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Hi Jacqueline,<br>
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Much of the ESGF (CMIP5) support team is involved in a technical
meeting this week, so I'm stepping in from the side-lines to see if
I can help you out. I'll step aside if one of the ESGF help desk
folks comes on-line.<br>
<br>
Each of the models potentially defines its own unique grid, and
depending upon the particulars of the grid there are easier or more
arduous ways to get the data into a GIS environment. Lets start
with which datasets you are downloading from ESGF. When I try a
search on<br>
"plant functional types AND past1000" <br>
from ESGF (using the node at PCMDI) I get four hits: two from Max
Plank, one from University of Tokyo and one from IPSL. Are we on
the same track?<br>
<br>
If you have already downloaded an example netCDF file, then do you
have the utility called "ncdump" available to you? If so, I can
help you forward starting at that point. I'll wait to hear back
from you before proceeding further. Feel free to take this
discussion offline at your discretion.<br>
<br>
- Steve Hankin<br>
(NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory)<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/26/2012 9:18 AM, Getson,
Jacqueline M wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am wondering if you could help me
identify the grid that the models are being run on. Ultimately
I need to assign pollen records (points) to each grid cell. I
assume that I need some way to assign lat/lon coordinates from
the field to their appropriate grid cell. A GIS layer is
probably the easiest way to do this. As an example, I have
downloaded past1000 PFT data and see that the files have
lat/lon. I am not sure if the lat/long is on a regular grid
or if these are grid corners or centers? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any help you can provide in
understanding/using the grid would be greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jackie<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jackie Getson-Hardiman<br>
Laboratory Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
Boston University<br>
Department of Earth and the Environment<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stone Science Laboratory Room 457C<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">675 Commonwealth Ave<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Boston, MA 02215<o:p></o:p></p>
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