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Output Files

Grid Specification

All output files are on the same MODIS Sinusoidal grid as the input files (see Directory Structure). Each file has dimensions:

11700 x 4200 x 365

corresponding to the full North American domain at 1 km resolution for a single water year (October 1 – September 30).

Primary Outputs

The two science outputs are SWE.nc and Precip.nc:

File Description Approximate Size
SWE.nc Daily snow water equivalent [m] ~16 GB
Precip.nc Daily accumulated snowfall [m] ~27 GB

These are written to:

/discover/nobackup/projects/coressd/Blender/Runs/WYxxxx/outputs/

Other Output Files

The remaining files in the outputs/ directory (G.nc, Gmelt.nc, Gpv.nc, Gmeltpv.nc, SWEpv.nc, Upv.nc, Us.nc) are either placeholders or non-functional outputs carried over from the original Blender manuscript. These should be removed in a future cleanup of the pipeline.

Note: Gmelt.nc is the same size as Precip.nc (~27 GB) because it was used as a duplicate write target during testing and was never disabled. It does not contain meaningful output.