htrdr 0.9.1

les2htcp(1)

NAME

les2htcp - convert cloud properties from NetCDF to htcp(5) file format

SYNOPSIS

les2htcp [option] ... -i NetCDF

DESCRIPTION

les2htcp generates a htcp(5) file from cloud properties stores in a NetCDF file [1]. Expected variables in the submitted NetCDF file are:

* W_E_direction and S_N_direction: one dimensional list of position of the center of each cell along the West-East and South-North horizontal axis, respectively. This should be a homogeneous mesh: each cell should have the same width along each axis. The unit is assumed to be the meter but it can be adjusted by the -m option.

* VLEV or vertical_levels: position of the center of each cell along the vertical axis. The vertical mesh can possibly be inhomogeneous: each cell can have different vertical extent. At least one of this variable must be defined. Note that VLEV is a four dimensional variable while vertical_levels is assumed to be one dimensional. In all cases, les2htcp assumes that the vertical columns are the same for each cell along the West-East and South-North axis. The unit is assumed to be the meter but it can be adjusted by the -m option.

* RVT: water vapor mixing ratio in each grid cell; in kg of water per kg of air.

* RCT: liquid water (in suspension) mixing ratio in each grid cell; in kg of water per kg of dry air.

* PABST: pressure in each grid cell in Pascal.

* THT: potential temperature in each grid cell in Kelvin.

OPTIONS

-c

Advanced checks on the validity of the submitted NetCDF file with respect to the les2htcp prerequisites on the NetCDF data. Note that this option can increase significantly the conversion time.

-f

Force overwrite of the output file.

-h

List short help and exit.

-i NetCDF

NetCDF file to convert.

-m float-to-meter

Scale factor from floating point unit to meters. By default it is set to 1.

-o output

Destination file where the htcp(5) file is written. If not defined, the results are written to standard output.

-p page-size

Targeted page size in bytes; must be a power of 2. The size of the converted NetCDF data and their starting address into the htcp(5) file are aligned according to page-size. By default, page-size is 4096 bytes.

-q

Write nothing to output. Might be used in conjunction of the -c option to only check the submitted NetCDF.

-v

Display version information and exit.

EXAMPLES

Convert the clouds.nc NetCDF file. Write the resulting htcp(5) file in cloud.htcp excepted if the file already exists; in this case an error is notified, the program stops and the cloud.htcp file remains unchanged:

les2htcp -i clouds.nc -o clouds.htcp

Convert the clouds_km.nc file to htcp(5) file format. Use the -f option to write the output file clouds.htcp even though it already exists. The clouds_km.nc file to convert has its spatial unit in kilo-meters while the htcp(5) file format assumes meters: use the -m 1000 option to map kilo-meters to meters:

les2htcp -i clouds_km.nc -m 1000 -o clouds.htcp

Check that the submitted clouds.nc file is valid regarding the les2htcp constraints. Use the -q option to disable the generation of output data:

les2htcp -c -i clouds.nc -q

COPYRIGHT

LICENSE

les2htcp is free software released under the GPLv3+ license: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. You are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.