climada_module_elevation_models

formerly named climada_module_etopo, until 20151224

Diverse (high resolution) digital elevation models, like ETOPO and SRTM

In order to grant core climada access to additional modules, create a folder ‘modules’ in the core climada folder and copy/move any additional modules into climada/modules, without 'climada_module_' in the filename.

This module implements ETOPO, a global bathymetry (and topography) dataset . It’s a separate module, since topographic (and bathymetry) information can be used in various contexts – and since the dataset is quite large (ETOPO1 is 933 MB, ETOPO2 still 233 MB).

The module does NOT contain the dataset, please proceed as follows:

1. Download the file http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/relief/ETOPO1/data/ice_surface/grid_registered/netcdf/ETOPO1_Ice_g_gmt4.grd.gz
2. Move it to .../etopo/data/
3. Unzip it (it might do so automatically, e.g. on a Mac)
4. Rename it to ETOPO1.nc
5. Test it using etopo_get without any argument

In order to grant core climada access to additional modules, create a folder ‘modules’ in the core climada folder and copy/move any additional modules into climada/modules, without 'climada_module_' in the filename.

E.g. if the addition module is named climada_module_MODULE_NAME, we should have .../climada the core climada, with sub-folders as .../climada/code .../climada/data .../climada/docs and then .../climada/modules/MODULE_NAME with contents such as .../climada/modules/MODULE_NAME/code .../climada/modules/MODULE_NAME/data .../climada/modules/MODULE_NAME/docs this way, climada sources all modules' code upon startup

see climada/docs/climada_manual.pdf to get started

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