nrungcm

nrungcm=0  Use soil data from initial condition file

nrungcm=-1  Use preset values for default soil initial conditions.  Typically used when initial condition file contains no soil data (e.g., reanalyses).

nrungcm=-4  Read soil data from surf_00 file (e.g., CCAM history file).  Typically used for NWP applications to use soil data spun-up from a previous forecast.