Using the ExtData component: Difference between revisions
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time each days. MAPL_ExtDataGridCompMod also allows data to be shifted and scaled. | time each days. MAPL_ExtDataGridCompMod also allows data to be shifted and scaled. | ||
The ExtData.rc file | The ExtData.rc file itself can have up to 3 parts. The first is the primary exports. The example below is an example of a primary export block. This may have as many entries as the user desires. | ||
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PrimaryExports:: | PrimaryExports:: | ||
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The following is an explanation of each entry in a line. | |||
Export Name - This is the actual name of the export in the application to fill | |||
Units - Units not currently used | |||
Dimensions - xy for 2D or xyz for 3D | |||
Vertical location - c for center, e for edge, if 2d enter c or e but this will obviously not be used | |||
Clim - enter Y if the file is a climatology file, otherwise enter no. | |||
Refresh template - you have 3 choices | |||
1.) Enter '-'. In this case the field will only be updated once the first time ExtData runs | |||
2.) Enter a refresh template of the form %y4-%m2-%h2T%h2:%n2:00 to set the recurring time to update the file | |||
for example to update the file once a day at 21Z enter %y4-%m2-%d2T21:00:00 | |||
to update the file the first of the month at 21Z enter %y4-%m2-01T21:0000 | |||