SUBJECT
Title
Programming problems in meteorology
Type of instruction
practical
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
2
Recommended in
Semester 2
Typically offered in
Spring semester
Course description
Handling of special meteorological data formats (netCDF, GRIB, binary) in Fortran 90 and C language. Script language applications for data handling and repetitive jobs. Introduction to special software package for meteorologists for data analysis (NCO, CDO) and graphics (NCL, GMT, VAPOR). Numerical problem solutions for linear equation systems and ordering. Complex problem solutions.
Readings
- NetCDF: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/
- GRIB: http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/WDM/Guides/Guide-binary-2.html
- NetCDF Operators (NCO): http://nco.sourceforge.net/
- NCAR Command Language (NCL): http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/
- Climate Data Operators (CDO): https://code.zmaw.de/projects/cdo
- Generic Mapping Tools (GMT): http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/
- VAPOR: https://www.vapor.ucar.edu/