SUBROUTINE lpm_extend_tail_array( number_of_new_tails )

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! Current revisions:
! ------------------
! 
! 
! Former revisions:
! -----------------
! $Id: lpm_extend_tail_array.f90 1360 2014-04-11 17:20:32Z witha $
!
! 1359 2014-04-11 17:15:14Z hoffmann
! New particle structure integrated.
! Kind definition added to all floating point numbers.
!
! 1320 2014-03-20 08:40:49Z raasch
! ONLY-attribute added to USE-statements,
! kind-parameters added to all INTEGER and REAL declaration statements,
! kinds are defined in new module kinds,
! comment fields (!:) to be used for variable explanations added to
! all variable declaration statements
!
! 1036 2012-10-22 13:43:42Z raasch
! code put under GPL (PALM 3.9)
!
! 849 2012-03-15 10:35:09Z raasch
! initial revision (former part of advec_particles)
!
!
! Description:
! ------------
! Allocates more memory for the particle tail array.
!------------------------------------------------------------------------------!

    USE kinds

    USE particle_attributes,                                                   &
        ONLY:  maximum_number_of_tails, maximum_number_of_tailpoints,          &
               new_tail_id, number_of_initial_tails, number_of_tails,          &
               particle_tail_coordinates, tail_mask, write_particle_statistics

    IMPLICIT NONE

    INTEGER(iwp) ::  new_maximum_number                           !:
    INTEGER(iwp) ::  number_of_new_tails                          !:

    LOGICAL, DIMENSION(maximum_number_of_tails) ::  tmp_tail_mask !:

    REAL(wp), DIMENSION(maximum_number_of_tailpoints,5,maximum_number_of_tails) :: &
                                                    tmp_tail      !:


    new_maximum_number = maximum_number_of_tails + &
                         MAX( 5*number_of_new_tails, number_of_initial_tails )

    IF ( write_particle_statistics )  THEN
       CALL check_open( 80 )
       WRITE ( 80, '(''*** Request: '', I5, '' new_maximum_number(tails)'')' ) &
                            new_maximum_number
       CALL close_file( 80 )
    ENDIF
    WRITE (9,*) '*** Request: ',new_maximum_number,' new_maximum_number(tails)'

    tmp_tail(:,:,1:number_of_tails)  = &
                                particle_tail_coordinates(:,:,1:number_of_tails)
    tmp_tail_mask(1:number_of_tails) = tail_mask(1:number_of_tails)

    DEALLOCATE( new_tail_id, particle_tail_coordinates, tail_mask )
    ALLOCATE( new_tail_id(new_maximum_number),                          &
              particle_tail_coordinates(maximum_number_of_tailpoints,5, &
              new_maximum_number),                                      &
              tail_mask(new_maximum_number) )

    maximum_number_of_tails = new_maximum_number

    particle_tail_coordinates = 0.0_wp
    particle_tail_coordinates(:,:,1:number_of_tails) = &
                                                 tmp_tail(:,:,1:number_of_tails)
    tail_mask(1:number_of_tails) = tmp_tail_mask(1:number_of_tails)
    tail_mask(number_of_tails+1:maximum_number_of_tails) = .TRUE.


 END SUBROUTINE lpm_extend_tail_array