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Modifying static geographic data and adding a new landuse type

Pechudin

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Hello beautiful community,

I am a PostDoc at a wind energy research centre in Germany (Oldenburg, ForWind institute). I want to modify the static geographic data that is contained in the Modis + lakes dataset, specifically the land use. I know how to change these fields in the geo_em and met_em files, but I would prefer if I did not have to do this every time I change the WRF domain's position or resolution.

I have tried opening the files using QGIS, but it does not recognize the binary format. I have managed to open it with python, but editing in python is tedious for anything other than rectangular domains (however saving such edits is easy).
  • (Perhaps I will just do that then, modify the values in a polygon)
Additionally, how does one add new landuse values? I know I would need to add new lines to LANDUSE.TBL and VEGPARM.TBL, but would any code modification be needed?

Petar Golem
 
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