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CONFIGURATION

Rename hindcast-config as $HOME/.hindcast and edit it to configure the database connection:

cp hindcast-config $HOME/.hindcast chmod u=rw,g=,o= $HOME/.hindcast vim $HOME/.hindcast

Create a user "hindcast_admin":

psql -U postgres -d template1 -c
"create role hindcast_admin with password '...password...' login inherit;"

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CREATING THE DATABASE

First create a PostGIS database:

createdb -U postgres -O hindcast_admin hindcast psql -U postgres -d hindcast -c
"create extension postgis;" psql -U postgres -d hindcast -f postgis_owner.sql

Load the hindcast schema:

psql -U hindcast_admin -d hindcast -f hindcast.sql

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LOADING THE GRID

Create a directory 'data' under this directory and copy the grid file there:

mkdir data cp /...path-to-grid-file.../fort.14 data/

Run the grid loading script:

python load_grid.py

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LOADING THE MODEL DATA

Run the model data loading script:

python load_model_data.py [variable] [year] [file_path]

E.g.: python load_model_data.py tmm10 1999 /...path-to-file.../swan_TMM10.63