ALCF

Automatic Lidar and Ceilometer
Framework

Command line interface

alcf convert

alcf convert - convert input instrument or model data to NetCDF

Usage: alcf convert <type> <input> <output>

Types:

If input is a directory, all data files in input are converted to corresponding .nc files in output.

Examples:

Convert raw Vaisala CL51 data in cl51_dat to NetCDF and store the output in the directory cl51_nc.

alcf convert cl51 cl51_dat cl51_nc

Convert JRA-55 data in jra55_grib to NetCDF and store the output in the directory jra55_nc.

alcf convert jra55 jra55_grib jra55_nc