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met_prof

Extract vertical profile from meteorological data.

# calling met_prof
$ ./met_prof  <ctl> <prof.tab> <met0> [<met1> ...]

The required arguments are:

  • ctl: The file containing the control parameters.
  • prof.tab: The output file in which the profile data should be stored.
  • \<met0> [\<met1> ...]: The meteorological input data.

Example control-file settings for creating a 1 km resolution vertical profile from global ERA5 data sampled on a 1° x 1° grid:

PROF_LON0 = -180
PROF_LON1 = 180
PROF_LAT0 = -90
PROF_LAT1 = 90
PROF_DLON = 1
PROF_DLAT = 1
PROF_Z0 = 0
PROF_Z1 = 25
PROF_DZ = 1

Example call:

./met_prof prof.ctl prof_era5_2017_01_08_17_1_1.tab era5_2017_01_08_17.nc

The optional control parameters required are listed as follows:

parameter purpose default
PROF_Z0 Altitude range start [km] -999
PROF_Z1 Altitude range end [km] -999
PROF_DZ Altitude interval [km] -999
PROF_LON0 Longitude range start 0
PROF_LON1 Longitude range end 0
PROF_DLON Longitude interval -999
PROF_LAT0 Latitude range start 0
PROF_LAT1 Latitude range end 0
PROF_DLAT Latitude interval -999