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A pre-adapter is converting the NetCDF files exported by FEWS to input files for the model.
A pre- adapter is also adjusting the start and end times in the model configuration files so the model will run the right number of time steps .
The post-adapter is converting the output of the model to NetCDF files that are FEWS compliant and can be imported by FEWS.
Not required, but recommended to use a pre- and post-adapter. It is also possible to wrap the model. This wrapper is a pre- and post-adapter in one and it also starts the model and waits for the simulation to finish.
NetCDF-Run-File.
The NetCDF run file contains metadata about the run that has to be executed. The run file is every time re-generated by FEWS before the adapters and models are executed. The most important information is the start and end time of the simulation. The run file can contain extra configuration options as properties. The properties are key-value pairs that are configured in FEWS and added to the run file when the file is generated by FEWS.
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