LMDz grid (LMDZ / std)

Description

This plugin reads LMDz 3D domain

Two files are required to specify the LMDz domain with the LMDZ grid plugin:

• a grid text file containing the horizontal grid coordinates

• a ‘vcoord’ NetCDF file

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97
-180
-176.25
-172.5

...

172.5
176.25
180
96
90
88.1053
86.2105

...

-86.2105
-88.1053
-90
12 6

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dimensions:
  temps = UNLIMITED ; // (0 currently)
  index = 100 ;
  rlonu = 97 ;
  rlatu = 96 ;
  rlonv = 97 ;
  rlatv = 95 ;
  sig = 40 ;
variables:
  double controle(index) ;
    controle:_FillValue = NaN ;
    controle:long_name = "controle parameters" ;
  double rlonu(rlonu) ;
    rlonu:_FillValue = NaN ;
    rlonu:long_name = "u points longitude" ;
    rlonu:units = "degrees_east" ;
  double rlatu(rlatu) ;
    rlatu:long_name = "u points latitude" ;
    rlatu:units = "degrees_north" ;
  double rlonv(rlonv) ;
    rlonv:long_name = "v points longitude" ;
    rlonv:units = "degrees_east" ;
  double rlatv(rlatv) ;
    rlatv:long_name = "v points latitude" ;
    rlatv:units = "degrees_north" ;
  double ap(sig) ;
    ap:long_name = "A coefficient for pressure" ;
    ap:units = "Pa" ;
  double bp(sig) ;
    bp:long_name = "B coefficient for pressure" ;
    bp:units = "None" ;
  double cu(rlatu, rlonu) ;
  double cv(rlatv, rlonv) ;
  double aire(rlatu, rlonv) ;
    aire:long_name = "grid cell area" ;
    aire:units = "m2" ;

Yaml arguments

The following arguments are used to configure the plugin. pyCIF will return an exception at the initialization if mandatory arguments are not specified, or if any argument does not fit accepted values or type:

Mandatory arguments

filegrid: (mandatory)

File with longitudes and latitudes

accepted type: str

file_vcoord: (mandatory)

File with vertical coordinates. Should be a restart file from a previous online simulation

accepted type: str

dir_vcoord: (mandatory)

Directory where to find file_vcoord

accepted type: str

Yaml template

Please find below a template for a Yaml configuration:

domain:
  plugin:
    name: LMDZ
    version: std
    type: domain

  # Mandatory arguments
  filegrid: XXXXX  # str
  file_vcoord: XXXXX  # str
  dir_vcoord: XXXXX  # str