NAME

momvdfcreate - Generate a VDF metadata file for a MOM or POP data set

SYNOPSIS

momvdfcreate [options] mom_ncdf_files... vdffile

DESCRIPTION

momvdfcreate generates a .vdf metafile that defines a VAPOR Data Collection (VDC) suitable for containing ocean simulation output from MOM or POP models. All of the model output NetCDF filenames must be provided on the command line, followed the desired VAPOR (.vdf) output file name. Coordinate information for latitude, longitude, depth, and time must be contained in at least one of the input NetCDF files.

OPTIONS

-vars <vars>: A colon-delimited list of names of 2D and 3D (spatial) data variables to include in the .vdf file. In general, the list of variables should be a subset of the data variables found in the MOM/POP input files. If this option is not present the default behavior is to generate the list of variables from all of the 2D and 3D (spatial) variables found in any of the MOM/POP netCDF input files.
-level <level>: See vdfcreate.
-comment <string>: See vdfcreate.
-bs <NXxNYxNZ>: See vdfcreate.
-wname <wave_name>: This option is for VDC2 only, see vdfcreate.
-cratios <vector>: This option is for VDC2 only, see vdfcreate.
-help: Print a usage statement and then exit.

EXAMPLES

The command

    momvdfcreate -vars u:v:time mom1.nc mom2.nc mom3.nc mydata.vdf

will construct a VDF file, mydata.vdf that will contain the u, v, and temp variable names for all time steps found in the MOM netCDF files mom1.nc, mom2.nc, and mom3.nc.

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