ALCF-CONVERT(1)

NAME
alcf-convert - Convert input instrument or model data to NetCDF.

SYNOPSIS
alcf convert [options] <type> [--] <input> <output>

DESCRIPTION
Arguments following -- are treated as literal strings. Use this delimiter if the input or output file names might otherwise be interpreted as non-strings, e.g. purely numerical file names.

ARGUMENTS

type
    Input data type (see Types below).

input
    Input filename or dirname. If input is a directory, all data files ending with the correct file extension (see Types below) in input are converted to corresponding .nc files in the directory output. If the option -r is supplied, the directory is processed recursively.

output
    Output filename or dirname.

OPTIONS

-r  Process the input directory recursively. The same directory structure is created under output.

TYPES

cl51
    Vaisala CL51 (converted with cl2nc). File extension .DAT.

jra55
    JRA-55 (converted with grib_to_netcdf). No file extension.

EXAMPLES
Convert raw Vaisala CL51 data in cl51_dat to NetCDF and store the output in the directory cl51_nc.

    alcf convert cl51 cl51_dat cl51_nc

Convert JRA-55 data in jra55_grib to NetCDF and store the output in the directory jra55_nc.

    alcf convert jra55 jra55_grib jra55_nc

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2019–2021 Peter Kuma, Adrian J. McDonald, Olaf Morgenstern, Richard Querel, Israel Silber and Connor J. Flynn.

BUG REPORTING
Report bugs to Peter Kuma (peter@peterkuma.net).

SEE ALSO
alcf(1), alcf-auto(1), alcf-calibrate(1), alcf-compare(1), alcf-lidar(1), alcf-model(1), alcf-plot(1), alcf-simulate(1), alcf-stats(1)