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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Dear users,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>I am running the WaveWatch III model for wave hindcasting. The
model includes a gridded output post-processor for GRADS. The output files from
the post-processor are: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>ww3.grads <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>ww3.ctl<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>I am running the model on a cluster and thus performing many runs simultaneously.
I want then to compare/manipulate the output of several runs using GRADS. My
problem is that all output files from the different runs share the same (see
above).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>When I try to rename the file, e.g. ww3test.grads and ww3test.ctl
and open it in grads it does not open because it does not recognise the new
name.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Is there a simple way to rename grads files? Or any other
suggestions of how I could deal with this problem?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Anna <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:black'>Dr Anna Zacharioudaki<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>Centre
for Coastal Dynamics and Engineering,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>School
of Engineering,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>University
of Plymouth,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>Drake
Circus,<br>
Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
lang=EN style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>Te1: </span></b><span
lang=EN style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>+44 (0)1752 586131<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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