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Section 7: Prognostic Meteorological Interfaces
Table 7-20:
CALRUC Control File Inputs (CALRUC.INP)
Line Variable Type Description
1 TITLE character*80 Title for CALRUC application
2 IDATEB integer Beginning UTC date-hour of 3D.DAT
3 IDATEE integer Ending UTC date-hour of 3D.DAT
4 NPROC integer Processing interval (hours)
5 INPATH character*80 Path name of CALRUC input file directory
6 OUTFILE character*80 Output 3D.DAT file name
7 LOGFILE character*80 Output list file name
8 IXYGRID integer RUC grid resolution (0 = 20km; 1 = 40km)
9 IZGRID integer RUC vertical grid (0 = hybrid; 1 = pressure)
10 ITYPE integer Application type (0 = analysis; 1 = forecast)
11 IFORM integer Output format (0 = MM5.DAT; 1 = 3D.DAT)
** Select 3D.DAT for CALMET**
12 ICMPRS integer Compress output fields (0 = no; 1 = yes)
13 ISELECT integer Sub-domain selection method:
0 = Use (I,J) to select a sub-domain
1 = Use latitudes and longitudes to select a subdomain
14 RLATMIN/
RLATMAX or
JMIN/JMAX
15 RLONMIN/
RLONMAX or
IMIN/IMAX
16 NZMIN/
NXMAX
real
or
integer
real
or
integer
integer
Southernmost and northernmost latitudes of the subdomain
to extract (positive in Northern hemisphere,
in degrees) or minimum and maximum northing cell
index
Westernmost and Easternmost longitude of the subdomain
to extract (negative in Western hemisphere;
in degrees) or minimum and maximum easting cell
index
Lowest and highest vertical levels of the sub-domain
to extract
17 ZSHIFT real Shift in vertical geopotential height
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