.. _Section_FileType_samin:


SAM Input Files
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| **DOI:** https://doi.org/10.5439/2572661
| **File type abbreviation:** ``samin``

The SAM input files contain all the information required to initialize and run the respective simulation. The file downloaded to the user consists of a tar file containing the SAM run directory. In addition to using the contents of the tar files to rerun LASSO-ENA simulations, the information in these files is useful for identifying model configuration choices, for example looking at the namelist file.

Users can also obtain the SAM initial conditions and large-scale forcing data for a particular simulation from the ``samin`` tar file. These follow the traditional SAM data format with the initial profile in ``snd``, the large-scale fording in ``lsf``, and the sea-surface temperature in ``sfc``. These text files can be converted to inputs for other LES and single-column models that are based on similar data requirements.

The ``samin`` files are approximately 50 MB.