE., prints progress messages to STDOUT; useful
!   for debugging.
!- **[FORCE_REGRID]** Obsolete; kept for backward compatibility but
!   has no effect.
!- **[TIME_IS_CYCLIC]**  If .TRUE. it says that the input file is periodic
!   in time. Useful for reading climatological files. For example, if the
!   input file has 12 monthly means from January to December of 2001, setting
!   this option to .TRUE. allows one to read this data for any other year. See
!   note below regarding issues with reading monthly mean data.
!- **[TIME_INTERP]** If .TRUE., the input file does not have to coincide with the
!   actual times on file. In such cases, the data for the bracketing times are
!   read and the data is properly interpolated in time. The input time, though,
!   need to be within the range of times present on file
!   (unless *TIME_IS_CYCLIC* is specified).
!- **[ONLY_VARS]** A list of comma separated vafriables to be read from the
!   file. By default, all variables are read from the file. This option allows
!   one to read a subset of vafriables. Example: `ONLY\_VARS='u,v,ps'`.

!#### Design Issues
! The input argument {\tt TIME} should be replaced with *CLOCK*
! for consistency with the rest of the API. The input *GRID* is not necessary
! as it can be found inside the field. One should also provide
! an interface involving the MAPL CFIO object.
!
  subroutine MAPL_CFIOReadField     ( VARN, FILETMPL, TIME,       FIELD, RC, &
                                      VERBOSE, FORCE_REGRID, TIME_IS_CYCLIC, &
                                      TIME_INTERP,                           &
                                      conservative , voting, ignoreCase, doParallel, getFrac)
!
    character(len=*),            intent(IN   ) :: VARN       !! Variable name
    character(len=*),            intent(IN   ) :: FILETMPL   !! File name
    type(ESMF_TIME),             intent(INout) :: TIME
    type(ESMF_FIELD),            intent(INout) :: FIELD
    integer, optional,           intent(  OUT) :: RC
    logical, optional,           intent(  IN)  :: VERBOSE
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: FORCE_REGRID
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: TIME_IS_CYCLIC
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: TIME_INTERP
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: conservative
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: voting
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: ignoreCase
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: doParallel
    integer, optional,           intent(IN)    :: getFrac
!
    character(len=*), parameter  :: Iam="MAPL_CFIOReadField"
    integer                      :: STATUS
    type(ESMF_GRID)              :: GRID

! Locals

    type(ESMF_FIELDBUNDLE)  :: BUNDLE

!   Create a temporary empty bundle
!   -------------------------------
    call ESMF_FieldGet(Field, grid=Grid, rc=status)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    BUNDLE =  ESMF_FieldBundleCreate ( name=Iam, rc=STATUS )
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    call ESMF_FieldBundleSet ( bundle, grid=GRID, rc=STATUS )
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

!   Add the input field to the bundle
!   ---------------------------------
    call MAPL_FieldBundleAdd ( BUNDLE, FIELD, rc=STATUS )
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

!   Now, we read the variable into the bundle, which in turn will put
!    the data inside the input array
!   -----------------------------------------------------------------
    call MAPL_CFIOReadBundle( FILETMPL, TIME, BUNDLE,                    &
                              VERBOSE=VERBOSE,                           &
                              FORCE_REGRID=FORCE_REGRID,                 &
                              ONLY_VARS = trim(varn),                    &
                              TIME_IS_CYCLIC=TIME_IS_CYCLIC,             &
                              TIME_INTERP=TIME_INTERP,                   &
                              conservative=conservative,                 &
                              voting = voting, ignoreCase = ignoreCase,  &
                              doParallel = doParallel, getFrac=getFrac,  &
                              RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)


!   Destroy temporary bundle; field data will be preserved
!   ------------------------------------------------------
    call ESMF_FieldBundleDestroy ( BUNDLE, rc=STATUS )
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)

  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOReadField

!-------------------------------------------------------------------------
!>
! The subroutine `MAPL_CFIOReadArray3D`
! reads a variable from a file and stores it on an 3D Fortrran array.
! The file is open, read from, and closed on exit. The
! arguments are:
!- **VARN** The variable name.
!- **FILETMPL** A GrADS-style file name template. In its simplest
!   form is the full path name for the file to be read. However, it
!   can contain the following tokens which will be expanded from
!   the current time in *TIME*:
!   - **%y4** 4 digits for year
!   - **%m2** 2 digits for month, to expand to 01, 02, .., 12
!   - **%m3** 3 digits for month, to expand to jan, feb, mar, ..., dec
!   - **%d2** 2 digits for day
!   - **%h2** 2 digits for hour
!   - **%n2** 2 digits for minutes
!   Example: if FILETMPL = `'forecast.%y4-%m2-%d2_%h2z.nc4'`, and the clock
!   says it is 18Z on 05 February 2007, the template will expand in the
!   following file name: ``forecast.2007-02-05\_18Z.nc4''
!- **TIME** The ESMF time to read from the file
!- **GRID** The ESMF grid associated with the Field. The data will be
!   (horizontally) interpolated to this grid if necessary.
!- **[RC]** Error return code; set to `ESMF_SUCCESS` if all is well.
!- **[VERBOSE]}] If .TRUE., prints progress messages to STDOUT; useful
!   for debugging.
!- **[FORCE_REGRID]** Obsolete; kept for backward compatibility but
!   has no effect.
!- **[TIME_IS_CYCLIC]**  If .TRUE. it says that the input file is periodic
!   in time. Useful for reading climatological files. For example, if the
!   input file has 12 monthly means from January to December of 2001, setting
!   this option to .TRUE. allows one to read this data for any other year. See
!   note below regarding issues with reading monthly mean data.
!- **[TIME_INTERP]** If .TRUE., the input file does not have to coincide with the
!   actual times on file. In such cases, the data for the bracketing times are
!   read and the data is properly interpolated in time. The input time, though,
!   need to be within the range of times present on file
!   (unless *TIME_IS_CYCLIC* is specified).
!- **[ONLY_VARS]** A list of comma separated vafriables to be read from the
!   file. By default, all variables are read from the file. This option allows
!   one to read a subset of vafriables. Example: `ONLY_VARS='u,v,ps'`.
!
!#### Design Issues
! The input argument *TIME* should be replaced with *CLOCK*
! for consistency with the rest of the API.  One should also
! provide an interface involving the MAPL CFIO object.
!
  subroutine MAPL_CFIOReadArray3D ( VARN, FILETMPL, TIME, GRID, farrayPtr, RC, &
                                    VERBOSE, FORCE_REGRID, TIME_IS_CYCLIC,     &
                                    TIME_INTERP, conservative, voting, ignoreCase, doParallel, getFrac )
!
    character(len=*),            intent(IN   ) :: VARN       !! Variable name
    character(len=*),            intent(IN   ) :: FILETMPL   !! File name
    type(ESMF_TIME),             intent(INout) :: TIME
    type(ESMF_GRID),             intent(IN   ) :: GRID
    real, pointer                              :: farrayPtr(:,:,:)
    integer, optional,           intent(  OUT) :: RC
    logical, optional,           intent(  IN)  :: VERBOSE
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: FORCE_REGRID
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: TIME_IS_CYCLIC
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: TIME_INTERP
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: conservative
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: voting
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: ignoreCase
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: doParallel
    integer, optional,           intent(IN)    :: getFrac
!
    character(len=*), parameter  :: Iam="MAPL_CFIOReadArray3D"
    integer                      :: STATUS

    type(ESMF_Field)             :: FIELD

    real    :: const = 0.0
    integer :: ios, k
!                            ----

!   Special case: when filename is "/dev/null" it is assumed the user
!   wants to set the variable to a constant
!   -----------------------------------------------------------------
    if ( FILETMPL(1:9) == '/dev/null' ) then
         ios = -1
         k = index(FILETMPL,':')
         if ( k > 9 ) read(FILETMPL(k+1:),*,iostat=ios) const
         if ( ios /= 0 ) const = 0.0
         if ( MAPL_am_I_root() ) &
            print *, Iam // ': setting variable ' // trim(varn) // &
                            ' to constant = ', const
         _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)
    end if

!   Create Field with input array
!   -----------------------------
    FIELD = ESMF_FieldCreate(grid=GRID,   &
            datacopyFlag = ESMF_DATACOPY_REFERENCE,   &
            farrayPtr=farrayPtr, name=trim(varn), RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)


!   Read array data from file
!   -------------------------
    call MAPL_CFIOReadField ( VARN, FILETMPL, TIME,       FIELD,          &
                              VERBOSE=VERBOSE, FORCE_REGRID=FORCE_REGRID, &
                              TIME_IS_CYCLIC=TIME_IS_CYCLIC,              &
                              TIME_INTERP=TIME_INTERP,                    &
                              conservative=conservative,                  &
                              voting=voting, ignoreCase = ignoreCase,     &
                              doParallel = doParallel, getFrac=getFrac,   &
                              RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

!   Destroy the ESMF array (data will be preserved since we own it)
!   --------------------------------------------------------------
    call ESMF_FieldDestroy ( FIELD, RC=STATUS )
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)

  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOReadArray3D

!-------------------------------------------------------------------------
!>
! The subroutine `MAPL_CFIOReadArray2D`
! reads a variable from a file and stores it on an 2D Fortrran array.
! The file is open, read from, and closed on exit. The
! arguments are:
!- **VARN** The variable name.
!- **FILETMPL** A GrADS-style file name template. In its simplest
!   form is the full path name for the file to be read. However, it
!   can contain the following tokens which will be expanded from
!   the current time in *TIME*:
!   - **%y4** 4 digits for year
!   - **%m2** 2 digits for month, to expand to 01, 02, .., 12
!   - **%m3** 3 digits for month, to expand to jan, feb, mar, ..., dec
!   - **%d2** 2 digits for day
!   - **%h2** 2 digits for hour
!   - **%n2** 2 digits for minutes
!   Example: if FILETMPL = `'forecast.%y4-%m2-%d2_%h2z.nc4'`, and the clock
!   says it is 18Z on 05 February 2007, the template will expand in the
!   following file name: ``forecast.2007-02-05\_18Z.nc4''
!- **TIME** The ESMF time to read from the file
!- **GRID** The ESMF grid associated with the Field. The data will be
!   (horizontally) interpolated to this grid if necessary.
!- **[RC]** Error return code; set to `ESMF_SUCCESS` if all is well.
!- **[VERBOSE]}] If .TRUE., prints progress messages to STDOUT; useful
!   for debugging.
!- **[FORCE_REGRID]** Obsolete; kept for backward compatibility but
!   has no effect.
!- **[TIME_IS_CYCLIC]**  If .TRUE. it says that the input file is periodic
!   in time. Useful for reading climatological files. For example, if the
!   input file has 12 monthly means from January to December of 2001, setting
!   this option to .TRUE. allows one to read this data for any other year. See
!   note below regarding issues with reading monthly mean data.
!- **[TIME_INTERP]** If .TRUE., the input file does not have to coincide with the
!   actual times on file. In such cases, the data for the bracketing times are
!   read and the data is properly interpolated in time. The input time, though,
!   need to be within the range of times present on file
!   (unless *TIME_IS_CYCLIC* is specified).
!- **[ONLY_VARS]** A list of comma separated vafriables to be read from the
!   file. By default, all variables are read from the file. This option allows
!   one to read a subset of vafriables. Example: `ONLY_VARS='u,v,ps'`.
!
!#### Design Issues
! The input argument *TIME* should be replaced with *CLOCK*
! for consistency with the rest of the API.  One should also
! provide an interface involving the MAPL CFIO object.
!
  subroutine MAPL_CFIOReadArray2D ( VARN, FILETMPL, TIME, GRID, farrayPtr, RC, &
                                    VERBOSE, FORCE_REGRID, TIME_IS_CYCLIC,     &
                                    TIME_INTERP , conservative, voting, ignoreCase, doParallel, getFrac)
!
    character(len=*),            intent(IN)  :: VARN       !! Variable name
    character(len=*),            intent(IN)  :: FILETMPL   !! File name
    type(ESMF_TIME),             intent(INout)  :: TIME
    type(ESMF_GRID),             intent(IN)  :: GRID
    real, pointer                            :: farrayPtr(:,:)
    integer, optional,           intent(OUT) :: RC
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)  :: VERBOSE
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)  :: FORCE_REGRID
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)  :: TIME_IS_CYCLIC
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)  :: TIME_INTERP
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: conservative
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: voting
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: ignoreCase
    logical, optional,           intent(IN)    :: doParallel
    integer, optional,           intent(IN)    :: getFrac

    character(len=*), parameter  :: Iam="MAPL_CFIOReadArray2D"
    integer                      :: STATUS

    type(ESMF_Field)             :: FIELD

    real    :: const = 0.0
    integer :: ios, k
    integer, allocatable    :: gridToFieldMap(:)
    integer                 :: gridRank

!                            ----

!   Special case: when filename is "/dev/null" it is assumed the user
!   wants to set the variable to a constant
!   -----------------------------------------------------------------
    if ( FILETMPL(1:9) == '/dev/null' ) then
         ios = -1
         k = index(FILETMPL,':')
         if ( k > 9 ) read(FILETMPL(k+1:),*,iostat=ios) const
         if ( ios /= 0 ) const = 0.0
         if ( MAPL_am_I_root() ) &
            print *, Iam // ': setting variable ' // trim(varn) // &
                            ' to constant = ', const
         _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)
    end if

!   Create Field with input array
!   -----------------------------

    call ESMF_GridGet(GRID, dimCount=gridRank, rc=status)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    allocate(gridToFieldMap(gridRank), stat=status)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    if(gridRank == 2) then
       gridToFieldMap(1) = 1
       gridToFieldMap(2) = 2
    else if (gridRank == 3) then
       gridToFieldMap(1) = 1
       gridToFieldMap(2) = 2
       gridToFieldMap(3) = 0
    else
       _RETURN(ESMF_FAILURE)
    end if

    FIELD = ESMF_FieldCreate(grid=GRID, &
            datacopyFlag = ESMF_DATACOPY_REFERENCE,   &
            farrayPtr=farrayPtr, name=trim(varn), gridToFieldMap=gridToFieldMap, RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    deallocate(gridToFieldMap)

!   Read array data from file
!   -------------------------
    call MAPL_CFIOReadField ( VARN, FILETMPL, TIME,       FIELD,          &
                              VERBOSE=VERBOSE, FORCE_REGRID=FORCE_REGRID, &
                              TIME_INTERP=TIME_INTERP,                    &
                              TIME_IS_CYCLIC=TIME_IS_CYCLIC,              &
                              conservative=conservative,                  &
                              voting = voting, ignoreCase = ignoreCase,   &
                              doParallel = doParallel, getFrac=getFrac,   &
                              RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

!   Destroy the ESMF array (data will be preserved since we own it)
!   --------------------------------------------------------------
    call ESMF_FieldDestroy ( FIELD, RC=STATUS )
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)

   end subroutine MAPL_CFIOReadArray2D

!-------------------------------------------------------------------------
!>
! The subroutine `MAPL_CFIODestroy`
! destroys a MAPL CFIO object. It closes any file associated with
! it and deallocates memory.
!
  subroutine MAPL_CFIODestroy( MCFIO, RC )
!
  type(MAPL_CFIO),             intent(INOUT) :: MCFIO
  integer, optional,           intent(  OUT) :: RC
!
  integer :: status

  if(associated(MCFIO%Krank     )) deallocate(MCFIO%Krank     )
  if(associated(MCFIO%reqs      )) deallocate(MCFIO%reqs      )
  if(associated(MCFIO%varname   )) deallocate(MCFIO%varname   )
  if(associated(MCFIO%vardims   )) deallocate(MCFIO%vardims   )
  if(associated(MCFIO%Levs      )) deallocate(MCFIO%Levs      )
  if(associated(MCFIO%vartype   )) deallocate(MCFIO%vartype   )
  if(associated(MCFIO%needvar   )) deallocate(MCFIO%needvar   )
  if(associated(MCFIO%pairList  )) deallocate(MCFIO%pairList  )
  if(associated(MCFIO%buffer    )) deallocate(MCFIO%buffer  )
  if(associated(MCFIO%varid     )) deallocate(MCFIO%varid  )

  nullify(MCFIO%Krank     )
  nullify(MCFIO%reqs      )
  nullify(MCFIO%varname   )
  nullify(MCFIO%vardims   )
  nullify(MCFIO%Levs      )
  nullify(MCFIO%varid     )
  nullify(MCFIO%buffer    )

  if (MCFIO%Root > 0) then
     if (MCFIO%myPE == mCFIO%RootRank) then
        call ESMF_CFIOFileClose(MCFIO%CFIO,rc=status)
        _VERIFY(STATUS)
     end if
  end if

  call ESMF_CFIODestroy(MCFIO%CFIO,rc=status)
  _VERIFY(STATUS)

  MCFIO%created = .false.

  _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)
  end subroutine MAPL_CFIODestroy

!------------------------------------------------------------------------------
!>
! The subroutine `MAPL_CFIOClose` only closes the file in MAPL CFIO Object
! (not a full destroy).
!
  subroutine MAPL_CFIOClose( MCFIO, filename, RC )
!
  type(MAPL_CFIO),             intent(INOUT) :: MCFIO
  character(len=*), optional,  intent(IN   ) :: filename
  integer, optional,           intent(  OUT) :: RC
!
  integer :: status

  if (MCFIO%myPE == mCFIO%RootRank) then
     call ESMF_CFIOFileClose(MCFIO%CFIO,rc=status)
     _VERIFY(STATUS)
     if (present(filename)) then
        close(99)
        open (99,file=trim(filename)//".done",form='formatted')
        close(99)
     end if
  end if

  _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)
  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOClose

!------------------------------------------------------------------------------
!>
! The subroutine `MAPL_CFIOSet` sets the member variables of a  MAPL CFIO Object.
!
  subroutine MAPL_CFIOSet( MCFIO, Root, Psize, fName, Krank, IOWorker, globalComm, newFormat, collectionID, fraction, RC )
!
  type(MAPL_CFIO),             intent(INOUT) :: MCFIO
  integer, optional,           intent(IN   ) :: Root, Psize
  character(len=*), optional,  intent(IN   ) :: fName
  integer, optional,           intent(IN   ) :: Krank(:)
  integer, optional,           intent(IN   ) :: IOWorker
  integer, optional,           intent(IN   ) :: globalComm
  logical, optional,           intent(IN   ) :: newFormat
  integer, optional,           intent(IN   ) :: collectionID
  integer, optional,           intent(IN   ) :: fraction
  integer, optional,           intent(  OUT) :: RC
!
  if(present(Root)) then
     mCFIO%Root = Root
  endif

  if(present(Psize)) then
     mCFIO%Partsize = Psize
  endif

  if(present(fName)) then
     mCFIO%fName = fName
  endif

  if(present(Krank)) then
    mCFIO%Krank = Krank
  endif

  if(present(IOWorker)) then
    mCFIO%AsyncWorkRank = IOWorker
  end if

  if(present(globalComm)) then
    mCFIO%globalComm = globalComm
  end if

  if(present(newFormat)) then
     mCFIO%newFormat = newFormat
  end if

  if(present(collectionID)) then
     mCFIO%collection_ID = collectionID
  end if

  if(present(fraction)) then
     mCFIO%fraction = fraction
  end if

  _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)
  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOSet

  subroutine MAPL_CFIOSetKrank( MCFIO, RC )
  type(MAPL_CFIO),             intent(INOUT) :: MCFIO
  integer, optional,           intent(  OUT) :: RC

  integer :: status

  call MAPL_RoundRobinPEList(MCFIO%Krank,MCFIO%PartSize,root=MCFIO%ROOT,firstRank=MCFIO%RootRank,rc=status)
  _VERIFY(STATUS)

  _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)
  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOSetKrank

  subroutine MAPL_CFIOGet(mcfio,RootRank,krank,collection_id,rc)
  type(MAPL_CFIO),             intent(INOUT) :: MCFIO
  integer, optional,           intent(  OUT) :: RootRank
  integer, optional,           intent(  OUT) :: krank
  integer, optional,           intent(  OUT) :: collection_id
  integer, optional,           intent(  OUT) :: RC


  if (present(RootRank)) RootRank = MCFIO%RootRank

  if (present(Krank)) Krank=size(MCFIO%krank)

  if (present(collection_id)) collection_id=MCFIO%collection_id

  _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)
  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOGet


!-------------------------------------------------------------------------
!>
! This is a candidate for ESMFL, here for dependency reasons
!
  subroutine GridGetLatLons_ ( grid, lons, lats, rc )

    use MAPL_GetLatLonCoordMod
    implicit NONE
    type(ESMF_Grid) :: grid
    real, pointer   :: lons(:), lats(:)
    integer, optional :: rc

!                     ---


    integer                :: IM_WORLD, JM_WORLD, dims(3), STATUS

!                          ----

!      Get world dimensions
!      --------------------
       call MAPL_GridGet ( grid, globalCellCountPerDim=DIMS, RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       IM_WORLD = dims(1)
       JM_WORLD = dims(2)

!      Allocate memory for output if necessary
!      ---------------------------------------
       if ( .not. associated(lons) ) then
            allocate(lons(IM_WORLD), stat=STATUS)
       else
            if(size(LONS,1) /= IM_WORLD) STATUS = 1
       end if
       _VERIFY(status)
       if ( .not. associated(lats) ) then
            allocate(lats(JM_WORLD), stat=STATUS)
       else
            if(size(LATS,1) /= JM_WORLD) STATUS = 1
       end if
       _VERIFY(status)

       call MAPL_GetLatLonCoord(grid,1,lons,rc=status)
       _VERIFY(status)
       call MAPL_GetLatLonCoord(grid,2,lats,rc=status)
       _VERIFY(status)
       lons = lons*(180._REAL64/MAPL_PI_R8)
       lats = lats*(180._REAL64/MAPL_PI_R8)

       _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)
     end subroutine GridGetLatLons_

!++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


  subroutine VertInterp(v2,v3,pp,ple_,pl_,rc)

    real,              intent(OUT) :: v2(:,:)
    real,              intent(IN ) :: v3(:,:,:)
    real,              intent(IN ) :: pp
    real,     target,  intent(IN ) :: ple_(:,:,:)
    real,     target,  intent(IN ) :: pl_(:,:,:)
    integer, optional, intent(OUT) :: rc

    real, dimension(size(v2,1),size(v2,2)) :: al,PT,PB
    integer km, K, msn
    logical flip
    real    ppx
    real, pointer   :: plx(:,:,:),pl(:,:,:),ps(:,:)

    integer        :: status

    if(size(v3,3)==size(ple_,3)) then
       pl => ple_
       ps => ple_(:,:,ubound(ple_,3))
    else
       pl => pl_
       ps => null()
    endif

    km   = size(pl,3)

    flip = pl(1,1,2) < pl(1,1,1)

    if(flip) then
       allocate(plx(size(pl,1),size(pl,2),size(pl,3)),stat=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       plx = -pl
       ppx = -pp
       msn = -1
    else
       plx => pl
       ppx = pp
       msn = 1
    end if

    v2   = MAPL_UNDEF

       pb   = plx(:,:,km)
       do k=km-1,1,-1
          pt = plx(:,:,k)
          if(all(pb<ppx)) exit
          where(ppx>pt .and. ppx<=pb)
             al = (pb-ppx)/(pb-pt)
             where (v3(:,:,k)   .eq. MAPL_UNDEF ) v2 = v3(:,:,k+1)
             where (v3(:,:,k+1) .eq. MAPL_UNDEF ) v2 = v3(:,:,k)
             where (v3(:,:,k)   .ne. MAPL_UNDEF .and.  v3(:,:,k+1) .ne. MAPL_UNDEF  )
                    v2 = v3(:,:,k)*al + v3(:,:,k+1)*(1.0-al)
             end where
          end where
          pb = pt
       end do

! Extend Lowest Level Value to the Surface
! ----------------------------------------
    if( associated(ps) ) then
        where( (ppx>plx(:,:,km).and.ppx<=ps*msn) )
                v2 = v3(:,:,km)
        end where
    end if

    if(flip) then
       deallocate(plx,stat=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
    end if

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)
  end subroutine VertInterp

  subroutine MAPL_GetCurrentFile(FileTmpl, Time, Filename, RC, EXPID)
    character(len=*),    intent(IN   ) :: filetmpl
    type(ESMF_Time),     intent(INout) :: time
    character(len=*),    intent(  out) :: filename
    integer, optional,   intent(  out) :: rc
    character(len=*), optional, intent(  in) :: EXPID

    integer :: status

    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR)          :: DATE
    integer                             :: nymd
    integer                             :: nhms

    call ESMF_TimeGet(Time, timeString=DATE, RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    call strToInt(DATE, nymd, nhms)
    call fill_grads_template ( Filename, FileTmpl,&
                           experiment_id=EXPID, nymd=nymd, nhms=nhms, rc=status )
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)
  end subroutine MAPL_GetCurrentFile

  logical function MAPL_CFIOIsCreated(MCFIO)
    type(MAPL_CFIO),             intent(IN) :: MCFIO
    MAPL_CFIOIsCreated = MCFIO%Created
  end function MAPL_CFIOIsCreated

  character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR) function MAPL_CFIOGetFilename(MCFIO)
    type(MAPL_CFIO),             intent(IN) :: MCFIO
    MAPL_CFIOGetFilename = MCFIO%fNAME
  end function MAPL_CFIOGetFilename

  subroutine MAPL_CFIOGetTimeString(mcfio,Clock,Date,rc)

    type(MAPL_CFIO  ),          intent(inout) :: MCFIO
    type(ESMF_Clock),           intent(in   ) :: Clock
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR), intent(inout) :: Date
    integer, optional,          intent(out  ) :: rc

    integer :: status

    type(ESMF_Time) :: time
    integer :: YY,MM,DD,H,M,S
    integer :: noffset
    logical :: LPERP
    type(ESMF_Alarm)           :: PERPETUAL
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR) :: ClockName


    call ESMF_ClockGet       (CLOCK, name=ClockName, CurrTime =TIME, RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

     call ESMF_TimeIntervalGet( MCFIO%OFFSET, S=noffset, rc=status )
     _VERIFY(STATUS)
     if( noffset /= 0 ) then
         LPERP = ( index( trim(clockname),'_PERPETUAL' ).ne.0 )
        if( LPERP ) then
            call ESMF_ClockGetAlarm ( clock, alarmName='PERPETUAL', alarm=PERPETUAL, rc=status )
            _VERIFY(STATUS)
            if( ESMF_AlarmIsRinging(PERPETUAL) ) then
                call ESMF_TimeGet ( Time, YY = YY, &
                                          MM = MM, &
                                          DD = DD, &
                                          H  = H , &
                                          M  = M , &
                                          S  = S, rc=status )
                                          MM = MM + 1
                call ESMF_TimeSet ( Time, YY = YY, &
                                          MM = MM, &
                                          DD = DD, &
                                          H  = H , &
                                          M  = M , &
                                          S  = S, rc=status )
            endif
        endif
     endif

    TIME = TIME - MCFIO%OFFSET

    call ESMF_TimeGet        (TIME,     timeString=DATE,     RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)

    end subroutine MAPL_CFIOGetTimeString

!------------------------------------------------------------------------
!>
! Returns Psize and Root, the size (in nodes) and root node
! of each node partition assigned to active collections.
!
  subroutine MAPL_CFIOPartition(Slices, NumColls, NumNodes, Writing, Psize,Root)
    integer, intent(IN ) :: NumColls           !! number of nodes being dealt out to the partitions
    integer, intent(IN ) :: NumNodes           !! total number of collection,
                                               !! some of which may be inactive
    integer, intent(IN ) :: Slices(NumColls)   !! number of 2-D sections or slices in each collection.
                                               !! The number in inactive collections is ignored.
    logical, intent(IN ) :: Writing(NumColls)  !! identifies active collection
    integer, intent(OUT) :: Psize(NumColls)
    integer, intent(OUT) :: Root(NumColls)

    integer :: MaxSlicesPerNode, n
    integer :: CurrNode, Len, SlicesInNode

    integer, dimension(NumColls) :: SortedSlices, CollNo

! Begin
!------

! Make sure all outputs are initialized.
! Needed only for inactive collections.
!---------------------------------------

    Psize = 0
    Root  = 1

! Sort the collection sizes (# of slices) in ascending order.
!  Also sort the collection index the same way, to fill the
!  correct ones later.
!------------------------------------------------------------
    where(writing)
       SortedSlices = Slices
    elsewhere
       SortedSlices = 0
    endwhere

    do n=1,NumColls
       CollNo(n) = n
    end do

    call MAPL_Sort(SortedSlices, CollNo)

! This is the maximum number of slices in a node if all slices
!  were uniformly distributed without honoring collection and
!  node boundaries. Since every collection boundary must also be
!  a node boundary, this is a lower bound on MaxSlicesPerNode
! and is used as our initial guess.

    MaxSlicesPerNode = (sum(Slices,mask=Writing)-1)/NumNodes + 1
    ! ALT: The above expression could be zero if
    !      NumNodes==1 and the sum over "writing" slices is 0 (i.e. no writing)
    MaxSlicesPerNode = max(MaxSlicesPerNode,1) ! make sure it is not 0

! We try to distribute the slices in active collections as uniformly
!  as possible. "Small" collections (<= MaxSlicesPerNode) are
!  assigned to a single node, others span multiple nodes.
!  Small collections are grouped in a node without
!  exceeding MaxSlicesPerNode. Multi-node collections are
!  not grouped in nodes. Since MaxSlicesPerNode  is generally
!  too small to fit all the collections, it is then increased,until
!  all the active collections fit in the given nodes.
!--------------------------------------------------------------------
    do
       CurrNode     = 1
       SlicesInNode = 0

       COLLECTIONS: do n=1,NumColls
          ACTIVE: if(Writing(CollNo(n))) then

             if(SortedSlices(n)<MaxSlicesPerNode) then ! A single-node collection
                SlicesInNode = SlicesInNode + SortedSlices(n)

                if(SlicesInNode > MaxSlicesPerNode) then ! Current Coll oveerfills node
                   CurrNode     = CurrNode + 1
                   SlicesInNode = SortedSlices(n)
                end if

                Psize(CollNo(n)) = 1
                Root (CollNo(n)) = (CurrNode-1) + 1

             else                                      ! A multi-node collection
                Len = (SortedSlices(n)-1)/MaxSlicesPerNode + 1

                Psize(CollNo(n)) = Len
                Root (CollNo(n)) = (CurrNode-1) + 1

                CurrNode = CurrNode + len
             endif

          endif ACTIVE
       end do COLLECTIONS

       if(CurrNode<=NumNodes) exit

       MaxSlicesPerNode = MaxSlicesPerNode + 1
    enddo

    return

  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOPartition

  subroutine MAPL_CFIOReadParallel_(bundlelist,filelist,time,blocksize,RegridMethod,gsiMode,timelist,rc)
     type(ESMF_FieldBundle), pointer, intent(inout) :: bundlelist(:)
     character(len=*), intent(in) :: filelist(:)
     type(ESMF_Time), intent(inout) ::time
     type(ESMF_Time), optional, intent(in) ::timelist(:)
     integer, optional, intent(in) :: blocksize
     integer, optional, intent(in) :: regridMethod
     logical, optional, intent(in) :: gsiMode
     integer, optional, intent(out) :: rc


     integer                    :: status

     type(MAPL_CFIO), pointer :: cfio(:)
     type(IntegerVector) :: tindex
     integer :: blocksize_
     type(IntegerVector) :: regridMethod_
     integer, allocatable :: slices(:), psize(:), root(:),gslices(:)
     logical, allocatable :: reading(:)
     integer :: n,nn,n1,n2, nnodes, nfiles, hw,tdx,myregridmethod,nPet,maxSlices,scount
     character(len=ESMF_MAXPATHLEN) :: fname
     type(IntegerVectorIterator) :: time_iter
     type(IntegerVectorIterator) :: regrid_iter
     integer :: collection_id
     type(ESMF_CFIO), pointer :: pcfio
     type(CFIOCollection), pointer :: collection => null()
     type(ESMF_VM) :: vm


     allocate(cfio(size(filelist)),stat=status)
     _VERIFY(status)

     do n=1,size(filelist)
        cfio(n)%collection_id = MAPL_CFIOAddCollection(filelist(n))
        cfio(n)%fname = filelist(n)
        collection => collections%at(cfio(n)%collection_id)
        pcfio => collection%find(cfio(n)%fname, _RC)
        if (present(timelist)) then
          call getTIndex(pcfio,timelist(n),nn,rc=status)
        else
          call getTIndex(pcfio,time,nn,rc=status)
        endif
        _VERIFY(status)
        call tindex%push_back(nn)
     enddo

     if (present(blocksize)) then
        blocksize_=blocksize
     else
        blocksize_=1
     end if

     if (present(regridMethod)) then
        call regridMethod_%resize(size(filelist))
        do n=1,size(filelist)
           call regridMethod_%set(n,RegridMethod)
        enddo
     else
        call regridMethod_%resize(size(filelist))
        do n=1,size(filelist)
           call regridMethod_%set(n,REGRID_METHOD_BILINEAR)
        enddo
     end if

     call ESMF_VMGetCurrent(vm,rc=status)
     _VERIFY(status)
     call ESMF_VMGet(vm,petCount=nPet,rc=status)
     _VERIFY(status)

     nfiles = size(bundlelist)
     blocksize_ = min(nfiles,blocksize_)
     allocate(slices(blocksize_),psize(blocksize_),root(blocksize_),reading(blocksize_),gslices(nfiles),stat=status)
     _VERIFY(STATUS)
     reading=.false.
     hw=0
     if (present(gsiMode)) then
        cfio(:)%gsiMode=gsiMode
        if (gsiMode) hw=1
     end if
     nnodes = size(MAPL_NodeRankList)
     n1=1
     time_iter = tindex%begin()
     regrid_iter = RegridMethod_%begin()

     do n=1,nfiles

        fname = cfio(n)%fname
        myregridmethod = regrid_iter%get()
        collection_id = cfio(n)%collection_id
        call MAPL_CFIOCreateFromFile(cfio(n),bundlelist(n),regridmethod=myRegridMethod,hw=hw,rc=status)
        _VERIFY(status)
        if (mapl_am_i_root()) write(*,'(A,A)')'Parallel read file: ',trim(fname)
        call regrid_iter%next()
        gslices(n)=size(cfio(n)%krank)

     enddo
     maxSlices = maxval(gslices)
     maxSlices = max(maxSlices,nPet)

     do while(n1 <=nfiles)
        nn=0
        scount=0
        do n=n1,nfiles
           nn=nn+1
           slices(nn) = size(cfio(n)%krank)
           scount=scount+slices(nn)
           reading(nn)=.true.
           if (nn == blocksize_) exit
           if (scount > maxSlices) then
              reading(nn)=.false.
              nn=nn-1
              exit
           end if
        enddo

        n2=n1+nn-1
        call MAPL_CFIOPartition(slices,blocksize_,nNodes,reading,psize,root)

        nn=0
        do n=n1,n2
           nn=nn+1
           tdx = time_iter%get()
           call MAPL_CFIOSet(cfio(n),root=root(nn),psize=psize(nn),rc=status)
           _VERIFY(status)
           call MAPL_CFIOReadBundleRead(cfio(n),tdx,hw=hw,rc=status)
           _VERIFY(status)
           call time_iter%next()
        enddo

        do n=n1,n2
           call MAPL_CFIOReadBundleWait(cfio(n),rc=status)
           _VERIFY(status)
        enddo

        n1=n2+1

     enddo

     deallocate(slices,psize,root,reading,gslices,stat=status)
     _VERIFY(STATUS)
     deallocate(cfio,stat=status)
     _VERIFY(STATUS)

     _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)

  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOReadParallel_

  subroutine MAPL_CFIOCreateFromFile(MCFIO,bundlein,RegridMethod,hw,only_vars,rc)

    type(MAPL_CFIO  ),               intent(INOUT) :: MCFIO
    type(ESMF_FieldBundle), optional, intent(INOUT) :: BundleIn
    integer,               optional, intent(IN   ) :: RegridMethod
    integer,               optional, intent(IN   ) :: hw
    character(len=*),      optional, intent(IN   ) :: only_vars
    integer,               optional, intent(  OUT) :: RC

    type(ESMF_CFIOGrid), pointer :: CFIOGRID => null()
    type(ESMF_GRID)              :: ESMFGRID
    type(ESMF_CFIOGrid)          :: varsGrid
    type(ESMF_CFIOVarInfo), pointer :: VARS(:) => null()
    type(ESMF_VM)    :: vm
    integer          :: i,k,kv
    integer          :: im,jm,lm,nvars,fvars,bvars,img,jmg,lt,num2dvars,num3dvars
    logical          :: twoD,fillbundle
    character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR) :: units,cfiovarname,long_name,bundlevarname,ctemp1,ctemp2
    integer          :: regridMethod_
    integer, allocatable    :: gridToFieldMap(:)
    integer          :: hw_, gridrank, dims(3), counts(3), halowidth(3)
    real, pointer    :: ptr2(:,:)
    real, pointer    :: ptr3(:,:,:)
    type(ESMF_Field) :: field
    integer          :: status
    logical          :: found
    logical          :: isPresent
    real, pointer    :: lonsfile(:) => null()
    real, pointer    :: latsfile(:) => null()
    real, pointer    :: levsfile(:) => null()
    type(ESMF_CFIO), pointer :: cfiop
    type(CFIOCollection), pointer :: collection

    call ESMF_VMGetCurrent(vm,rc=status)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    call ESMF_VMGet(vm,localPet=mcfio%myPE,rc=status)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    collection => collections%at(mcfio%collection_ID)
    cfiop => collection%find(mcfio%fname, _RC)

    call ESMF_CFIOGet       (cfiop,     grid=CFIOGRID,                     RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    call ESMF_CFIOGridGet   (CFIOGRID, IM=IM, JM=JM, KM=LM,               RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    call ESMF_CFIOGridGet    (CFIOGRID, LON=LONSFILE, LAT=LATSFILE, RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    deallocate(CFIOGRID)

    call ESMF_CFIOGet (cfiop,varObjs=VARS, nVars=fVars, RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    if (present(hw)) then
       hw_=hw
    else
       hw_=0
    end if
    haloWidth = (/hw_,hw_,0/)
    mcfio%kreverse = .false.
    mcfio%xshift   = .false.
    if (JM /= 6*IM) then
       mcfio%xshift = abs(LONSfile(1)+180._REAL64) .GT. abs(LONSfile(2)-LONSfile(1))
    end if

    call ESMF_FieldbundleGet(bundlein,grid=esmfgrid,rc=status)
    _VERIFY(status)
    call MAPL_GridGet(esmfgrid, globalCellCountPerDim=COUNTS, &
         localCellCountPerDim=DIMS, RC=STATUS)
    img=counts(1)
    jmg=counts(2)

    ! Get the number of variables we will be reading
    call ESMF_FieldBundleGet(bundlein,fieldCount=bvars,rc=status)
    _VERIFY(status)
    if (bvars>0) then
       fillbundle=.false.
       nvars=bvars
    else
       fillbundle=.true.
       nvars=0
       do i=1,fVars
          if ( present(ONLY_VARS) ) then
             if ( index(','//trim(ONLY_VARS)  //',', &
                        ','//trim(CFIOVARNAME)//',') < 1 ) cycle
          endif
          nvars=nvars+1
       end do
    end if

    allocate(MCFIO%VarDims(NVars), stat=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    allocate(MCFIO%VarName(NVars), stat=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    allocate(MCFIO%VarID(NVars), stat=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    if (.not.fillbundle) then
       do i=1,nvars
          call ESMF_FieldBundleGet(bundlein,i,field,rc=status)
          _VERIFY(status)
          call ESMF_FieldGet(field,name=bundlevarname,rc=status)
          _VERIFY(status)
          found=.false.
          do k=1,fvars
             call ESMF_CFIOVarInfoGet(VARS(K),vname=CFIOVARNAME,twoDimVar=twoD,RC=STATUS)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             ctemp1 = ESMF_UtilStringLowerCase(cfiovarname,rc=status)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             ctemp2 = ESMF_UtilStringLowerCase(bundlevarname,rc=status)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             if (trim(ctemp1)==trim(ctemp2)) then
                found=.true.
                kv=k
                exit
             endif
          enddo
          _ASSERT(found, 'search failed')
          mcfio%varname(i)=bundleVarName
          if (twoD) then
             mcfio%vardims(i)=2
          else
             mcfio%vardims(i)=3
             call ESMF_CFIOVarinfoGet(Vars(kv),grid=varsgrid,rc=status)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             call ESMF_CFIOGridGet (varsGrid, lev=levsfile, rc=status)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             if (levsfile(1) > levsfile(lm)) mcfio%kreverse = .true.
          end if
          status = nf90_inq_varid(cfiop%fid,cfiovarname,mcfio%varid(i))
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          call ESMF_FieldGet(FIELD,   Grid=ESMFGRID, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          call MAPL_GridGet(ESMFGRID, globalCellCountPerDim=COUNTS, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          _ASSERT( LM==0 .or. counts(3) == 0 .or. LM==counts(3) .or. lm == (counts(3)+1), 'incompatible file and bundle' )
       enddo

    else
       nVars=0
       do i=1,fvars

          call ESMF_CFIOVarInfoGet(VARS(i),vname=CFIOVARNAME, vtitle=LONG_NAME, vunits=UNITS, twoDimVar=twoD, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          if ( present(ONLY_VARS) ) then
             if ( index(','//trim(ONLY_VARS)  //',', &
                        ','//trim(CFIOVARNAME)//',') < 1 ) cycle
          endif
          nvars=nvars+1
          MCFIO%VarName(nvars) = cfiovarname

          if (twoD) then
             MCFIO%VarDims(nvars) = 2

             allocate(PTR2(1-hw_:DIMS(1)+hw_,1-hw_:DIMS(2)+hw_),stat=STATUS)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             PTR2  = 0.0

             call ESMF_GridGet(esmfgrid, dimCount=gridRank, rc=status)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             allocate(gridToFieldMap(gridRank), stat=status)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             if(gridRank == 2) then
                gridToFieldMap(1) = 1
                gridToFieldMap(2) = 2
             else if (gridRank == 3) then
                gridToFieldMap(1) = 1
                gridToFieldMap(2) = 2
                gridToFieldMap(3) = 0
             else
                _RETURN(ESMF_FAILURE)
             end if
             FIELD = ESMF_FieldCreate(grid=esmfgrid, &
                             datacopyFlag = ESMF_DATACOPY_REFERENCE,   &
                             farrayPtr=PTR2, gridToFieldMap=gridToFieldMap, &
                             name=CFIOVARNAME, &
                             totalLWidth=haloWidth(1:2),     &
                             totalUWidth=haloWidth(1:2),     &
                             rc = status)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)

             deallocate(gridToFieldMap)

             call ESMF_AttributeSet(FIELD, NAME='LONG_NAME', VALUE=LONG_NAME, RC=STATUS)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             call ESMF_AttributeSet(FIELD, NAME='UNITS', VALUE=UNITS, RC=STATUS)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             call ESMF_AttributeSet(FIELD, NAME='DIMS', VALUE=MAPL_DimsHorzOnly, RC=STATUS)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             call ESMF_AttributeSet(FIELD, NAME='VLOCATION', &
                                        VALUE=MAPL_VLocationNone, RC=STATUS)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)

          else
             call ESMF_CFIOVarinfoGet(Vars(i),grid=varsgrid,rc=status)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             call ESMF_CFIOGridGet (varsGrid, lev=levsfile, rc=status)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             if (levsfile(1) > levsfile(lm)) mcfio%kreverse = .true.
               MCFIO%VarDims(nvars) = 3
               if (lm == counts(3)) then
                  allocate(PTR3(1-hw_:DIMS(1)+hw_,1-hw_:DIMS(2)+hw_,LM),stat=STATUS)
                  _VERIFY(STATUS)
               else if (lm == (counts(3)+1)) then
                  allocate(PTR3(1-hw_:DIMS(1)+hw_,1-hw_:DIMS(2)+hw_,0:LM-1),stat=STATUS)
                  _VERIFY(STATUS)
               endif
               PTR3  = 0.0
               FIELD = ESMF_FieldCreate(grid=esmfgrid, &
                               datacopyFlag = ESMF_DATACOPY_REFERENCE,   &
                               farrayPtr=PTR3, name=CFIOVARNAME,       &
                               totalLWidth=haloWidth(1:2),     &
                               totalUWidth=haloWidth(1:2),     &
                               rc = status)
               _VERIFY(STATUS)
   !ALT: for now we add only HorzVert (no tiles)
               call ESMF_AttributeSet(FIELD, NAME='LONG_NAME', VALUE=LONG_NAME, RC=STATUS)
               _VERIFY(STATUS)
               call ESMF_AttributeSet(FIELD, NAME='UNITS', VALUE=UNITS, RC=STATUS)
               _VERIFY(STATUS)
               call ESMF_AttributeSet(FIELD, NAME='DIMS', VALUE=MAPL_DimsHorzVert, RC=STATUS)
               _VERIFY(STATUS)
               if (lm == counts(3)) then
                  call ESMF_AttributeSet(FIELD, NAME='VLOCATION', &
                                              VALUE=MAPL_VLocationCenter, RC=STATUS)
               else if (lm == (counts(3)+1)) then
                  call ESMF_AttributeSet(FIELD, NAME='VLOCATION', &
                                              VALUE=MAPL_VLocationEdge, RC=STATUS)
               end if

               _VERIFY(STATUS)

          end if

          call MAPL_FieldBundleAdd(bundlein,field,rc=status)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          status = nf90_inq_varid(cfiop%fid,cfiovarname,mcfio%varid(i))
          _VERIFY(STATUS)

       enddo
    end if

    ! Fill in MCFIO object
    mcfio%grid = esmfgrid
    mcfio%bundle = bundlein
    mcfio%im = im
    mcfio%jm = jm
    mcfio%lm = lm
    Num2DVars = count(MCFIO%VarDims==2)
    Num3DVars = count(MCFIO%VarDims==3)
    LT  = Num2DVars + Num3DVars*LM
    allocate( MCFIO%reqs (LT),stat=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    allocate( MCFIO%Krank(LT),stat=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)
    mcfio%krank = -1
    allocate( MCFIO%pairList(LT),stat=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)


    if (present(regridmethod)) then
       regridmethod_=regridmethod
    else
       regridmethod_=REGRID_METHOD_BILINEAR
    endif

    mcfio%regrid_type=-1
    if ( (img /= im .or. jmg /= jm) .and. (regridMethod_ /= -1) ) then
       if (regridmethod_==REGRID_METHOD_VOTE .or. regridmethod_==REGRID_METHOD_CONSERVE .or. regridmethod_==REGRID_METHOD_FRACTION) then
          mcfio%regridConservative = .true.
          mcfio%regridder => make_regridder(esmfgrid,regridMethod_,lonsfile,latsfile,im,jm,counts(3),.false.,localTiles=.false.,rc=status)
          _VERIFY(status)
       else if (regridmethod_==REGRID_METHOD_BILINEAR) then
          mcfio%regridder => make_regridder(ESMFGRID, regridMethod_, LONSfile, LATSfile, IM, JM, counts(3), .false., rc=status)
          _VERIFY(status)
       end if
       mcfio%regrid_type=regridmethod_
    end if

    !check for vector pairs, right now limit to 1
    block
       character(len=ESMF_MAXSTR) :: vectorlist(2)
       logical :: found
       integer :: j
       integer :: rotation,gridstagger,rotation1,rotation2,gridStagger1,gridStagger2
       type(ESMF_Field) :: field1,field2
       allocate(mCFIO%needVar(size(mCFIO%varname)),stat=status)
       _VERIFY(status)
       mCFIO%needVar=0
       call ESMF_AttributeGet(bundlein,name="VectorList:",isPresent=isPresent,rc=status)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)
       if (isPresent) then
          call ESMF_AttributeGet(bundlein,name="VectorList:",valuelist=vectorlist,rc=status)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)

          do i=1,size(mCFIO%varname)
             if (mCFIO%varname(i) == vectorList(1)) then
                found=.false.
                do j=1,size(mCFIO%varname)
                   if (trim(mCFIO%varName(J)) == vectorlist(2)) then
                      found = .true.
                      exit
                   end if
                end do
                _ASSERT(found, 'search failed')
                mCFIO%needvar(i)=j
             else if (mCFIO%varname(i) == vectorList(2)) then
                found=.false.
                do j=1,size(mCFIO%varname)
                   if (trim(mCFIO%varName(J)) == vectorlist(1)) then
                      found = .true.
                      exit
                   end if
                end do
                _ASSERT(found, 'search failed')
                mCFIO%needvar(i)=-j
             end if
          end do

          call ESMF_FieldBundleGet(MCFIO%BUNDLE, trim(vectorList(1)), field=FIELD1,RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          call ESMF_FieldBundleGet(MCFIO%BUNDLE, trim(vectorList(2)), field=FIELD2,RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          mCFIO%doRotate=.false.
          call ESMF_AttributeGet(field1,name='ROTATION',value=rotation1,rc=status)
          call ESMF_AttributeGet(field1,name='STAGGERING',value=gridStagger1,rc=status)
          call ESMF_AttributeGet(field2,name='ROTATION',value=rotation2,rc=status)
          call ESMF_AttributeGet(field2,name='STAGGERING',value=gridStagger2,rc=status)
          _ASSERT(rotation1==rotation2,'rotation does not match')
          _ASSERT(gridStagger1==gridStagger2,'stagger does not match')
          rotation=rotation1
          gridStagger=gridStagger1
          if (gridStagger == MAPL_AGrid) then
             if (rotation == MAPL_RotateLL) then
                mCFIO%doRotate = .false.
             else if (rotation == MAPL_RotateCube) then
                mCFIO%doRotate = .true.
             end if
          else if (gridStagger == MAPL_DGrid) then
             if (rotation /= MAPL_RotateCube) then
                _FAIL('must rotate LL')
             else
                mCFIO%doRotate = .false.
             end if
          else if (gridStagger == MAPL_CGrid) then
             if (rotation /= MAPL_RotateCube) then
               _FAIL('must rotate LL')
             else
                mCFIO%doRotate = .false.
             end if
          end if
       end if
    end block
!@    call ESMF_CFIOVarInfoDestroy(vars, _RC)
    deallocate(vars)
    deallocate(LONSfile,LATSfile)
    if (associated(levsfile)) then
       deallocate(levsfile)
       nullify(levsfile)
    end if

    mCFIO%PartSize=-1
    mCFIO%root=-1

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)

  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOCreateFromFile


  subroutine MAPL_CFIOReadBundleRead(MCFIO,tindex,hw,rc)

    type(MAPL_CFIO  ),               intent(INOUT) :: MCFIO
    integer,                         intent(INOUT) :: tindex
    integer,               optional, intent(IN   ) :: hw
    integer,               optional, intent(  OUT) :: RC

    integer          :: status

    integer   :: nn,l,k,klev,lm,nv,lb
    integer   :: img,jmg,lt,hw_
    integer   :: counts(3)
    logical   :: myGlobal, transAlreadyDone
    real, pointer :: ptr2(:,:)
    real, pointer :: ptr3(:,:,:)
    type(ESMF_Field) :: field
    type(ESMF_CFIO), pointer :: cfiop
    type(CFIOCollection), pointer :: collection
    type(Ptr2Arr), allocatable :: globPtrArr(:)
    type(Ptr2Arr)        :: PtrTypeIn(2)
    type(Ptr2Arr)        :: PtrTypeOut(2)
    integer, allocatable :: varids(:)
    logical, allocatable :: transDone(:)
    integer :: status1,status2
    integer :: alloc_ra

    if (present(hw)) then
       hw_=hw
    else
       hw_=0
    end if

    collection => collections%at(mcfio%collection_id)
    cfiop => collection%find(trim(mcfio%fname), _RC)

    call MAPL_GridGet( MCFIO%GRID, globalCellCountPerDim=COUNTS, RC=STATUS)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    call MAPL_RoundRobinPEList(MCFIO%Krank,MCFIO%PartSize,root=MCFIO%ROOT,rc=status)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    if (mapL_am_i_root()) write(*,*)"CFIO Read Parallel Processing: ",trim(mcfio%fname)

    call MAPL_RoundRobinPEList(MCFIO%Krank,MCFIO%PartSize,root=MCFIO%ROOT,useFirstRank=.false.,rc=status)
    _VERIFY(STATUS)

    call MAPL_CFIOSetVectorPairs(MCFIO,rc=status)
    _VERIFY(Status)

    img = COUNTS(1)
    jmg = COUNTS(2)

    lt = size(mcfio%reqs)
    allocate(mcfio%buffer(lt),stat=status)
    _VERIFY(status)
    allocate(globPtrArr(lt),stat=status)
    _VERIFY(status)
    allocate(varids(lt),stat=status)
    _VERIFY(status)
    allocate(transDone(lt),source=.false.,stat=status)
    _VERIFY(status)

    nn = 0
    VARS1: do L=1,size(MCFIO%VarDims)

       call ESMF_FieldBundleGet(MCFIO%BUNDLE, trim(MCFIO%VARNAME(L)), field=FIELD,                  RC=STATUS)
       _VERIFY(STATUS)

       CREATE_REQ: if (MCFIO%VarDims(L)==2) then

          nn=nn+1
          varids(nn)=mcfio%varid(L)
          call ESMF_FieldGet(Field,localDE=0, farrayPtr=PTR2, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          call MAPL_CreateRequest(MCFIO%GRID, MCFIO%Krank(nn), MCFIO%reqs(nn), &
               tag=nn, RequestType=MAPL_IsScatter, DstArray = ptr2 , prepost=.true., hw=hw_, RC=STATUS)

       else if (MCFIO%VarDims(L)==3) then

          call ESMF_FieldGet(Field,localDE=0, farrayPtr=PTR3, RC=STATUS)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)

          do k = 1,MCFIO%lm
             nn=nn+1
             varids(nn)=mcfio%varid(L)
             lb=lbound(ptr3,3)
             call MAPL_CreateRequest(MCFIO%GRID, MCFIO%Krank(nn), MCFIO%reqs(nn), &
                  tag=nn, RequestType=MAPL_IsScatter, DstArray = ptr3(:,:,lb+k-1), prepost=.true.,hw=hw_,RC=STATUS)
          end do

       end if CREATE_REQ

    end do VARS1

    nn = 0
    VARS2: do L=1,size(MCFIO%VarDims)

       if (MCFIO%VarDims(L)==2) then
          LM = 1
       else  if (MCFIO%VarDims(L)==3) then
          LM = MCFIO%lm
       else
          LM = 0
       end if

       do k = 1,lm
          nn=nn+1
          myGlobal = (mcfio%mype == mcfio%krank(nn))
          if (mcfio%kreverse) then
             klev= mcfio%lm-k+1
          else
             klev=k
          end if

          if (myGlobal) then
             nv = mCFIO%pairList(nn)
             alloc_ra = 0
             VECTORTEST: if (nv ==0) then
                alloc_ra = 1
                allocate(mcfio%reqs(nn)%read_array(mcfio%im,mcfio%jm),stat=status)
                _VERIFY(status)

                globPtrArr(nn)%ptr => mcfio%reqs(nn)%read_array
                ptrTypeIn(1)%ptr => globPtrArr(nn)%ptr
                allocate(mcfio%buffer(nn)%ptr(img,jmg),stat=status)
                _VERIFY(STATUS)
                ptrTypeOut(1)%ptr => mcfio%buffer(nn)%ptr
                if (lm == 1) then
                   call readlevel(ptrtypein(1)%ptr,cfiop%fid,varids(nn),cfiop%formatVersion,mcfio%im,mcfio%jm,tindex,rc=status)
                else
                   call readlevel(ptrtypein(1)%ptr,cfiop%fid,varids(nn),cfiop%formatVersion,mcfio%im,mcfio%jm,tindex,lev=klev,rc=status)
                end if
                _VERIFY(STATUS)
                if (mcfio%xshift) call shift180Lon2D_(ptrtypein(1)%ptr)
                call TransAndSave(mcfio,ptrTypein(1:1),ptrtypeout(1:1),mcfio%reqs(nn),.true.,1,hw,rc=status)
                _VERIFY(status)
             else if (nv > 0) then
                ! I am U part of vector
                if (transDone(nn)) then
                   TransAlreadyDone = .true.
                   transDone(nn) = .true.
                   transDone(nv) = .true.
                else
                   TransAlreadyDone = .false.
                   alloc_ra = 2
                   allocate(MCFIO%reqs(nn)%read_array(mcfio%im,mcfio%jm),stat=status)
                   _VERIFY(status)
                   allocate(MCFIO%reqs(nv)%read_array(mcfio%im,mcfio%jm),stat=status)
                   _VERIFY(status)
                   allocate(mcfio%buffer(nn)%ptr(img,jmg),stat=status)
                   _VERIFY(status)
                   allocate(mcfio%buffer(nv)%ptr(img,jmg),stat=status)
                   _VERIFY(status)
                end if
                globPtrArr(nn)%ptr => mcfio%reqs(nn)%read_array
                globPtrArr(nv)%ptr => mcfio%reqs(nv)%read_array
                ptrTypeIn(1)%ptr => globPtrArr(nn)%ptr
                ptrTypeIn(2)%ptr => globPtrArr(nv)%ptr
                ptrTypeOut(1)%ptr => mcfio%buffer(nn)%ptr
                ptrTypeOut(2)%ptr => mcfio%buffer(nv)%ptr
                if (.not.TransAlreadyDone) then
                   if (lm == 1) then
                      call readlevel(ptrtypein(1)%ptr,cfiop%fid,varids(nn),cfiop%formatVersion,mcfio%im,mcfio%jm,tindex,rc=status1)
                      call readlevel(ptrtypein(2)%ptr,cfiop%fid,varids(nv),cfiop%formatVersion,mcfio%im,mcfio%jm,tindex,rc=status2)
                   else
                      call readlevel(ptrtypein(1)%ptr,cfiop%fid,varids(nn),cfiop%formatVersion,mcfio%im,mcfio%jm,tindex,lev=klev,rc=status1)
                      call readlevel(ptrtypein(2)%ptr,cfiop%fid,varids(nv),cfiop%formatVersion,mcfio%im,mcfio%jm,tindex,lev=klev,rc=status2)
                   end if
                   _VERIFY(status1)
                   _VERIFY(status2)
                   if (mcfio%xshift) call shift180Lon2D_(ptrtypein(1)%ptr)
                   if (mcfio%xshift) call shift180Lon2D_(ptrtypein(2)%ptr)
                end if
                call TransAndSave(mcfio,ptrTypein(1:2),ptrtypeout(1:2),mcfio%reqs(nn),.not.TransAlreadyDone,1,hw_,rc=status)
             else
                ! I am V part of vector
                nv = abs(nv)
                if (.not.transDone(nn)) then
                   TransAlreadyDone = .true.
                   transDone(nn)=.true.
                   transDone(nv)=.true.
                else
                   TransAlreadyDone = .false.
                   alloc_ra = 2
                   allocate(MCFIO%reqs(nn)%read_array(mcfio%im,mcfio%jm),stat=status)
                   _VERIFY(status)
                   allocate(MCFIO%reqs(nv)%read_array(mcfio%im,mcfio%jm),stat=status)
                   _VERIFY(status)
                   allocate(mcfio%buffer(nn)%ptr(img,jmg),stat=status)
                   _VERIFY(status)
                   allocate(mcfio%buffer(nv)%ptr(img,jmg),stat=status)
                   _VERIFY(status)
                end if
                globPtrArr(nn)%ptr => mcfio%reqs(nn)%read_array
                globPtrArr(nv)%ptr => mcfio%reqs(nv)%read_array
                ptrTypeIn(1)%ptr => globPtrArr(nv)%ptr
                ptrTypeIn(2)%ptr => globPtrArr(nn)%ptr
                ptrTypeOut(1)%ptr => mcfio%buffer(nv)%ptr
                ptrTypeOut(2)%ptr => mcfio%buffer(nn)%ptr
                if (.not.transAlreadyDone) then
                   if (lm == 1) then
                      call readlevel(ptrtypein(1)%ptr,cfiop%fid,varids(nv),cfiop%formatVersion,mcfio%im,mcfio%jm,tindex,rc=status1)
                      call readlevel(ptrtypein(2)%ptr,cfiop%fid,varids(nn),cfiop%formatVersion,mcfio%im,mcfio%jm,tindex,rc=status2)
                   else
                      call readlevel(ptrtypein(1)%ptr,cfiop%fid,varids(nv),cfiop%formatVersion,mcfio%im,mcfio%jm,tindex,lev=klev,rc=status1)
                      call readlevel(ptrtypein(2)%ptr,cfiop%fid,varids(nn),cfiop%formatVersion,mcfio%im,mcfio%jm,tindex,lev=klev,rc=status2)
                   end if
                   _VERIFY(status1)
                   _VERIFY(status2)
                   if (mcfio%xshift) call shift180Lon2D_(ptrtypein(1)%ptr)
                   if (mcfio%xshift) call shift180Lon2D_(ptrtypein(2)%ptr)
                end if
                call TransAndSave(mcfio,ptrTypein(1:2),ptrtypeout(1:2),mcfio%reqs(nn),.not.TransAlreadyDone,2,hw_,rc=status)
             end if VECTORTEST
             if (alloc_ra > 0) then
                deallocate(mcfio%reqs(nn)%read_array,stat=status)
                _VERIFY(status)
                nullify(mcfio%reqs(nn)%read_array)
                if (alloc_ra > 1) then
                   deallocate(mcfio%reqs(nv)%read_array)
                   nullify(mcfio%reqs(nv)%read_array)
                end if
             end if

          end if
       end do

    end do VARS2

    deallocate(varids,globptrarr,transDone)

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)

    contains

  subroutine TransAndSave(mcfio,ptrin,ptrout,req,doTrans,idxOut,hw,rc)
     type(MAPL_CFIO), intent(inout) :: mcfio
     type(Ptr2Arr), intent(inout) :: PtrIn(:)
     type(Ptr2Arr), intent(inout)  :: PtrOut(:)
     type(MAPL_CommRequest), intent(inout)  :: req
     logical, intent(in)  :: doTrans
     integer, intent(in)  :: idxOut
     integer, intent(in)     :: hw
     integer, optional, intent(out) :: rc

     __Iam__('TransAndSave')
     real, pointer  :: gin(:,:)
     real , pointer :: gout(:,:)
     real, dimension(:,:,:), pointer :: uin, uout, vin, vout
     integer :: im, jm
     type(c_ptr) :: cptr

     if (size(ptrin)==1) then

        _ASSERT(idxOut ==1, 'input is scalar, output is not')
        Gin => PtrIn(1)%ptr
        Gout => PtrOut(1)%ptr
        if ( all(shape(gin) == shape(gout)) ) then
           gout = gin
        else
           _ASSERT(associated(mCFIO%regridder), 'mCFIO%regridder is not associated')
           if (mCFIO%regridConservative) then
              call mCFIO%regridder%regrid(gin, gout, rc=status)
              _VERIFY(STATUS)
           else
              call mCFIO%regridder%set_undef_value(MAPL_undef)
              call mCFIO%regridder%regrid(gin,gout,rc=status)
              _VERIFY(STATUS)
           end if
        end if
        if (mcfio%gsiMode) call shift180Lon2D_(gout)
     else

        _ASSERT(size(PtrIn) == 2, 'input is neither a scalar nor a tangent (2d) vector')
        _ASSERT(size(PtrOut) == 2, 'input is a vector, but output is not')
        gout => PtrOut(idxOut)%ptr
        if (doTrans) then

           im = size(PtrIn(1)%ptr,1)
           jm = size(PtrIn(1)%ptr,2)

           cptr = C_loc(PtrIn(1)%ptr(1,1))
           call C_F_pointer (cptr, uin,[im,jm,1])

           cptr = C_loc(PtrIn(2)%ptr(1,1))
           call C_F_pointer (cptr, vin,[im,jm,1])

           im = size(PtrOut(1)%ptr,1)
           jm = size(PtrOut(1)%ptr,2)

           cptr = C_loc(PtrOut(1)%ptr(1,1))
           call C_F_pointer (cptr, uout,[im,jm,1])

           cptr = C_loc(PtrOut(2)%ptr(1,1))
           call C_F_pointer (cptr, vout,[im,jm,1])

           call mCFIO%regridder%set_undef_value(MAPL_undef)
           call mCFIO%regridder%regrid(uin, vin, uout, vout, rotate=mCFIO%doRotate, rc=status)
           _VERIFY(status)

        end if

     end if
     call MAPL_ArrayIScatter(gout,req,hw=hw,rc=status)
     _VERIFY(STATUS)

  end subroutine TransAndSave

    subroutine shift180Lon2D_ ( c  )
    real, intent(inout) :: c(:,:)
    real, allocatable :: cj(:)
    integer :: m(4), n(4), imh, j, im ,jm
    im = size(c,1)
    jm = size(c,2)
    allocate(cj(im))
    imh = nint(im/2.)
    m = [ 1,      imh, 1+imh,    im  ]
    n = [ 1,   im-imh, 1+im-imh, im  ]
    do j = 1, jm
       cj(n(1):n(2)) = c(m(3):m(4),j)
       cj(n(3):n(4)) = c(m(1):m(2),j)
       c(:,j) = cj
    end do
    deallocate(cj)
    return
    end subroutine shift180Lon2D_

    subroutine readlevel(var_array,fid,varid,fformat,im,jm,tindex,lev,rc)
       real, pointer, intent(inout) :: var_array(:,:)
       integer,       intent(in) :: fid
       integer,       intent(in) :: varid
       real,          intent(in) :: fformat
       integer,       intent(in) :: im
       integer,       intent(in) :: jm
       integer,       intent(in) :: tindex
       integer, optional, intent(in) :: lev
       integer, optional, intent(out) :: rc

       integer :: status

       if (present(lev)) then
          if (cfiop%formatVersion > 2.0) then
             status = nf90_get_var(fid,varid,var_array,start=(/1,1,1,lev,tindex/),count=(/im,jm/6,6,1,1/))
          else
             status = nf90_get_var(fid,varid,var_array,start=(/1,1,lev,tindex/),count=(/im,jm,1,1/))
          end if
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
       else
          if (cfiop%formatVersion > 2.0) then
             status = nf90_get_var(fid,varid,var_array,start=(/1,1,1,tindex/),count=(/im,jm/6,6,1/))
          else
             status = nf90_get_var(fid,varid,var_array,start=(/1,1,tindex/),count=(/im,jm,1/))
          end if
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
       end if
       _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)
    end subroutine readlevel

  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOReadBundleRead

  subroutine MAPL_CFIOReadBundleWait(MCFIO,rc)

    type(MAPL_CFIO  ),               intent(INOUT) :: MCFIO
    integer,               optional, intent(  OUT) :: RC

    integer :: nn,k,l
    logical :: myGlobal

    type(ESMF_Field) :: field
    real, pointer    :: ptr3d(:,:,:) => null()
    integer          :: status

    nn = 0
    VARS: do L=1,size(MCFIO%VarDims)

       RANK: if (MCFIO%VarDims(L)==2) then

          nn=nn+1
          myGlobal = (mcfio%mype == mcfio%krank(nn))

          call MAPL_CollectiveWait(mcfio%reqs(nn),rc=status)
          _VERIFY(STATUS)
          if (myGlobal) then
             deallocate(mcfio%buffer(nn)%ptr)
          end if

       else if (MCFIO%VarDims(L)==3) then

          do k = 1,MCFIO%lm
             nn=nn+1
             myGlobal = (mcfio%mype == mcfio%krank(nn))
             call MAPL_CollectiveWait(mcfio%reqs(nn),rc=status)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)

             if (myGlobal) then
                deallocate(mcfio%buffer(nn)%ptr)
                !ALT these two have been cleaned earlier
                ! deallocate(mcfio%reqs(nn)%read_array)
                ! nullify(mcfio%reqs(nn)%read_array)
             end if
          end do

          if (mcfio%gsiMode) then
             call ESMF_FieldBundleGet(MCFIO%BUNDLE, trim(mcfio%varname(L)), field=FIELD, RC=STATUS)
             _VERIFY(STATUS)
             call ESMF_FieldGet(field,0,farrayptr=ptr3d,rc=status)
             call SwapV_(ptr3d)
          end if

       end if RANK

    end do VARS

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)

    contains

   subroutine SwapV_(fld)
    implicit none
    real,intent(inout) ::  fld(:,:,:)
    real,allocatable   :: work(:,:,:)
    integer im, jm, km
    im   = size(fld,1)
    jm   = size(fld,2)
    km   = size(fld,3)
    allocate (work(im,jm,km))
    work = fld
    fld(:,:,km:1:-1) = work(:,:,1:km:+1)
    deallocate (work)
    end subroutine SwapV_

  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOReadBundleWait

  subroutine MAPL_CFIOSetVectorPairs(MCFIO,rc)

    type(MAPL_CFIO), intent(inout) :: MCFIO
    integer,         intent(out  ) :: rc

    integer, allocatable       :: varStart(:)
    integer                    :: l,lm,nn,nv,sgn,k,np
    integer                    :: status


    ! adjust if we have vector pairs
    allocate(varStart(size(MCFIO%VarDims)),stat=status)
    _VERIFY(status)

    nn=0

    STARTVAR: do L=1, size(MCFIO%VarDims)
       if(mCFIO%VarDims(L)==2) then ! Rank == 2
          LM = 1
       elseif(MCFIO%VarDims(L)==3) then ! Rank == 3
          LM = MCFIO%LM
       else
          LM = 0
       endif
       if (L /= 0) then
          varStart(L) = nn + 1
          nn = nn + LM
       end if
    end do STARTVAR

    nn=0

    VECTPAIR: do L=1, size(MCFIO%VarDims)
       if(mCFIO%VarDims(L)==2) then ! Rank == 2
          LM = 1
       elseif(MCFIO%VarDims(L)==3) then ! Rank == 3
          LM = MCFIO%LM
       else
          LM = 0
       endif

       nv = mCFIO%needVar(L)
       if (nv > 0) then
          sgn=1
       else
          sgn = -1
       end if

       do K=1,LM
          nn = nn + 1
          if (nv /= 0) then
             MCFIO%pairList(nn) = sgn*(varStart(abs(nv)) - 1 + k)
          else
             MCFIO%pairList(nn) = 0
          end if
       enddo
    end do VECTPAIR

    deallocate(varStart)

    !Modify KRANK to make sure that for any pair,
    !all of its components are handled by the SAME processor
    do L=1,size(MCFIO%Krank)
       np = MCFIO%pairList(L)
       if (np > 0) then
          ! I am "U"; overwrite location of "V"
          mCFIO%Krank(abs(np)) = mCFIO%Krank(L)
       end if
    enddo

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)

  end subroutine MAPL_CFIOSetVectorPairs

  subroutine get_latlon_from_factory(grid, lons, lats, rc)
    use MAPL_AbstractGridFactoryMod
    use MAPL_LatLonGridFactoryMod
    use MAPL_GridManagerMod
    use MAPL_Constants, only: MAPL_RADIANS_TO_DEGREES
    type (ESMF_GRid), intent(in) :: grid

    real, intent(out) :: lons(:), lats(:)
    integer :: i
    integer, optional, intent(out) :: rc

    integer :: status

    class (AbstractGridFactory), pointer :: factory

    factory => get_factory(grid, rc=status)
    _VERIFY(status)
    select type (factory)
    type is (LatLonGridFactory)
      lons = MAPL_RADIANS_TO_DEGREES * factory%get_longitudes()
      lats = MAPL_RADIANS_TO_DEGREES * factory%get_latitudes()
    class default
      do i=1,size(lons)
         lons(i)=i
      enddo
      do i=1,size(lats)
         lats(i)=i
      enddo
    end select

  end subroutine get_latlon_from_factory

  function make_regridder(esmfgrid, method, lons, lats, im,jm,lm, runparallel, LocalTiles, rc) result(regridder)
    use MAPL_AbstractGridFactoryMod
    use MAPL_AbstractRegridderMod
    use MAPL_GridManagerMod
    use MAPL_RegridderManagerMod

    class (AbstractRegridder), pointer :: regridder
    type (ESMF_Grid), intent(in) :: esmfgrid
    integer, intent(in) :: method
    real, intent(in) :: lons(:) ! degrees
    real, intent(in) :: lats(:) ! degrees
    integer, intent(in) :: im, jm, lm
    logical, intent(in) :: runparallel
    logical, optional, intent(in) :: LocalTiles
    integer, optional, intent(out) :: rc

    integer :: status

    type (ESMF_Grid) :: grid

    type (ESMF_DistGrid) :: dist_grid
    type (ESMF_LocalArray) :: lon_array, lat_array

    integer, allocatable :: krank(:)
    type (ESMF_DELayout) :: layout

    real, pointer :: lons_radians(:)
    real, pointer :: lats_radians(:)
    integer :: numNodes, k
    integer :: regrid_hints

    if (present(LocalTiles)) then
       if (localtiles) then
           regrid_hints=REGRID_HINT_LOCAL
       else
           regrid_hints=0
       end if
    else
       regrid_hints=REGRID_HINT_LOCAL
    end if

    if (LM > 0) then
      allocate(krank(LM),stat=status)
    else
      allocate(krank(1) ,stat=status)
    end if
    _VERIFY(status)
    if (runParallel .and. (LM > 0) ) then
      numNodes = size(MAPL_NodeRankList)
      call MAPL_RoundRobinPEList(krank,numNodes,rc=status)
      _VERIFY(STATUS)
    else
      krank = 0
    end if

    allocate(lons_radians(size(lons)))
    allocate(lats_radians(size(lats)))

    lons_radians = MAPL_DEGREES_TO_RADIANS_R8 * lons
    lats_radians = MAPL_DEGREES_TO_RADIANS_R8 * lats

    lon_array = ESMF_LocalArrayCreate(lons_radians, rc=status)
    _VERIFY(status)
    lat_array = ESMF_LocalArrayCreate(lats_radians, rc=status)
    _VERIFY(status)


    layout = ESMF_DELayoutCreate(petMap=krank, rc=status)
    _VERIFY(status)
    dist_grid = ESMF_DistGridCreate([1,1,1],[IM,JM,LM], &
         & deBlockList=reshape([([[1,1,k],[IM,JM,k]],k=1,LM)],[3,2,LM]), &
         & deLayout = layout, rc=status)
    _VERIFY(status)
    grid = grid_manager%make_grid('LatLon', dist_grid, lon_array, lat_array, rc=status)
    _VERIFY(status)

    call ESMF_DistGridDestroy(dist_grid, rc=status)
    _VERIFY(status)
    deallocate(lons_radians, lats_radians)
    call ESMF_LocalArrayDestroy(lon_array)
    _VERIFY(status)
    call ESMF_LocalArrayDestroy(lat_array)
    _VERIFY(status)

    if (method == REGRID_METHOD_CONSERVE .or. method == REGRID_METHOD_VOTE .or. &
        method == REGRID_METHOD_FRACTION) then
       regridder => regridder_manager%make_regridder(grid, ESMFGRID, &
            & method, hints=regrid_hints, rc=status)
       _VERIFY(status)
    else
       regridder => regridder_manager%make_regridder(grid, ESMFGRID, &
            & method, hints=regrid_hints, rc=status)
       _VERIFY(status)
    end if

    _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)

  end function make_regridder

  function MAPL_CFIOAddCollection(template) result(id)
     character(len=*), intent(in) :: template
      integer :: n
      logical :: found
      type (CFIOCollectionVectorIterator) :: iter
      type (CFIOCollection), pointer :: collection
      type (CFIOCollection) :: c
      integer :: id

      iter = collections%begin()
      n = 1

      ! Is it a new collection?
      found = .false.
      do while (iter /= collections%end())
         collection => iter%get()
         if (template == collection%template) then
            found = .true.
            exit
         end if
         n = n + 1
         call iter%next()
      end do

      if (.not. found) then
         c = new_CFIOCollection(template)
         call collections%push_back(c)
      end if

      id = n

   end function MAPL_CFIOAddCollection

  subroutine GetTIndex(cfio,time,tindex,rc)
     type(ESMF_CFIO)                           :: cfio
     type(ESMF_Time)                           :: time
     integer                                   :: tindex
     integer, optional,          intent(out  ) :: rc

     integer(ESMF_KIND_I4)              :: iyr,imm,idd,ihr,imn,isc
     integer                            :: i,status
     integer(ESMF_KIND_I8)              :: iCurrInterval
     integer                            :: nhmsB, nymdB
     integer                            :: begDate, begTime
     integer(ESMF_KIND_I8),allocatable  :: tSeriesInt(:)
     type(ESMF_TIME)                    :: ctime

     tindex=-1
     allocate(tSeriesInt(cfio%tSteps))
     call getDateTimeVec(cfio%fid,begDate,begTime,tSeriesInt,_RC)

     do i=1,cfio%tSteps
        iCurrInterval = tSeriesInt(i)
        call GetDate ( begDate, begTime, iCurrInterval, nymdB, nhmsB, status )
        call MAPL_UnpackTime(nymdB,iyr,imm,idd)
        call MAPL_UnpackTime(nhmsB,ihr,imn,isc)
        call ESMF_TimeSet(ctime, yy=iyr, mm=imm, dd=idd,  h=ihr,  m=imn, s=isc,_RC)
        if (ctime == time) tindex =i
     enddo

     deallocate(tSeriesInt)
     _ASSERT(tindex/=-1, 'tindex should not be -1')
     _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)

  end subroutine GetTIndex

end module MAPL_CFIOMod