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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi there folks,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I want to incorporate a locally generated SST file into my
WRF runs, and need some help in making this happen. The file I am getting is a
pretty simple text file: there are 177 by 177 values. I get a lat, lon, and sst
for each of my 177x177 points. And that’s it! It looks like so:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> 1 1 24.5098 -84.6553 27.47</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> 1 2 24.5457 -84.6563 27.55</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> 1 3 24.5816 -84.6574 27.51</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> 1 4 24.6175 -84.6586 27.59</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> 1 5 24.6534 -84.6597 27.54</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I know that I need to make some sort of ‘intermediate
file’ out of this text file. I can convert to binary… but then the
path gets uncertain.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I do know that some folks have done the work to ingest an
SST file… so any hints/suggestions are most welcome!</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Brian E.</span></font></p>
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