Allow for snaphost selection without external nml

utils/runselector.py

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class RunSelector:
         time=None,
         unit_time=None,
         allow_nodata=False,
+        fallback_namelist=True,
     ):
         """
         Select runs and outputs with several filter options.
@@ -95,11 +96,14 @@ class RunSelector:
 
         self.path_in = path_in
         self.nml_filename = nml_filename
+        self.fallback_nml = fallback_namelist
+        self.allow_nodata = allow_nodata
 
         self.namelist = {}
-        self.runs = self.get_runs(in_runs, filter_name, filter_nml, sort_run_by)
+        do_tests = (not self.fallback_nml) or (len(filter_nml) > 0)
-
+        self.runs = self.get_runs(
-        self.allow_nodata = allow_nodata
+            in_runs, filter_name, filter_nml, sort_run_by, do_tests=do_tests
+        )
 
         self.info = {}
         for run in self.runs:
@@ -205,9 +209,10 @@ class RunSelector:
 
         return selected_runs, selected_nums
 
-    def load_namelist(self, run):
+    def load_namelist(self, run, path=None):
-        path_nml = f"{self.path_in}/{run}/{self.nml_filename}"
+        if path is None:
-        return NamelistRecursive(f90nml.read(path_nml))
+            path = f"{self.path_in}/{run}/{self.nml_filename}"
+        return NamelistRecursive(f90nml.read(path))
 
     def get_nml_value(self, nml_key, run):
         return self.namelist[run][nml_key]
@@ -445,6 +450,12 @@ class RunSelector:
             else:
                 nums = []
 
+        # Be sure we have a namelist
+        if self.fallback_nml and run not in self.namelist:
+            print(f"WARNING: Used fallback namelist from output {nums[0]}")
+            path = f"{self.path_in}/{run}/output_{nums[0]:05}/namelist.txt"
+            self.namelist[run] = self.load_namelist(run, path=path)
+
         # -- Select according to time --
         if time_min is not None and len(nums) > 0:
             imin = search(nums, time_min, "right")