File Name Convention

Introduction

Each global grid files (*.asc) has simple metadata information on their own filename. The convention is :

${ITEM}_${TIMEINT}_${TIME}_${UNIT}_${VERSION}.asc

Following is a presice description and list of each values:

Item Name	Meaning
Pop	Population
Area	Area of GridCell
DArea	Drainage Area of gridcell
Qtotal	LSM output value: Runoff into river channel.
Dis	River discharge
SpecDis	Specific River Discharge / Height of Runoff
DisDiff	Difference in River discharge
DisRatio	Change ratio in River discharge
DisPC	Discharge per capita
Desal	Desalinized water supply
WithTotal	Total Withdrawal
WithAgr	Agricultural withdrawal
WithIndus	Industrial Withdrawal
WithDomes	Domestic Withdrawal
Rws	(WithTotal - Desal) / (Dis)

Version Name	Description	Related item(s)
GSWP1a	Result of GSWP	River Discharge, LSM Output, Rws etc.
GSWP2-${MODEL_NAME}-1Deg-1	Result of GSWP2 experiments. TRIP routing was done by Mr. Hanasaki with 1-deg grid (2004 Feb). MODEL_NAME= CLM2-TOP \| ISBA \| LaD \| NSIPP-CATCH \| SSiBCOLA \| SiBUC \| VISA \| Bucket Calc. duration is 1986-95 for bucket, and 1987-88 for others	River Discharge, LSM Output, Rws etc.
GSWP2-B0-${SUB_VERSION}	Result of GSWP2 experiments. TRIP routing was done by Mr. Hanasaki with 0.5-deg grid . Input for TRIP routing is mean of output from various LSMs submitted to GSWP2 project. Calc. duration is 1986-1995. Sub-Version : 1 = 20040922 Dam-1 : B0 with Dam (beta version, Hanasaki, 2004Nov01) . TRIP Data = ver.'GSWP2', Dam position=Hanasaki Original (not completely adjusted to TRIP network!), Routing = 'NO Groundwater Tank' method, Reservoir Operation = with Irrigation demand (without Industrial and Domestic water use),1-deg estimation, No outflow adjustment. This dataset needs to be checked more precisely (e.g. Rnet calculation, Dam position etc.) and should be regarded as a kind of BETA version.	River Discharge, LSM Output, Rws etc.
MRI-GCM-{number}	Result of MRI GCM. number is ... 1:ver.1, February, 2004	River Discharge, LSM Output, Rws etc.
CCSR-NIES-GCM-{number}	Result of CCSR/NIES GCM. number is ... 1:ver.1, Distributed in 2001 (T42?) 2:ver.1, March, 2004, 1deg.	River Discharge, LSM Output, Rws etc.

For single time slice...

If TIMEINT is 'y' (annual) or '-' (unspecified/time slice), 4-digit year is given. Ex. '2002'
If TIMEINT is 'm' (monthly) , 4-digit year followed by 2-digit month is given. Ex. '200203'

For values indicating some change between two periods...

If TIMEINT is 'y' (annual) or '-' (unspecified/time slice), two 4-digit year connected by '-' is given. Ex. '2050-1995'

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