SUBROUTINE lpm_write_restart_file

!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------!
! This file is part of PALM.
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! Copyright 1997-2014 Leibniz Universitaet Hannover
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------!
!
! Current revisions:
! ------------------
!
!
! Former revisions:
! -----------------
! $Id: lpm_write_restart_file.f90 1321 2014-03-20 09:40:40Z maronga $
!
! 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:
! ------------
! Write particle data in FORTRAN binary format on restart file
!------------------------------------------------------------------------------!

    USE control_parameters,                                                    &
        ONLY:  io_blocks, io_group

    USE kinds

    USE particle_attributes,                                                   &
        ONLY:  bc_par_b, bc_par_lr, bc_par_ns, bc_par_t, initial_particles,    &
        maximum_number_of_particles,  maximum_number_of_tails,                 &
        maximum_number_of_tailpoints, number_of_initial_particles,             &
        number_of_particles, number_of_particle_groups, number_of_tails,       &
        particles, particle_groups, particle_tail_coordinates, prt_count,      &
        prt_start_index, time_prel, time_write_particle_data,                  &
        uniform_particles, use_particle_tails

    USE pegrid

    IMPLICIT NONE

    CHARACTER (LEN=10) ::  particle_binary_version   !:
    INTEGER(iwp) ::  i                               !:

!
!-- First open the output unit.
    IF ( myid_char == '' )  THEN
       OPEN ( 90, FILE='PARTICLE_RESTART_DATA_OUT'//myid_char, &
                  FORM='UNFORMATTED')
    ELSE
       IF ( myid == 0 )  CALL local_system( 'mkdir PARTICLE_RESTART_DATA_OUT' )
#if defined( __parallel )
!
!--    Set a barrier in order to allow that thereafter all other processors
!--    in the directory created by PE0 can open their file
       CALL MPI_BARRIER( comm2d, ierr )
#endif
       OPEN ( 90, FILE='PARTICLE_RESTART_DATA_OUT/'//myid_char, &
                  FORM='UNFORMATTED' )
    ENDIF

    DO  i = 0, io_blocks-1

       IF ( i == io_group )  THEN

!
!--       Write the version number of the binary format.
!--       Attention: After changes to the following output commands the version
!--       ---------  number of the variable particle_binary_version must be
!--                  changed! Also, the version number and the list of arrays
!--                  to be read in lpm_read_restart_file must be adjusted
!--                  accordingly.
          particle_binary_version = '3.0'
          WRITE ( 90 )  particle_binary_version

!
!--       Write some particle parameters, the size of the particle arrays as
!--       well as other dvrp-plot variables.
          WRITE ( 90 )  bc_par_b, bc_par_lr, bc_par_ns, bc_par_t,              &
                        maximum_number_of_particles,                           &
                        maximum_number_of_tailpoints, maximum_number_of_tails, &
                        number_of_initial_particles, number_of_particles,      &
                        number_of_particle_groups, number_of_tails,            &
                        particle_groups, time_prel, time_write_particle_data,  &
                        uniform_particles

          IF ( number_of_initial_particles /= 0 ) WRITE ( 90 ) initial_particles

          WRITE ( 90 )  prt_count, prt_start_index
          WRITE ( 90 )  particles

          IF ( use_particle_tails )  THEN
             WRITE ( 90 )  particle_tail_coordinates
          ENDIF

          CLOSE ( 90 )

       ENDIF

#if defined( __parallel )
       CALL MPI_BARRIER( comm2d, ierr )
#endif

    ENDDO


 END SUBROUTINE lpm_write_restart_file