[RegCNET] Using alternate land cover file

[Heidi Stauffer]

Dear Fellow RegCM users,

I have started using RegCM4.1.1 to conduct sensitivity tests involving 
land use change and have encountered a problem when I attempted to 
change the terrain code to redirect the model to another land cover 
file.  The landuse text file and the domain file generated by running 
terrain (during the pre-processing procedure) reflected the default land 
cover (GLCC_BATS_30s.nc), not the land cover file I intended to use 
(also in netCDF format).  I spent several hours editing the landuse text 
file by hand to approximate the intended land cover changes before 
running the model.

In the past, I used RegCM3 for a very similar experiment with no issues, 
using the same alternate land cover file, and changing the terrain code 
to redirect to the alternate land cover file.  I will be continuing to 
conduct sensitivity tests involving land use using RegCM4.1.1, and need 
to be able to use the land cover generated during the pre-processing 
procedure, rather than approximate the alternate land cover and edit the 
landuse text file accordingly.  I would appreciate any assistance in 
this matter.

Thank you!

Regards,
Heidi

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Heidi L. Stauffer, M.S.
PhD Candidate
Paleoclimate and Climate Change Modeling Group
Earth and Planetary Sciences Department
University of California, Santa Cruz
hstauffe at ucsc.edu
(831) 459-3504

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