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-s: start year (example: 1980). The first month used will be Dec of the year before the start year you specify (example Dec 1979 to allow for contiguous DJF climos). If "-a sdd" is specified, the first month used will be Jan of the specified start year.
-a: type of DJF average
-a scd (default) : seasonally continuous December. The first month used will be Dec of the year before the start year you specify with -s
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-o: directory where computed native grid climo files should will be placed. Regridded climos will also be placed here unless a separate directory for them is specified with -O (NB: capital "O")
-O: directory where regridded climo files should will be placed.
-c: caseid, i.e., simulation name. For input files like famipc5_ne30_v0.3_00001.cam.h0.1980-01.nc, specify "-c famipc5_ne30_v0.3_00001". The ".cam." and ".h0." bits are added to the filenames internally by default, and can be modified via the "-m mdl_nm" and "-h hst_nm" switches if needed. See comments in ncclimo for documentation.
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