Documentation of m_tba2b

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Function Synopsis

m_tba2b(fnam);

Help text

 M_TBA2B Converts the ASCII TerrainBase 5-minute bathymetry database
         (size 56Mb) available from
           ftp://ncardata.ucar.edu/datasets/ds759.2/tbase.Z
         into a binary file of 2-byte integers that can be read by
         M_TBASE to provide high-resolution global bathymetry.

         To use this file, first

         a) get and uncompress the tbase.Z file from the above URL into the
            current directory.

         b) run this function:

            m_tba2b(PATHNAME)

         to store the resulting binary (of size 18Mb) as PATHNAME/tbase.int

         c) Edit the PATHNAME setting in M_TBASE to point to the
            location of this file.

         d) delete the ASCII file tbase.

Pierre-Michel THEVENY <theveny@dt.insu.cnrs.fr>