ts — Time Series Files

The ts task generates per-variable time-series files from E3SM simulation output using NCO’s ncclimo. It produces one file per variable covering a specified year range. Time-series files produced by ts are required inputs for the e3sm_diags — E3SM Diagnostics, global_time_series — Global Time Series Plots, e3sm_to_cmip — CMIP6 Conversion, ilamb — Land Benchmarking, and pcmdi_diags — PCMDI Metrics tasks.

Configuration example

[ts]
active = True
years = 1:100:10

  [[atm_monthly_180x360_aave]]
  input_files = eam.h0
  input_subdir = archive/atm/hist
  mapping_file = /path/to/map_ne30pg2_to_cmip6_180x360_aave.nc
  grid = 180x360_aave
  vars = FSNTOA,FLUT,FSNT,FLNT,FSNS,FLNS,SHFLX,QFLX,TS,TREFHT

  [[land_monthly]]
  input_files = elm.h0
  input_subdir = archive/lnd/hist
  input_component = elm
  mapping_file = /path/to/map_r05_to_cmip6_180x360_aave.nc
  grid = 180x360_aave

Parameters

These 9 parameters are specific to the ts task.

Parameter

Required

Default

Description

area_nm

No

"area"

Name of the area variable in the input files.

dpf

No

30

Days per file (for daily or sub-daily data).

extra_vars

No

""

Additional variables to include alongside the primary vars list.

job_nbr

No

0

Number of simultaneous ncclimo jobs. 0 uses ncclimo’s default.

tpd

No

1

Time-steps per day (for sub-daily data, e.g., 8 for 3-hourly).

input_component

No

""

Model component that generated the input files (e.g., eam, eamxx, elm, mosart). Used to set processing type internally.

vrt_remap_vars

No

""

Variables to additionally regrid from model levels to pressure levels after generating time-series files. Output is written to a sibling ts_vrt_remap/ directory. Empty string disables vertical remapping.

vrt_remap_file

No

""

Path to the target vertical grid file (pressure levels) for ncremap. Defaults to a standard file under diagnostics_base_path when empty.

vrt_in_file

No

""

Path to the source vertical coordinate file for ncremap. Required for EAMxx (L128 grid). Defaults to a standard file under diagnostics_base_path when input_component is eamxx and this is left empty.

Parameters at the top-level

For top-level parameters, see top-level parameters.

Dependencies

Upstream (what ts depends on):

  • None.

Downstream (what depends on ts):