IRIS EMC

Proposed CVM-H Model

Characteristics of the proposed version of CVM-H in netCDF format:

• Coverage Region is CVM-H Low Resolution region
  • dataset.geospatial_lat_min = 30.95
  • dataset.geospatial_lat_max = 36.613
  • dataset.geospatial_lon_min = -120.862
  • dataset.geospatial_lon_max = -113.333

• Resolution is 1km x 1km x 500m (depth)
  • n_lon_steps = 754
  • n_lat_steps = 566
  • n_z_steps = 102
  • total_pts = 43,529,928

• CVM-H flags used in model extraction:
  • cvmh_param=USE_1D_BKG,True
  • cvmh_param=USE_GTL,False

CVM-H Model Bundle Components

• CVM-H Model Description
• netCDF CF-1.6 Metadata included in netCDF file
• Shaw et al (2015) USR paper describing model
• (544Mb netCDF file to be contributed to IRIS)

IRIS Earth Model Collaboration Website

• IRIS EMC Homepage
• IRIS EMC Model contributing Guide

NetCDF Guidelines

• netCDF format guidelines

Related Entries

• [[UCVM]
• CVM-H