Split timesteps of a dataset — cdo

This module splits infile into timesteps pieces. The output files will be named <obase><xxx><suffix> where suffix is the filename extension derived from the file format. xxx and the contents of the output files depends on the chosen operator.

Usage

cdo_splitday(ifile, format = NULL, obase = NULL)

cdo_splithour(ifile, format = NULL, obase = NULL)

cdo_splitmon(ifile, format = NULL, obase = NULL)

cdo_splitseas(ifile, format = NULL, obase = NULL)

cdo_splityear(ifile, format = NULL, obase = NULL)

cdo_splityearmon(ifile, format = NULL, obase = NULL)

Arguments

ifile: String with the path to the input file.
format: STRING - C-style format for strftime() (e.g. %B for the full month name)
obase: String with the basename of the output files.

Details

splithour     Split hours
              Splits a file into pieces, one for each different hour.
              xxx will have two digits with the hour.
splitday      Split days
              Splits a file into pieces, one for each different day.
              xxx will have two digits with the day.
splitseas     Split seasons
              Splits a file into pieces, one for each different season.
              xxx will have three characters with the season.
splityear     Split years
              Splits a file into pieces, one for each different year.
              xxx will have four digits with the year (YYYY).
splityearmon  Split in years and months
              Splits a file into pieces, one for each different year and month.
              xxx will have six digits with the year and month (YYYYMM).
splitmon      Split months
              Splits a file into pieces, one for each different month.
              xxx will have two digits with the month.

Note

Operators of this module need to open all output files simultaneously. The maximum number of open files depends on the operating system!