Convert a wind time series data file (.DAT) to Observed Wind Climate file (.TAB)
Usage:
dat2tab <filename.dat>
Output: filename.dat.tab
Input file format:
< Header line 1: with met station name, coordinates, etc. Content is indifferent.> < Header line 2: Period of time series. Content is indifferent.> < Header line 3: Number of records in data series. Content is indifferent.> < Header line 4: Column headings. Content is indifferent.> < Data lines 5 to (nrecords+4). Wind data order is mandatory and must be comma-separated:
col 1-station name, col 2-mean wind direction in 10min window, col 3-mean wind velocity in 10min window, col 4-max. speed in 10min window col 5-min. speed in 10min window col 6-std. dev. of wind speed in 10min window col 7-time stamp
Example DAT file:
MAST 1 LON=-8.54512, LAT=42.312876, H=80m agl (WGS84) January to December 2006 records 52560 Mast, dir, Vave, Vmax, Vmin, stdev, YYYYMMDDhhmm, 44,310,11.5,18.3,5.3,2.9,200601010000, 44,315,14,20.2,6.5,2.9,200601010010, 44,310,13,18.7,6.1,2.7,200601010020, 44,313,11.3,18.7,1.9,2.9,200601010030, ...