Name

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TOPO_READ_5_MINUTE_KPB

Purpose

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This function reads the global NGDC TerrainBase 5-minute global topographic
and bathymetric data and returns a structure containing the topographic data,
along with the longitudes, latitudes, and areas of the grid.

Calling Sequence

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topo = TOPO_READ_5_MINUTE_KPB([infile])

Inputs

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infile : optional input file name. By default the function attempts to
read the file whose name is stored in the system variable
!TOPO_5_MINUTE_KPB
DEFSYSV, '!TOPO_5_MINUTE_KPB', '/bowman_lib/topo/data/5_minute_land_ocean/tbase.bin'

Output

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topo : structure containing an array with topographic and bathymetric data,
longitude andlatitude coordinates, and the areas of the grid boxes.
Topographic data are stored as 2-byte integers. Note: to save
storage, the grid cell areas are returned as a 1-D latitude-dependent
array.

Keywords

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DATELINE : if set, start dataset at the international dateline. The default
is to start at the Greenwich meridian.

Author And History

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K. Bowman. 2008-03-01.
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Please report bugs to k-bowman@tamu.edu.