tas2temp

#!/bin/tcsh

## This script converts netcdf files with temperatures in Kelvin (K)
## to Celsius (degC) by subtracting 273.15.  Only the first
## temperature variable found is converted.

## The variable name is determined by grepping the input file header
## for a variable with the appropriate units for conversion.

## If no output filename is specified, a default filename is
## constructed by substitution on the input filename as follows:

##    s/tasmin/tmin/
##    s/tasmax/tmax/
##    s/tas/temp/

## The resulting output file is placed in the same directory
## as the input file.

set prog = `basename $0`


if ($#argv < 1 || $#argv > 2) then
    echo "Usage: $prog infile [outfile]"
    exit 1
endif

set infile = $1

if ($#argv == 2) then
    set outfile = $2
else    
    set outfile = `dirname $infile`/`basename $infile | \
        sed -s 's/tasmin/tmin/;s/tasmax/tmax/;s/tas/temp/'`
endif


set v = `ncdump -h $infile | grep units | grep '= \"K\"' \
         | head -1 | cut -f 1 -d : | awk '{print $1}'`

if ($v == "") then
   echo ${prog}: no temperature variable found with units = \"K\"
   exit 2
endif

ncap2 -O -s "$v=$v-float(273.15)" \
   -s $v'@units="degC"' \
   $infile $outfile

if ($v == "tasmax") then
    ncrename -v $v,tmax $outfile
else if ($v == "tasmin") then
    ncrename -v $v,tmin $outfile
else 
    ncrename -v $v,temp $outfile
endif

ncatted -h -a tracking_id,global,o,c,`uuidgen` $outfile

# Copyright 2010-2018 Univ. Corp. for Atmos. Research
# Author: Seth McGinnis, mcginnis@ucar.edu