Dear Frede and pascal,
Thankyou very much. I am so glad that you replied positively.
Thankyou very once again.
Eliza
> From: kri...@ymail.com
> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 22:38:42 +0900
> Subject: Re: [R] reading dataset
> To: fr...@vestas.com
> CC: eliza_bo...@hotmail.com; r-help@r-project.org
>
> Hi,
>
> Maybe I wasn't clear enough.
>
> Day 01 precip map of 180x140
> Day 01 rstn map of 180x140
> Day 01 flag map of 180x140
> Day 02 precip map of 180x140
>
> And so on
>
> HTH
> Pascal
>
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Frede Aakmann Tøgersen
> <fr...@vestas.com> wrote:
> > No you're not right as far as I can tell from the read_v1100r2.f90 fortran
> > code you can find in the download folder.
> >
> > For day 1 in 1961 I think that prcp = ccc[1:25200], rstn =
> > ccc[25201:50400], and rsnw = ccc[50401:75600] and the same rule applies to
> > the following days with appropriate indices.
> >
> > Have a look at this (I think -99.9 is value for missing values so set these
> > to NA):
> >
> > ccc <-readBin("APHRO_MA_050deg_V1101R2.1961", numeric(), n=1e8, size=4,
> > signed=TRUE, endian='little')
> >
> > n <- 180
> > m <- 140
> > recl <- n*m # = 25200
> >
> > ## calculate some indices for day 1 and 2
> > for (i in 1:6){
> > strt <- (i - 1)*recl + 1
> > stp <- strt + recl - 1
> > print(c(strt, stp))
> > }
> >
> > ## for day 1 in 1961
> > prcp <- ccc[1:25200]
> > prcp[prcp < -90] <- NA
> > dim(prcp) <- c(n, m)
> > image(prcp)
> >
> > rstn <- ccc[25201:50400]
> > rstn[rstn < -90] <- NA
> > dim(rstn) <- c(n, m)
> > image(rstn)
> >
> > rsnw <- ccc[50401:75600]
> > rsnw[rsnw < -90] <- NA
> > dim(rsnw) <- c(n, m)
> > image(rsnw)
> >
> >
> >
> > I will leave it to you to interpret rstn and rsnw in regards to prcp.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yours sincerely / Med venlig hilsen
> >
> >
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> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org]
> >> On Behalf Of eliza botto
> >> Sent: 27. marts 2014 13:26
> >> To: Pascal Oettli
> >> Cc: r-help@r-project.org
> >> Subject: Re: [R] reading dataset
> >>
> >> Dear Pascal,
> >> Thanks for your reply. From your answer I perceived that if followings are
> >> first three elements of a file
> >> > dput(ccc[1:3])
> >> c(0.15912090241909, 0.167244642972946, 0.192471280694008)
> >> then 0.15912090241909 is precipitation magnitude , 0.167244642972946 is
> >> RSTN and 0.192471280694008 is flag value.Did i get it right?
> >> Eliza
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > From: kri...@ymail.com
> >> > Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:39:30 +0900
> >> > Subject: Re: [R] reading dataset
> >> > To: eliza_bo...@hotmail.com
> >> > CC: r-help@r-project.org
> >> >
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > Some hints:
> >> > - for the year 1961, the total number of values is 27594000,
> >> > - there are 180 longitudes and 140 latitudes,
> >> > - there are 365 days,
> >> > - there are 3 variables,
> >> >
> >> > Compare the total number of values and the result of (180 x 140 x 365 x
> >> > 3).
> >> >
> >> > The order is "precip", "rstn", "flag", "precip", "rstn", "flag",
> >> > "precip", "rstn", "flag"...
> >> >
> >> > Hope this helps,
> >> > Pascal
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:45 AM, eliza botto <eliza_bo...@hotmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > > Dear useRs,
> >> > > A similar question has previously been asked by another user
> >> (https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-geo/2011-September/012791.html) but
> >> i'll try to discuss it from another angle. Its about data reading. I am
> >> trying to
> >> read to read a data-set APHRO_MA_050deg_V1101R2.1961.gz from
> >> http://www.chikyu.ac.jp/precip/cgi-
> >> bin/aphrodite/script/aphrodite_cgi.cgi/download?file=%2FV1101R2%2FAPH
> >> RO_MA%2F050deg.
> >> > > I copied the command from previous post which is
> >> > > ccc <-readBin("APHRO_MA_050deg_V1101R2.1961", numeric(), n=1e8,
> >> size=4, signed=TRUE, endian='little')
> >> > > Followings are what I know about the structure of data set. The file
> >> contains daily fields for 365 days. These daily fields are arranged
> >> according to
> >> the Julian calendar. Daily
> >> > > fields (data arrays) contain information on the precipitation amount
> >> > > and
> >> > > ratio of 0.05-degree cells containing a rain gauge. In the case the
> >> > > given
> >> file which is a
> >> > > 0.5-degree grid file, each field consists of a data array with
> >> > > longitude
> >> > > by latitude dimensions of 180 x 140 elements for APHRO_MA.
> >> > > The first element is a cell at the southwest corner centered at
> >> > > [60.25E,
> >> 14.75S], the second
> >> > > is a cell at [60.75E, 14.75S], ..., the 180th is a cell at [149.75E,
> >> > > 14.75S], and the 181st is a cell at [60.25E, 14.25S]. The data files
> >> > > are
> >> written in PLAIN DIRECT ACCESS BINARY. In each daily field, the array for
> >> precipitation comes first, followed by
> >> > > information on the rain gauge. Each element (both precipitation and
> >> > > rain gauge information) is written as a 4-byte floating-point number
> >> > > in little endian byte order. Users should swap the byte order to
> >> > > big endian if necessary. There are no 'space', 'end of record', or
> >> > > 'end of file' marks in between. As it says that precipitation data is
> >> > > in the
> >> form of array which comes first, followed by the information on rain gauge,
> >> how do I know which element is precipitation data and which is the
> >> information of the rain gauge?Thankyou very much in advance
> >> > >
> >> > > Eliza
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> >> > >
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Pascal Oettli
> >> > Project Scientist
> >> > JAMSTEC
> >> > Yokohama, Japan
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