Creating Binary Dataset

[Charles Seman]

Neil,

There is GrADS documentation, with some examples, at:
http://grads.iges.org/grads/gadoc/aboutgriddeddata.html#structure

Also, please find attached a Fortran 77 program called "tseries.f" which
generates a simple GrADS dataset and ctl file;  I hope this helps, and
if you have any questions about it, just let me know, OK?  One thing
you'll have to check on is whether your computer is "little_endian" or
"big_endian" (this is for the GrADS ctl file "options" record, which is
not really needed if you don't try to open the dataset on a different
computer with different characteristics from the computer on which the
dataset was generated -- please also see
http://grads.iges.org/grads/gadoc/descriptorfile.html#OPTIONS )

Thanks,
Chuck

Neil Davis wrote:

> I am running a 1D lake model and am looking to view the output in
> grads.  Currently the model is outputing all values for each timestep
> into a file when I created ascii output of what it was writing I found
> that it output day, y grid point, x grid point, depth, evaporation, and
> then a value for temperature every meter from the top to the bottom.  I
> am interested in the Evaportation and surface temperatures most.  I have
> read what I have found on the Binary Data format but am very confused as
> to what exactly the structure of my output should be.
>
> Thank you for your help
>
> Neil Davis
> Graduate Student
> NCSU Regional Climate Lab


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