diff --git a/da/cosmo/observationoperator.py b/da/cosmo/observationoperator.py
index 16d5cc9a9f6ebc65b93a2ec7f383c9ffe5a16a28..4531b4fd466dea2da0403c21188cc9dc714a9402 100755
--- a/da/cosmo/observationoperator.py
+++ b/da/cosmo/observationoperator.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class ObservationOperator(object):
 
     def run(self,lag,dacycle,statevector):
         members = statevector.ensemble_members[lag]
-        absolute_start_time = str((to_datetime(dacycle['abs.time.start'])).strftime('%Y-%m-%d'))
+        absolute_start_time = str((to_datetime(dacycle['abs.time.start'])).strftime('%Y%m%d%H'))
         starth = abs((to_datetime(dacycle['abs.time.start'])-dacycle['time.start']).days)*24
         endh = abs((to_datetime(dacycle['abs.time.start'])-dacycle['time.finish']).days)*24
 
@@ -124,23 +124,23 @@ class ObservationOperator(object):
 
  # UNCOMMENT FROM HERE
 
-        co2_bg = np.empty(self.forecast_nmembers)
-
-        for dt in rrule.rrule(rrule.HOURLY, dtstart=dacycle['time.start']+timedelta(hours=24*lag*int(dacycle['time.cycle'])), until=dacycle['time.start']+timedelta(hours=(lag+1)*24*int(dacycle['time.cycle']))):
-            logging.info('Multiplying emissions with parameters for lag %d, date %s' % (lag, dt.strftime('%Y%m%d%H')))
-            for ens in range(0,self.forecast_nmembers):
-                dthh = dt.strftime('%H')
-                co2_bg[ens] = members[ens].param_values[-1]
-                ens = str(ens).zfill(3)
-                cdo.setunit("'kg m-2 s-1' -expr,GPP_"+ens+"_F=CO2_GPP_F*parametermap -merge "+os.path.join(dacycle['da.bio.input'], 'gpp_%s.nc' % dt.strftime('%Y%m%d%H')), input = os.path.join(dacycle['restartmap.dir'],"parameters_gpp_lag"+str(lag)+"."+ens+".nc"), output = os.path.join(dacycle['da.bio.input'], 'ensemble', "gpp_"+ens+"_%s.nc" % dt.strftime('%Y%m%d%H')))
-                cdo.setunit("'kg m-2 s-1' -expr,RESP_"+ens+"_F=CO2_RESP_F*parametermap -merge "+os.path.join(dacycle['da.bio.input'], 'ra_%s.nc' % dt.strftime('%Y%m%d%H')), input = os.path.join(dacycle['restartmap.dir'],"parameters_resp_lag"+str(lag)+"."+ens+".nc"), output = os.path.join(dacycle['da.bio.input'], 'ensemble', "ra_"+ens+"_%s.nc" % dt.strftime('%Y%m%d%H')))
-            logging.info('Background CO2 params are (%s)' % co2_bg)
-            if dthh=='00':
-                ct(dt.strftime('%Y%m%d'), co2_bg)
-
-            cdo.merge(input = os.path.join(dacycle['da.bio.input'], 'ensemble', "gpp_???_%s.nc" % dt.strftime('%Y%m%d%H')), output = os.path.join(dacycle['da.bio.input'], 'ensemble', "gpp_%s.nc" % dt.strftime('%Y%m%d%H')))
-            cdo.merge(input = os.path.join(dacycle['da.bio.input'], 'ensemble', "ra_???_%s.nc" % dt.strftime('%Y%m%d%H')), output = os.path.join(dacycle['da.bio.input'], 'ensemble', "ra_%s.nc" % dt.strftime('%Y%m%d%H')))
-
+#        co2_bg = np.empty(self.forecast_nmembers)
+#
+ #       for dt in rrule.rrule(rrule.HOURLY, dtstart=dacycle['time.start']+timedelta(hours=24*lag*int(dacycle['time.cycle'])), until=dacycle['time.start']+timedelta(hours=(lag+1)*24*int(dacycle['time.cycle']))):
+  #          logging.info('Multiplying emissions with parameters for lag %d, date %s' % (lag, dt.strftime('%Y%m%d%H')))
+   #         for ens in range(0,self.forecast_nmembers):
+    #            dthh = dt.strftime('%H')
+     #           co2_bg[ens] = members[ens].param_values[-1]
+      #          ens = str(ens).zfill(3)
+       #         cdo.setunit("'kg m-2 s-1' -expr,GPP_"+ens+"_F=CO2_GPP_F*parametermap -merge "+os.path.join(dacycle['da.bio.input'], 'gpp_%s.nc' % dt.strftime('%Y%m%d%H')), input = os.path.join(dacycle['restartmap.dir'],"parameters_gpp_lag"+str(lag)+"."+ens+".nc"), output = os.path.join(dacycle['da.bio.input'], 'ensemble', "gpp_"+ens+"_%s.nc" % dt.strftime('%Y%m%d%H')))
+        #        cdo.setunit("'kg m-2 s-1' -expr,RESP_"+ens+"_F=CO2_RESP_F*parametermap -merge "+os.path.join(dacycle['da.bio.input'], 'ra_%s.nc' % dt.strftime('%Y%m%d%H')), input = os.path.join(dacycle['restartmap.dir'],"parameters_resp_lag"+str(lag)+"."+ens+".nc"), output = os.path.join(dacycle['da.bio.input'], 'ensemble', "ra_"+ens+"_%s.nc" % dt.strftime('%Y%m%d%H')))
+         #   logging.info('Background CO2 params are (%s)' % co2_bg)
+          #  if dthh=='00':
+           #     ct(dt.strftime('%Y%m%d'), co2_bg)
+#
+ #           cdo.merge(input = os.path.join(dacycle['da.bio.input'], 'ensemble', "gpp_???_%s.nc" % dt.strftime('%Y%m%d%H')), output = os.path.join(dacycle['da.bio.input'], 'ensemble', "gpp_%s.nc" % dt.strftime('%Y%m%d%H')))
+  #          cdo.merge(input = os.path.join(dacycle['da.bio.input'], 'ensemble', "ra_???_%s.nc" % dt.strftime('%Y%m%d%H')), output = os.path.join(dacycle['da.bio.input'], 'ensemble', "ra_%s.nc" % dt.strftime('%Y%m%d%H')))
+#
         os.chdir(dacycle['da.obsoperator.home'])
 
         if os.path.exists("/scratch/snx3000/parsenov/ctdas/"+absolute_start_time+"_"+str(starth+lag*168)+"_"+str(endh+lag*168)+"/cosmo/output/"):
diff --git a/template.rc b/template.rc
index 759dab909910035f06ec078caabd2e4efa7df130..9567180895c9063881be051d47d72a884732283a 100644
--- a/template.rc
+++ b/template.rc
@@ -29,19 +29,19 @@
 ! The time for which to start and end the data assimilation experiment in format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
 
 ! the following 3 lines are for initial start
-time.start          : 2013-04-01 00:00:00
-time.finish         : 2013-04-07 23:00:00
-time.end            : 2013-04-07 23:00:00
+!time.start          : 2013-04-01 00:00:00
+!time.finish         : 2013-04-07 23:00:00
+!time.end            : 2013-04-07 23:00:00
 
-!time.start          : 2013-04-08 00:00:00
-!time.finish         : 2013-04-14 23:00:00
-!time.end            : 2013-04-14 23:00:00
+time.start          : 2013-04-08 00:00:00
+time.finish         : 2013-04-14 23:00:00
+time.end            : 2013-04-14 23:00:00
 
 abs.time.start          : 2013-04-01 00:00:00
 
 ! Whether to restart the CTDAS system from a previous cycle, or to start the sequence fresh. Valid entries are T/F/True/False/TRUE/FALSE
 
-time.restart        : F
+time.restart        : T
 da.restart.tstamp   : 2013-04-01 00:00:00
 
 ! The length of a cycle is given in days, such that the integer 7 denotes the typically used weekly cycle. Valid entries are integers > 1