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TERRAIN Tutorial : Introduction

 

Program TERRAIN is the first program you need to run in the suite of MM5 system programs.

This program lets you design your mesoscale model configuration:

  • where to place your grid,
  • the grid size,
  • what resolution data to use to generate terrain elevation, landuse category, and other datasets if you will be running MM5 with the land-surface model option.

All fields generated by the Terrain program are constant fields for the model.

 

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  • Once you have obtained the output as described in "How to Run", you have successfully completed the TERRAIN program for the SOC case, and you are ready to move to the REGRID program.

  • For a full explanation of all the TERRAIN parameters, please view "terrain.deck"

  • Work through the Examples pages to see how to change the TERRAIN setup for your case study

  • View the Miscellaneous and Trouble Shooting items from more information.

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