This page borrows liberally from Gautam's excellent CLM4.5 dataset for year 1850 at ne120np4 resolution. It adds some more information on how to incorporate
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2. Compile surface dataset source code
module load cray-netcdf
module load cray-hdf5
export LIB_NETCDF=$NETCDF_DIR/lib
export INC_NETCDF=$NETCDF_DIR/include
export USER_FC=ifort
export USER_CC=icc
export USER_LDFLAGS="-L$NETCDF_DIR/lib -lnetcdf -lnetcdff -lnetcdf_intel"
export USER_LDFLAGS=$USER_LDFLAGS" -L$HDF5_DIR/lib -lhdf5 -lhdf5_fortran -lhdf5_cpp -lhdf5_fortran_intel -lhdf5_hl_intel -lhdf5hl_fortran_intel"
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./mksurfdata.pl -res ne120np4 -d -dinlc /global/project/projectdirs/acme/inputdata -usr_mapdir /global/project/projectdirs/acme/inputdata/lnd/clm2/mappingdata/maps/ne120np4
For 1850 - 2015 low-res:
./mksurfdata.pl -res ne30np4 -years 1850,2015 -d -dinlc /global/project/projectdirs/acme/inputdata -usr_mapdir /global/project/projectdirs/acme/inputdata/lnd/clm2/mappingdata/maps/ne30np4
4. Modify namelist file if land cover information should be used
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