Command line interface
alcf auto
alcf auto - peform automatic processing of model or lidar data
alcf auto model is equivalent to:
alcf modelalcf simulatealcf lidaralcf statsalcf plot backscatteralcf plot backscatter_histalcf plot cloud_occurrence
alcf auto lidar is equivalent to:
alcf lidaralcf statsalcf plot backscatteralcf plot backscatter_histalcf plot cloud_occurrence
alcf auto compare is equivalent to:
alcf plot cloud_occurrence
Usage:
alcf auto model <model_type> <lidar_type> <input> <output>
point: { <lon> <lat> } time: { <start> <end> }
[<options>] [<model_options>] [<lidar_options>]
alcf auto model <model_type> <lidar_type> <input> <output>
track: <track> [<options>] [<model_options>] [<lidar_options>]
alcf auto lidar <lidar_type> <input> <output> [<options>] [<lidar_options>]
alcf auto compare <input>... <output> [<options>] [<plot_options>]
Arguments:
end: end time (see Time format below)input: input directory containing model or lidar data, or, in case ofalcf auto compare, the output ofalcf auto modeloralcf auto lidarlat: point latitutdelidar_options: seealcf lidaroptionslidar_type: lidar type (see Lidar types below)lon: point longitudemodel_options: seealcf modeloptionsmodel_type: model type (see Model types below)options: see Options belowplot_options: seealcf plotoptionsstart: start time (see Time format below)track: track NetCDF file (see Track below)
Options:
skip: <step>: Skip all processing steps beforestep.stepis one of:model,simulate,lidar,stats,plot. Default:none.
Model types:
amps: Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS)era5: ERA5jra55: JRA-55merra2: Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2)nzcsm: New Zealand Convection Scale Model (NZCSM)nzesm: New Zealand Earth System Model (NZESM) (experimental)um: UK Met Office Unified Model (UM)
Lidar types:
blview: Vaisala BL-VIEW L2 productcaliop: CALIPSO/CALIOP (alcf auto modelonly)chm15k: Lufft CHM 15kcl31: Vaisala CL31cl51: Vaisala CL51cl61: Vaisala CL61cosp: COSP simulated lidarminimpl: Sigma Space MiniMPLmpl: Sigma Space MPL (converted via SigmaMPL)mpl2nc: Sigma Space MPL (converted via mpl2nc)
Time format:
“YYYY-MM-DD[THH:MM[:SS]]”, where YYYY is year, MM is month, DD is day, HH is hour, MM is minute, SS is second. Example: 2000-01-01T00:00:00.
Examples:
Simulate a Vaisala CL51 instrument from MERRA-2 data in M2I3NVASM.5.12.4
at 45 S, 170 E between 1 and 2 January 2020 and store the output in
alcf_merra2.
alcf auto model merra2 cl51 M2I3NVASM.5.12.4 alcf_merra2 \
point: { -45.0 170.0 } time: { 2020-01-01 2020-01-02 }
Process Lufft CHM 15k data in chm15k and store the output in alcf_chm15k.
alcf auto lidar chm15k chm15k_data alcf_chm15k

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