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NAME
metro - METRo is a road weather forecast software.
SYNOPSIS
metro [--version] [--help] [--roadcast-start-date date] [--input-fore-
cast filename] [--input-observation filename] [--input-station file-
name] [--output-forecast filename] [--output-roadcast filename] [--con-
fig filename] [--generate-config filename] [--log-file filename]
[--verbose-level level] [--selftest] [--silent] [--lang]
[--use-solarflux-forecast] [--use-infrared-forecast]
[--output-subsurface-levels]
DESCRIPTION
With the help of observations provided by roads weather stations (road
weather information system, RWIS) and the atmospheric forecast, METRo
can predict the roads conditions with particular interest such as:
freezing rain, accumulation of snow, frost or defrost soil.
OPTIONS
--version
output version information and exit
--help Display a list of command line options.
--roadcast-start-date date
Optionnal. If this argument is not present, the date of the
last observation is used. Date of the first roadcast. The for-
mat is ISO 8601. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 for
further details.
--use-solarflux-forecast
Starting from version 3.2.0
Optionnal. Use this argument if you want to provide the solar
flux in the atmospheric forecast file instead of a theoretical
flux based on cloud cover. The tag for solar flux in forecast file
is '<sf>'.
--use-infrared-forecast
Starting from version 3.2.0
Optionnal. Use this argument if you want to provide the infra-fred
flux in the atmospheric forecast file instead of a theoretical flux
based on cloud cover. The tag for infra-red flux in forecast file
is '<ir>'.
--output-subsurface-levels
Starting from version 3.2.0
Put in the output roadcast all the temperature for the subsurfaces
levels, 19 levels for roads or a uniform grid at every cm for bridges.
WARNING: Using this option slow down METRo by a factor of 2.
--input-forecast filename
Set where is the atmospheric forecast file.
--input-observation filename
filename is where the observation of the RWIS station is.
--input-station filename
filename is where the configuration file of the RWIS station is.
--output-forecast filename
Set where the roadcast of METRo will be written.
--config filename
If a configuration file is provided, the options in this file
can be used instead of those given in command line. To generate
a file with the requested format, see the option --generate-con-
fig .
--generate-config filename
Generate an empty config file. You can then fill the options
that will be used if the option --config is set to filename on a
subsequent call to metro.
--log-file filename
Set the path of the metro log file.
--verbose-level level
Select the verbose level of the logged messages of metro.
1- No log is made of any message
2- Minimal level
3- Normal (default)
4- Full
5- Debug
--selftest
Execute a test with default files provided with metro. This
command uses the option --output-subsurface-levels.
-silent
Do not write in the standard output.
-lang fr|en
Choose the language of message for METRo. Default is english.
Only french is currently implemented as other language.
AUTHOR
Written by Miguel Tremblay, François Fortin, Yves Delage and
Louis-Philippe Crevier.
COPYRIGHT
COPYRIGHT © 2004, Service Meteorologique du Canada, Environnement
Canada. See documentation for details at
http://documentation.wikia.com/wiki/METRo .
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <metro-developers@gna.org> metro(1)
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