read_atmosdata

Author:

 Dag Lohmann

Date:

 

Description:

 This routine reads atmospheric data values from gridded NCDC daily precipitation station data.

References:

 

Input Variables:

Variable

Type

Units

Description

snowf

FILE *

N/A

File pointer to daily precipitation data file

dt

int

hours

Model time step

 

Output Variables:

Variable

Type

Units

Description

atmos

atmos_data_struct *

 N/A

Structure containing all atmospheric data values

  • tmax - daily maximum temperature [C]
  • tmin - daily minimum temperature [C]
  • prec - total daily precipitation [mm]

nrecs

int *

N/A

Number of records or time steps for which the model will be run

 

Subroutines Called:

 

Modifications and Limitations:

 

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