Scripts: Documentation

definitions/add_params_from_tsv.pl

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-# Script to generate parameter definition files for GRIB2
+# Script to generate parameter definition files for GRIB2.
-# Read an input TSV file which should contain parameter keys
+# Reads an input TSV (tab-separated-value) file which should contain
-# and generate the .def files for them
+# the following parameter keys as columns:
+#   paramId
+#   shortName
+#   name
+#   units
+#   discipline
+#   parameterCategory
+#   parameterNumber
+#   # The following are optional keys
+#   typeOfFirstFixedSurface
+#   typeOfSecondFixedSurface
+#   scaledValueOfFirstFixedSurface
+#   scaleFactorOfFirstFixedSurface
+#   scaledValueOfSecondFixedSurface
+#   scaleFactorOfSecondFixedSurface
+#   typeOfStatisticalProcessing
+#
+# It outputs the def files: name.def paramId.def shortName.def units.def
+#
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