Daily gridded weather data in a netCDF file in a compact indexed grid format. All variables are in one file.
The netCDF file structure should be as follows:
netcdf DailyGriddedWeather {
dimensions:
xc = 718 ;
yc = 279 ;
index = 62482 ;
time = UNLIMITED ; // (40177 currently)
variables:
short xc(xc) ;
xc:axis = "X" ;
xc:long_name = "x-coordinate in Cartesian system" ;
xc:valid_min = 0 ;
xc:valid_max = 719 ;
short yc(yc) ;
yc:axis = "Y" ;
yc:long_name = "y-coordinate in Cartesian system" ;
yc:valid_min = 0 ;
yc:valid_max = 359 ;
int index(index) ;
index:long_name = "linear indices to x,y grid" ;
index:valid_min = 0 ;
index:valid_max = 259200 ;
float lon(xc) ;
lon:long_name = "longitude" ;
lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
lon:valid_min = -180.f ;
lon:valid_max = 180.f ;
float lat(yc) ;
lat:long_name = "latitude" ;
lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
lat:valid_min = -90.f ;
lat:valid_max = 90.f ;
int time(time) ;
time:long_name = "time" ;
time:units = "days since 1901-01-01 00:00:00" ;
time:calendar = "standard" ;
time:time_origin = "1901-01-01 00:00:00" ;
short pre(time, index) ;
pre:long_name = "Precipitation" ;
pre:units = "mm/day" ;
pre:missing_value = -9999 ;
pre:_DeflateLevel = 5s ;
pre:coordinates = "lon lat" ;
short tmn(time, index) ;
tmn:long_name = "Minimum temperature" ;
tmn:units = "C" ;
tmn:scale_factor = 0.1f ;
tmn:missing_value = -9999 ;
tmn:_DeflateLevel = 5s ;
tmn:coordinates = "lon lat" ;
short tmx(time, index) ;
tmx:long_name = "Maximum temperature" ;
tmx:units = "C" ;
tmx:scale_factor = 0.1f ;
tmx:missing_value = -9999 ;
tmx:_DeflateLevel = 5s ;
tmx:coordinates = "lon lat" ;
// global attributes:
:title = "MsTMIP global climate repackaged to contain only the masked land grid cells." ;
:institution = "Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University" ;
:date = "2012/03/17" ;
:comment = "Original data URL: http://mstmipsynthesis.pbworks.com" ;
:model_name = "STOMATE-SECHIBA-LPJ" ;
:Conventions = "CF-1.4" ;
}
In your management schedule files, for the Weather option in the first block in which you want to use the daily climate data, use the option F, and on the following line, put the name of the file DailyGriddedWeather.nc at the start of the line.
For example:
F Weather choice DailyGriddedWeather.nc