# \#startdump

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## [Replacing a field in a dump file with the equivalent field from another dump file](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/replacing-a-field-in-a-dump-file-with-the-equivalent-field-from-another-dump-file/2046)

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**Author:** [@scottan32](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/scottan32)\
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**Last updated:** [16 April 2026 15:12 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/replacing-a-field-in-a-dump-file-with-the-equivalent-field-from-another-dump-file/2046 "2026-04-16T15:12:50Z")

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Hello, I want to replace the soil moisture field from the start dump of one of our simulations (u-ds882), which uses UM vn13.0, with the start dump from another simulation (bb055) which used vn10.8. I’m having problems c…

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## [UM10.6 non-GRIB start dump](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/um10-6-non-grib-start-dump/420)

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**Author:** [@pmcguire](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/pmcguire)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [2 February 2022 14:03 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/um10-6-non-grib-start-dump/420 "2022-02-02T14:03:37Z")

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Hi CMS Helpdesk: I have made progress in upgrading my suite from a 10.6 UM branch that works on MONSOON to a 10.7 UM branch (and eventually to a 11.5 UM branch) that works on ARCHER2, and I have now encountered the same…

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## [Changing year of startdump files](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/changing-year-of-startdump-files/944)

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**Author:** [@zosiast](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/zosiast)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [14 March 2023 09:18 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/changing-year-of-startdump-files/944 "2023-03-14T09:18:32Z")

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Hi, I’d like to change the year of some dump files so I can start a new coupled run with them. For the previous solution described here Met Office Science Repository Service I can no longer see the umdump\_year.py file. …