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::The '''<span style="color:black">tdav</span>''F'' ''' files typically contain monthly diurnal files, meaning, monthly means for each hour of the day: 0 UTC, 1 UTC, …, 23UTC.  
::The '''<span style="color:black">tdav</span>''F'' ''' files typically contain monthly diurnal files, meaning, monthly means for each hour of the day: 0 UTC, 1 UTC, …, 23UTC.  
   
   
dims: 2d for collections with only 2-dimensional fields or 3d for collections with a  
'''<span style="color:blue">dims</span>''': 2d for collections with only 2-dimensional fields or 3d for collections with a mix of 2- and 3-dimensional fields.  
mix of 2- and 3-dimensional fields.  
   
   
group: A short mnemonic for the type of fields in the collection, or the variable name  
group: A short mnemonic for the type of fields in the collection, or the variable name  

Revision as of 08:38, 28 October 2014

Problem

We want to understand the file naming conventions of G5NR products

Solution

The standard generic complete name for G5NR products appear as

c1440_NR.collection.timestamp.nc4

where

c1440_NR

the c1440 token indicates the resolution of the cubed-sphere grid. 14402 is the number of grid points in each face of the cubed-sphere. NR stands for Nature Run.

collection

The operational GEOS-5 data are organized into file collections that contain fields with common characteristics. However, computational considerations required that 3D collections have a single variable in them. Collection names are of the form
freq_dims_group_HV
where the four attributes (freq,dims,group,HV) are:
freq: time-independent (const), instantaneous (instF ), time-average (tavgF ), diurnally time-averaged (tdavF ) where F indicates the frequency or averaging interval and can be one of the following:
30mn = every 30 minutes
01hr = hourly
01mo = monthly
The tdavF files typically contain monthly diurnal files, meaning, monthly means for each hour of the day: 0 UTC, 1 UTC, …, 23UTC.

dims: 2d for collections with only 2-dimensional fields or 3d for collections with a mix of 2- and 3-dimensional fields.

group: A short mnemonic for the type of fields in the collection, or the variable name for single-variable collections.

HV: Horizontal and Vertical grid.