def setVerbosity(verbosity_level):
    """Copy verbosity to a variable that is global for this file.

    Parameters
    ----------
    verbosity_level: int
        The value to assign to the variable verbosity (global to this
        file); possible values (QUIET, VERBOSE, VERY_VERBOSE) are defined
        in calcosparam.py
    """
    global verbosity
    verbosity = verbosity_level
