         NAME
              open_image - Opens socket connection to IMAGE model

         SYNOPSIS
              #include "lpj.h"

              Bool open_image(Config *config);

         DESCRIPTION
              Function opens communication channel to IMAGE model.
              Function is only available if LPJmL was compiled with
              -DIMAGE flag.  The argument of open_image is:

              config
                   Pointer to LPJmL configuration data. Must be
                   initialized by initmpiconfig() or initconfig() and read
                   by readconfig().

         RETURN VALUE
              Upon successful completion FALSE is returned and TRUE in
              case of error.

         AUTHORS
              Werner von Bloh (Werner.von.Bloh@pik-potsdam.de), Sibyll
              Schaphoff (Sibyll.Schaphoff@pik-potsdam.de), Stefanie Rost
              (Jachner) (Stefanie.Rost@pik-potsdam.de), Marlies
              Gumpenberger (Marlies.Gumpenberger@pik-potsdam.de), Tim
              Beringer (Erbrecht) (Tim.Beringer@pik-potsdam.de), Christoph
              Mueller (Christoph.Mueller@pik-potsdam.de) Jens Heinke
              (Jens.Heinke@pik-potsdam.de), Hester Biemans
              (Hester.Biemans@wur.nl), Kirsten Thonicke
              (Kirsten.Thonicke@pik-potsdam.de), Ursula Heyder
              (Ursula.Heyder@pik-potsdam.de),

         SEE ALSO
              initmpiconfig(3), initconfig(3), close_image(3)