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Section 8: CALMET Model Files
Table 8-23 (Continued)
MM5/RUC Derived Gridded Wind Data File Format (3D.DAT)
HEADER RECORDS
Header Record #NCOMM+6
Variable No. Variable Type Description
1 IBYRM integer Beginning year of the data in the file
2 IBMOM integer Beginning month of the data in the file
3 IBDYM integer Beginning day of the data in the file
4 IBHRM integer Beginning hour (GMT) of the data in the file
5 NHRSMM5 integer Length of period (hours) of the data in the file
6 NXP integer Number of grid cells in the X direction in the
extraction subdomain
7 NYP integer Number of grid cells in the Y direction in the
extraction subdomain
8 NZP integer Number of layers in the MM5 domain (half
sigma levels) (same as number of vertical
levels in data records)
format (i4, 3i2,i5,3i4)
Header Record #NCOMM+7
Variable No. Variable Type Description
1 NX1 integer I-index (X direction) of the lower left corner of
the extraction subdomain
2 NY1 integer J-index (Y direction) of the lower left corner of
the extraction subdomain
3 NX2 integer I-index (X direction) of the upper right corner
of the extraction subdomain
4 NY2 integer J-index (Y direction) of the upper right corner
of the extraction subdomain
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