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Section 7: Prognostic Meteorological Interfaces
Table 7-22:
Example CALRAMS Control File (CALRAMS.INP)
Convert RAMS to CALMET 3D.DAT file
calrams.m3d ! Output 3D.DAT file name (no space before or within filename)
/usr1/RAMS/Data ! Directory for RAMS input data (./ for current directory)
calrams.lst ! List file name (no space before or within filename)
15 40 ! Beg/End I in RAMS for output to 3D.DAT file
5 10 ! Beg/End J in RAMS for output to 3D.DAT file
1 17 ! Beg/End K in RAMS for output to 3D.DAT file
2001041404 ! Begining date (YYYYMMDDHH - UTC)
2001041406 ! Ending date (YYYYMMDDHH - UTC)
1 ! RAMS nesting grid ID (1-4)
Line Variable Type Description
1 TITLE character*80 Header of the output 3D.DAT file
2 FIO character*80 Name of output 3D.DAT
3 FBAS character*80 Directory containing RAMS output files
4 FLG character*80 List file name
5 NXB, NXE integer Beginning and Ending I (Easting) indices in
RAMS domain extracted to 3D.DAT
6 NYB, NYE integer Beginning and Ending J (Northing) indices in
RAMS domain extracted to 3D.DAT
7 NZB, NZE integer Beginning and Ending K (Surface to top) indices
in RAMS domain extracted to 3D.DAT
8 NDATB integer Beginning UTC date-hour
(YYYYYMMDDHH)
9 NDATE integer Ending UTC date-hour (YYYYMMDDHH)
10 INGRID integer Nesting level in RAMS (e.g., 1, 2, etc.)
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