[RegCNET] USGS/GTOPO usage HELP

[XUNQIANG BI]

Hi, Highland Hunter:

The USGS Landuse category is not an option supported by the present
version of ICTP RegCM3. And GTOPO30_3MIN file which you have just
contains the topography height field. (You need VEG-USGS.03 for LANDUSE).

But I would suggest that you not try the USGS Landuse as the option, 
because it's supposed to be used with the CoLM (or CLM), but we don't
have the Common Land Model in the present web version. You know, just 
passing the terrain step is not enough.

Regards,
Xunqiang Bi

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Highland Hunter wrote:

> Sirs/madams
>
> I want to run RegCM3 over a mountaneous region and for that matter I want to
> use USGS Landuse categories. I have downloaded GTOPO30_3MIN data  and placed
> it inside the DATA file, but I get the follwoing error:
>
> ERROR OPENING ../DATA/SURFACE/VEG-USGS.03 FILE: FILE DOES NOT EXIST
> 4820 IN SUBROUTINE RDLDTR
>
> when I lists the DATA/SURFACE directory....I find the data there as under:
>
> nmg at nmg:~/JP/RegCM/PreProc/DATA/SURFACE$ ls
> *  datalinker.x  GLCC3MIN_BATS.CDF  GTOPO30_3MIN.CDF
>
> Then I made a directory VEG-USGS.03 and put the GTOPO30_3MIN.CDF inside
> it....when I run after that I again get an error which says as follows:
>
> ERROR OPENING ../DATA/SURFACE/GTOPO30_3MIN.CDF     FILE:  FILE DOES NOT
> EXIST
> 4810 IN SUBROUTINE RDLDTR
>
> What do I do? Where am I wrong? PLEASE HELP!
>
> Jamyang
> UP
>

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