ICE_TO_MESH
Transfer ICE dataset from NECDF format to MESH format

ICE_TO_MESH is a MATLAB program which reads a NETCDF file containing an ICE dataset and rewrites the information as a MESH file.

Usage

ice_to_mesh ( 'prefix' )

• 'prefix' is the filename prefix,

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

ICE_TO_MESH is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN77 version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.

Related Programs:

FEM_TO_MESH, a MATLAB program which reads a pair of FEM files defining node coordinates and elements, and creates a corresponding MESH file.

ICE, a data directory which contains examples of ICE files, which store icesheet grid datasets in the NETCDF format.

ICE_IO, a MATLAB library which reads or writes ICE datasets, using the NETCDF format.

MESH, a data directory which contains examples of MESH files, which can be used to define the geometry of a finite element mesh in 2D or 3D, using triangles, quadrilaterals, tetrahedrons or hexahedrons.

MESH_IO, a MATLAB library which can read or write MESH files, which can be used to define the geometry of a finite element mesh in 2D or 3D, using triangles, quadrilaterals, tetrahedrons or hexahedrons.

MESH_TO_ICE, a MATLAB program which reads a MESH file containing an ICE dataset and rewrites the information as a NETCDF file.

NETCDF_GLIMMER, MATLAB programs which read and write GLIMMER grid and solution data stored as a NETCDF file.

Reference:

1. Pascal Frey,
   MEDIT: An interactive mesh visualization software,
   Technical Report RT-0253,
   Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique,
   03 December 2001,
   medit.pdf.
2. Russ Rew, Glenn Davis, Steve Emmerson, Harvey Davies, Ed Hartne,
   The NetCDF User's Guide,
   Unidata Program Center, March 2009,
   netcdf.pdf,

Source Code:

• ice_to_mesh.m the program.

Examples and Tests:

HEXAHEXA_2x2x2 subdivides the unit cube into a 2x2x2 mesh of 8 subcubes or "hexahedra", using 27 vertices, and 24 boundary quadrilaterals.

• hexahexa_2x2x2.nc, the NETCDF file.
• hexahexa_2x2x2.mesh, the MESH file created by the program.

PART is a large 3D object including 28,694 vertices, 14,890 triangles, 150,779 tetrahedrons, 50 corners, 1905 edges and 1905 ridges.

• part.nc, the NETCDF file.
• part.mesh, the MESH file created by the program.

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