changed modparam tool to use float64

tools/modify_fates_paramfile.py

@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ def main():
  else:
 
  try:
- outputval = float(args.val)
+ outputval = np.float64(args.val)
  if args.changeshape:
  raise Exception
  except:
  try:
- #print('output variable not interpretable as real. trying array')
- outputval = np.fromstring(args.val, sep=',', dtype=np.float32)
+ print('output variable not interpretable as real. trying array')
+ outputval = np.fromstring(args.val, sep=',', dtype=np.float64)
  if len(outputval) == 0:
  raise RuntimeError('output variable needs to have size greater than zero')
  except:
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ def main():
  ' New length is shorter than old, so its been truncated.')
  x[0:length_specified,:] = variable[0:length_specified,:]
  else:
- x.assignValue(float(variable.data))
+ x.assignValue(np.float64(variable.data))
  #
  var = ncfile.variables[args.varname]
  else: