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Making a new domain
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The present tutorial explains how to create a new domain from scratch, with only defining parameters.

It is possible to generate new model definition file using a yaml following the format shown below:

.. code-block:: yaml

    verbose : 1
    logfile: test_std
    workdir: &workdir WORKDIR
    datei : 2011-03-22 00:00:00
    datef : 2011-03-22 03:00:00

    domain :
      plugin:
       name    : CHIMERE
       version : std
      domid : NEWTEST
      repgrid : !join [*pycif_data_root, /domains/]
      nlev: 17
      p1: 997
      pmax: 200
      emissublayer : 0
      xcenter: -4
      ycenter: 48
      nlon: 100
      nlat: 80
      dx: 10000
      dy: 10000
      type: "km"
      dir_landuse: /home/chimereges/PYCIF_TEST_DATA/CHIMERE/data_glcf/
      file_aggregation: /home/chimereges/PYCIF_TEST_DATA/CHIMERE/domains/LAND_AGGREGATION

For details on the various arguments, see :doc:`the documentation of the plugin domain for CHIMERE</documentation/plugins/domains/chimere>`
The yaml will generate a folder :bash:`domain` with all required files to define a CHIMERE domain.
To re-use the domain, copy these files in the reference domain directory defined in :bash:`repgrid`.

In :bash:`$WORKDIR/domain/LANDUSE`, maps of LANDUSE before and after reprojection to the domain
are saved for debugging purposes.