Hi Jatin,<br><br>I noticed that nobody gave you an answer, so I thought I would give it a try:<br><br>Within WRF, Noah LSM does not need continuous soil temperature and moisture data. real.exe creates data in the wrfinput_d0? file for initial conditions, but from there the LSMs models soil temperature and moisture themselves based on what the atmosphere does, and which in turn affects the atmosphere, of course. Even if you use the sst update option, there is no soil moisture or temperature data in the wrflowinp_d0? files. The WPS process uses a lot of variables, but some only make it into the initial conditions, not ongoing forcings.<br>
<br>Regarding the intermediate format - the users guide gives a description of the format, and it also mentions that the source code metgrid/src/write_met_module.F90 can be used as a starting point. You probably knew that already. The netCDF folks at unidata(?) (Google netCDF) have library interfaces for several programming languages so you might find one that fits your programming experience. I have not written intermediate format myself, so I can't help with any source code. Sorry.<br>
<br>Best Wishes,<br>Kevin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 3:12 AM, Jatin Kala <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:J.Kala@murdoch.edu.au">J.Kala@murdoch.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-AU">
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hi there,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am trying to run WRF with CCSM data, and is starting to
write some code to do the conversion from netcdf to “intermediate”
format. Turns out it’s a fairly massive job to do from scratch, and I am
just wondering if somebody has already done some of that and is willing to
share their code ?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One thing I am yet to figure out is that the Noah LSM needs
6 hourly soil data (I am pretty sure), but 6 hourly soil data is seldom
available from any GCM! The best I have found is some monthly means…. Does
this mean I have to somehow interpolate monthly means to 6 hourly ? any
suggestions? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><font color="#888888">
<p class="MsoNormal">Jatin </p>
</font></div>
</div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
Wrf-users mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Wrf-users@ucar.edu">Wrf-users@ucar.edu</a><br>
<a href="http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/wrf-users" target="_blank">http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/wrf-users</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br>