# asc2clm.1

         NAME
              asc2clm - convert ARC/Info ASCII files to clm data files for
              LPJmL

         SYNOPSIS
              asc2clm [-h] [-f] [-firstyear y] [-grid file] [-nbands n]
              [-scale s] ascfile ... clmfile [gridfile]

         DESCRIPTION
              Program converts ARC/Info ASCII (plain text) input data
              files into LPJ climate data file.

         OPTIONS
              -h   display a short help text

              -f   force overwrite of existing CLM file

              -firstyear y
                   set first simulation year in CLM file, default is 1901

              -grid file
                   write LPJ grid file

              -nbands n
                   set number of bands of CLM file, default is 12

              -header s
                   set header string of CLM file, default is LPJCLIM

              -scale s
                   scale data by a factor

              ascfile
                   filename(s) of ARC/info ASCII data

              clmfile
                   filename of clm data file written

         EXAMPLES
         data by 10:
              Create clm data and grid file from ARC/Info dataset and scale
                   asc2clm -grid grid.clm -scale 10 tmp_1901_*.asc
                   tmp_1901.clm

         EXIT STATUS
              asc2clm returns a zero exit status if the clm file is
              created.  Non zero is returned in case of failure.

         AUTHOR
              Werner von Bloh (Werner.von.Bloh@pik-potsdam.de),

         SEE ALSO
              lpjml(1), txt2clm(1), cru2clm(1), grid2clm(1), cft2clm(1),
              catclm(1), clm(5)