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Wind input files

At present, for different wind input files, different headers are used, which are read in different ways in the sourcecode. Some effeort has been put to in making the files more self-descriptive, readible and to make the input of the different files more consistent. For three wind-input options, a suggestion to standardise the headers is shown below. The suggestion is conform a possible transition to NetCDF format in the future. See NetCDF standard names for more information on the used standard NetCDF names. For Pseudo ArcInfo wind, wind on a separate curvi-linear grid and Spiderweb wind three examples of input files are shown below. Comments are indicated by a # (this is open for discussion).

  • Pseudo ArcInfo wind:
### START OF HEADER
### This file is created by Deltares
### Every line with one or more # before it, is read as commentary
### Additional commments
meteotype       =    arcinfo                                            # Type of meteo input file: curvi, arcinfo or spiderweb 
NODATA_value    =    -9999.000                                          # Value used for undefined or missing data
n_cols          =    400                                                # Number of columns used for wind datafield
n_rows          =    16                                                 # Number of rows used for wind datafield
grid_unit       =    degree                                             # Unit of distances on the grid in both x- and y-direction
#grid_unit       =    m
x_llcorner      =    -12.000                                            # Xcoordinate of lower left corner of grid (in units specified in grid_unit)
y_llcorner      =     48.000                                            # Ycoordinate of lower left corner of grid (in units specified in grid_unit)
value_pos       =    centre                                             # Location where the data is specified in a cell (centre or corner)
#value_pos       =    corner                         
dx              =    0.12500                                            # Grid dimensions: dx and dy (in units specified in grid_unit)
dy              =    0.083333333                                        
n_quantity      =    3                                                  # Number of quantities prescribed in the file
quantity1       =    x_wind                                             # Name of quantity1
#quantity1       =    y_wind                                             # Name of quantity1
#quantity1       =    air_pressure                                       # Name of quantity1
unit1           =    m s-1                                              # Unit of quantity1
#unit1           =    Pa                                                 # Unit of quantity1
### END OF HEADER
TIME            =   0 minutes since 2007-10-08 15:24:00 -02:00          # Fixed format: time unit since date time time difference (time zone) 
 1.388999       1.388999       1.388999       1.388999       1.388999      1.388999       1.388999       1.388999       1.388999       1.388999    
 155.0000       346.2500       357.5000       8.750000       20.00000      31.25000       42.50000       53.75000       65.00000       76.25000    
 5300.000       5300.000       5300.000       5300.000       5300.000      5300.000       5300.000       5300.000       5300.000       5300.000    
time            =   1440 minutes since 2007-10-08 15:24:00 -02:00       # Fixed format: time unit since date time time difference (time zone) 
 2.435253       2.435253       2.435253       2.435253       2.435253      2.435253       2.435253       2.435253       2.435253       2.435253    
 65.01978       75.11859       85.25320       95.45370       105.7529      116.1833       126.7762       137.5612       148.5649       159.8090    
 5298.544       5298.544       5298.544       5298.544       5298.544      5298.544       5298.544       5298.544       5298.544       5298.544    
  • Wind on a separate curvi-linear grid:
### START OF HEADER
### This file is created by Deltares
### Every line with one or more # before it, is read as commentary
### Additional commments
meteotype        =    curvi                                              # Type of meteo input file: curvi, arcinfo or spiderweb 
NODATA_value     =    -999.999                                           # Value used for undefined or missing data
curvi_grid_file  =    hirlam.grd                                         # Separate (curvi-linear) grid on which the wind can be specified
first_data_value =    grid_llcorner                                      # Options: grid_llcorner, grid_ul_corner, grid_lrcorner or grid_urcorner
data_row         =    grid_row                                           # Options: grid_row or grid_col. For switching rows and columns.
n_quantity       =    1                                                  # Number of quantities prescribed in the file
quantity1        =    x_wind                                             # Name of quantity1
#quantity1        =    y_wind                                             # Name of quantity1
#quantity1        =    air_pressure                                       # Name of quantity1
unit1            =    m s-1                                              # Unit of quantity1
#unit1            =    Pa                                                 # Unit of quantity1
### END OF HEADER
TIME            =    0 hours since 2006-01-01 00:00:00 -06:00            # Fixed format: time unit since date time time difference (time zone)  1.388999       1.388999       1.388999       1.388999       1.388999      1.388999       1.388999       1.388999       1.388999       1.388999    
 155.0000       346.2500       357.5000       8.750000       20.00000      31.25000       42.50000       53.75000       65.00000       76.25000    
 5300.000       5300.000       5300.000       5300.000       5300.000      5300.000       5300.000       5300.000       5300.000       5300.000    
TIME            =    1440 hours since 2006-01-01 00:00:00 -06:00         # Fixed format: time unit since date time time difference (time zone)  2.435253       2.435253       2.435253       2.435253       2.435253      2.435253       2.435253       2.435253       2.435253       2.435253    
 65.01978       75.11859       85.25320       95.45370       105.7529      116.1833       126.7762       137.5612       148.5649       159.8090    
 5298.544       5298.544       5298.544       5298.544       5298.544      5298.544       5298.544       5298.544       5298.544       5298.544    
  • Spiderweb wind:
### START OF HEADER
### This file is created by Deltares
### Every line with one or more # before it, is read as commentary
### Additional commments
meteotype       =    spiderweb                                          # Type of meteo input file: curvi, arcinfo or spiderweb 
NODATA_value    =    -999.000                                           # Value used for undefined or missing data
n_cols          =    400                                                # Number of columns used for wind datafield
n_rows          =    16                                                 # Number of rows used for wind datafield
spw_radius      =    600000.00                                          # Radius of spiderweb (in units specified in rad_unit)
spw_rad_unit    =    m                                                  # Unit of radius 
n_quantity      =    3                                                  # Number of quantities prescribed in the file
quantity1       =    wind_speed                                         # Name of quantity1
quantity2       =    wind_from_direction                                # Name of quantity2
quantity3       =    air_pressure_drop                                  # Name of quantity3
unit1           =    m s-1                                              # Unit of quantity1
unit2           =    degree                                             # Unit of quantity2
unit3           =    Pa                                                 # Unit of quantity3
### END OF HEADER
TIME            =    0 minutes since 2004-01-03 11:02:00 +01:00         # Fixed format: time unit since date time time difference (time zone) 
x_spw_eye       =    115.4                                              # Xcoordinate of cyclone eye (Spiderweb centre) at specified TIME 
y_spw_eye       =    18.9                                               # Ycoordinate of cyclone eye (Spiderweb centre) at specified TIME 
p_drop_spw_eye  =    5300                                               # Pressure drop at cyclone eye (Spiderweb centre) at specified TIME 
 1.388999       1.388999       1.388999       1.388999       1.388999      1.388999       1.388999       1.388999       1.388999       1.388999    
 155.0000       346.2500       357.5000       8.750000       20.00000      31.25000       42.50000       53.75000       65.00000       76.25000    
 5300.000       5300.000       5300.000       5300.000       5300.000      5300.000       5300.000       5300.000       5300.000       5300.000    
TIME            =    1440 minutes since 2004-01-03 11:02:00 +01:00      # Fixed format: time unit since date time time difference (time zone) 
x_spw_eye       =    114.4000                                           # Xcoordinate of cyclone eye (Spiderweb centre) at specified TIME 
y_spw_eye       =    18.90000                                           # Ycoordinate of cyclone eye (Spiderweb centre) at specified TIME          
p_drop_spw_eye  =    5300.000                                           # Pressure drop at cyclone eye (Spiderweb centre) at specified TIME 
 2.435253       2.435253       2.435253       2.435253       2.435253      2.435253       2.435253       2.435253       2.435253       2.435253    
 65.01978       75.11859       85.25320       95.45370       105.7529      116.1833       126.7762       137.5612       148.5649       159.8090    
 5298.544       5298.544       5298.544       5298.544       5298.544      5298.544       5298.544       5298.544       5298.544       5298.544
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