Observing system simulation experiment / perfect_model_obs

The DART executable perfect_model_obs takes restart files from a single instance of a model run and creates observation sequence files from it containing synthetic “observations” from the model run.

The most straightforward way to use perfect_model_obs is to use two precursor programs to format a file that can be fed to perfect_model_obs:

1. create_obs_sequence creates a template for the observations

2. create_fixed_network_sequence repeats that template at multiple times

3. perfect_model_obs harvests the observation values.