source: trunk/LMDZ.MARS/util/README.exec @ 1009

This directory contains executable files (and their source) that can be
used to process the LMD Mars GCM output files (like "diagfi" or
"stats"), whatever the dimension. 
In addition most output file from one of these program can be
processes by another.

The executable files should run on any Linux platform.

Inputs can be provided by (1) replying to questions on screen or
(2) filling the corresponding  *.def and direct the input of these *.def
files instead. For example :
> concatnc.e < concatnc.def
> zrecast.e < zrecast.def

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1) concatnc.e 
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This program is used to concatenate consecutive
output files ("diagfi", and even "stats") for a selection of 
variable, in order to obtain one single big file. The time simension can
be "sols" or "Ls" (in that last case, Ls will not be linear, and
software like Grads may not be able to use it. To have a linear "Ls"
timescale, you can use "Ls_Linear.e" (see below).

Output file is : concat.nc

MODIFICATION:
07/2008 Utility concatnc.F90 (not used by the gcm): improvement in order
to 1) concatenate 1D variable and 2) increase the number of input files
up to 1000


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2) localtime.e
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Program to redistribute and interpolate the variable a the same
local times everywhere (useful to mimic satellite observations, or
analyse day to day variations at a given local time). 
input : diagfi.nc  / concat.nc / stats.nc kind of files

output file is :
name_of_input_file_LT.nc with pressure coordinate

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3) zrecast.e
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This program reads 4D (lon-lat-alt-time) fields from GCM output files
(ie: diagfi.nc time series or concat.nc or stats.nc files) and, by
integrating the hydrostatic equation, recasts data along the vertical
direction.
The vertical coordinate can be either 1) pressure, 2) above areoid
altitudes, 3) above local surface altitudes or 4) distance to center of
the planet. Some interpolation along the vertical direction is also
done, following instructions given by user (levels may be specified
or given as minimu,maximum and number of levels).
For "above areoid altitudes" output, Atmospheric pressure is added to
output dataset; for "pressure coordinate" outputs, the above areoid
altitude of pressure is added to output dataset.

Minimal requirements and dependencies:
The dataset must include the following data:
- surface pressure
- atmospheric temperature
- hybrid coordinates aps() and bps(), or sigma levels() (see section
1.3.2)
- ground geopotential (in input file; if not found, it is sought
  in a 'diagfi.nc' file. If not found there, it is then sought in
  a 'phisinit.nc' file  (see section 1.3.3 of program)

- When integration the hydrostatic equation, we assume that R, the
molecular Gas Constant, may not be constant, so it is computed as
R=P/(rho*T) (P=Pressure, rho=density, T=temperature)
If 'rho' is not available, then we use a constant R (see section
2.2 in source file)

output file is : 
name_of_input_file_P.nc with pressure coordinate 
name_of_input_file_A.nc with altitude above areoid coordinate 
name_of_input_file_S.nc with altitude above local surface coordinate 
name_of_input_file_R.nc with altitude as distance to center of planet 

MODIFICATION :
01/2010 : correction to interpolate above surface if density is not available.
03/2011 : added possibility to have output as distance to center of planet

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4) lslin.e
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This program has been designed to interpol data in Solar Longitude (Ls)
linear time coordinate (usable with grads) from Netcdf diagfi or concatnc  
files. 
output file is : lslin.nc
lslin also create a lslin.ctl file that can be read
directly by grads (>xdfopen lsllin.ctl) to plot in Ls coordinate to
avoid some problem with grads when grads think that "the time interval
is too small"...

MODIFICATION
10/2007 Utility lslin.F90 (not used by the gcm)
changed evaluation of 'start_var' from hard-coded values to a computed value


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5) hrecast.e
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This program can interpolate GCM output on any horizontal grid (regular lat - lon) as long as it cover all the
planet. The grid can be given points by points. The best way is to use the redirected input hrecast.def

hrecast.e < hrecast.def


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6) expandstartfi.e
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This program takes a physics start file ("startfi.nc") and recasts it
on the corresponding  lonxlat grid (so it contents may easily be displayed
using Grads, Ferret, etc.)

Simply run expandstartfi.e as a command line with arguments:

expandstartfi.e  [infile.nc] [outfile.nc]

     (if infile is not specified, "startfi.nc" is used as default)
     (if outfile is not specified, it is built as "infile_ex.nc")

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6) extract.e
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This program extracts (ie: interpolates) pointwise values of an atmospheric 
variable from a 'zrecast'ed diagfi file (works if altitude is geometrical 
height or a pressure vertical coordinates)
user has to specify:
- name of input file
- date (in sols) offset wrt the input file (e.g. if the input file "begins"
  at Ls=0, then the offset is 0; if the input file begins at Ls=30, the
  offset date corresponding to the first 3 months is 61+66+66=193 sols, etc.)
- the "extraction mode": 
     1: extract individual values; user will specify values of
        lon lat alt Ls LT (all on a same line)
        on as many lines as there are sought values
     2: extract a profile: user will specify on a first line the values of
        lon lat Ls LT (all on a same line)
        and then only specify values of altitudes (m or Pa depending on the
        coordinate in the input file), one per line, at which values are
        sought
 - output values are sent to (ASCII) output file 'infile_var_.dat', where
   'infile' is the input file name (without trailing '.nc') and
   'var' is the sought variable, for extraction mode 1 as
   lines of "lon lat alt Ls LT value" and for a profile (extraction mode 2)
   as lines of "alt value"

  NB: If there is no data to do an appropriate interpolation to extract
      the sought value, then a "missing_value" (taken from the variable's
      attribute in the input file, most likely -9.99E33) is returned.

See files "extract.points.def" and "extract.profile.def" for examples of
input format that would simply need to be redirected to extract.e, e.g.:

extract.e < extract.points.def