4. Input files for JULES

The recommended file format for use with JULES is NetCDF, although an ASCII format is also supported for data at a single location only. NetCDF is recommended since in this format, the metadata are provided in a standardised manner that many other tools and applications can interpret. The file handling code of JULES is written in a modular way that aims to make it easy for the user to add support for other file formats if they desire. Any user that does this is strongly encouraged to contribute their code back to the community.

• 4.1. General principles
• 4.2. ASCII files
  • 4.2.1. Example ASCII input
    • 4.2.1.1. ASCII meteorological forcing data
    • 4.2.1.2. Initial conditions
    • 4.2.1.3. Time varying data with an additional dimension
• 4.3. NetCDF files
• 4.4. File name templating
  • 4.4.1. Time templating
  • 4.4.2. Variable name templating
  • 4.4.3. Examples of file name templating
    • 4.4.3.1. Time templating only
    • 4.4.3.2. Variable name templating only
    • 4.4.3.3. Time and variable name templating together
    • 4.4.3.4. Variable name templating with a list of files
• 4.5. Temporal interpolation
  • 4.5.1. Interpolation flags