METEO DLFT

Basic Information

File-Type

meteo_dlft.am?

File-Form

FORMATTED

Version

February 2011

Description-Date

February 2011

Significance of the File

contains meteorological area data as surface boundary data for Delft3D
For an uptodate description of the format see Delft3D-FLOW_User_Manual.pdf, B.7 Space varying wind and pressure.

File-Contents (in Catchwords)

The file consists of a header with meta data and one or more sequences of a date and time line and a two-dimensional data field. The data is based on a regular, orthogonal grid, the value left on top stands for the north western grid corner.

1. file version (1.03)
2. file type
3. nof columns
4. nof rows
5. grid unit (m, degree)
6. coordinate of the lower left corner
7. coordinate of the lower left corner
8. grid cell length dx
9. grid cell length dy
10. no data value
11. nof quantities (always 1)
12. quantity name
13. quantity unit
14. date and time in netCDF style
15. two-dimensional data field

Programs using this Type of File

DATACONVERT, Mathematical_Model_DELFT3D

Example-File

$PROGHOME/examples/dataconvert/data/bdf2meteo/wind/met_2005_2006_906.amu

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