Table 3.
The parts of CESM file names, their interpretation, and illustrative examples. The many filetypes will be described in the file description subsections, below.
| Part | Description | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| CASENAME | CESM ‘CASENAME’ | f.e21.FHIST_BGC.f09_025.CAM6assim.011 |
| model | CESM component model | cpl, cam, clm, |
| INST | The [optional] ensemble member(s) | 0080, allinst (‘instance’ is the CESM name for ensemble member.) |
| filetype | Abbreviated type of file | ‘i’nitial, ‘e’xternal system processing, ha2x1d = ‘h’istory ‘a’tm ‘to any’ ‘1d’ay frequency. |
| subtype | Refinement of the filetype | ‘forecast’ file from filetype ‘e’ |
| DATE | Hindcast date and time label | 2011-01-03-00000, 2019-12 |
| extension | Abbreviation of the file format | nc (NetCDF), tgz (gzipped tar file) |
| compression | Abbreviation of the compression used | gz (gzip) |