How much storage is required for the HYCOM data in netCDF format? |
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Here is the breakdown of the GLBa0.08 data files for a 00Z snapshot (1 day):
2d/archv.YYYY_DDD_00_2d.nc 521,788,000 Bytes [uncompressed] OR 246,421,000 Bytes {compressed} salt/archv.YYYY_DDD_00_3zs.nc 2,029,076,000 Bytes [uncompressed] OR 643,528,000 Bytes {compressed} temp/archv.YYYY_DDD_00_3zt.nc 2,029,076,000 Bytes [uncompressed] OR 643,528,000 Bytes {compressed} uvel/archv.YYYY_DDD_00_3zu.nc 2,029,076,000 Bytes [uncompressed] OR 643,528,000 Bytes {compressed} vvel/archv.YYYY_DDD_00_3zv.nc 2,029,076,000 Bytes [uncompressed] OR 643,528,000 Bytes {compressed} ========================================= Totals (approximately): 8,638,092,000 Bytes / day (00Z) [uncompressed] OR 2,820,533,000 Bytes / day (00Z) {compressed} 3,152,903,580,000 Bytes / year (365 days) [uncompressed] OR 1,029,494,545,000 Bytes / year (365 days) {compressed} |