The grid is represented in its entirety. For example, for a 1/2 degree grid cell size, each varable will have the full 720x360 grid. The variables are indexed by the latitude and longitude dimensions. Each variable is stored in a separate netCDF file.
The netCDF file structure should be as follows:
netcdf variable_1961-1970 {
dimensions:
lon = 720 ;
lat = 360 ;
time = UNLIMITED ;
variables:
double lon(lon) ;
lon:long_name = "longitude" ;
lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
lon:standard_name = "longitude" ;
double lat(lat) ;
lat:long_name = "latitude" ;
lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
lat:standard_name = "latitude" ;
double time(time) ;
time:units = "days since 1860-01-01 00:00:00" ;
time:calendar = "standard" ;
float variable(time, lat, lon) ;
variable:long_name = "precipitation or temperature" ;
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. On the following line, put the name of the files, one per variable, at the start of the line, with an identifier specifying which variable this file contains.
For example:
F Weather choice PREC=prec_1961-1970.nc TMIN=tmin_1961-1970.nc TMAX=tmax_1961-1970.nc