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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=395081822-15012009>Hi,
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=395081822-15012009>I have produced some
new landuse datasets in a format that geogrid.exe can use, but I need to know
how to modify the LANDUSE.TBL file. Can anyone point me to some documentation,
or failing that what I need to know specifically is:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=395081822-15012009>1. What is the
required format of LANDUSE.TBL?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=395081822-15012009>2. What are the
fields ALBD SLMO SFEM SFZ0 THERIN SCFX SFHC and in what units? (of course I can
make some guesses, but...)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=395081822-15012009>3. In the file
LANDUSE.TBL distributed with the existing version of wrf there seem to be tables
for several different datasets, eg OLD, USGS, SiB and LW12. Which table is read
seems to be controlled by the variable MMINLU which is actually written in the
geo_em.d??? files and the met_em.d??? netcdf files. This in turn seems to be
hardcoded as 'USGS' in the subroutine get_datalist in
WPS/geogrid/src/source_data_module.F. Am I correct here, or is there some other
way of changing the value of MMINLU without altering the code itself?
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=395081822-15012009>4. What is the
difference between LANDUSE.TBL and VEGPARM.TBL? The information that they
contain seems to overlap to some extent. But there is no "vegetation" dataset
(separate from the "landuse" dataset) in the sample terrestrial data used by the
real test cases supplied with wrf. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=395081822-15012009>Cheers</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=395081822-15012009>Chris</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Christopher Thomas</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Computational Modeller</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Risk and Impact Analysis
Group</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Geoscience Australia</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ph: +61 2 6249 9757</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Email:
chris.thomas@ga.gov.au</FONT></DIV>
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