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Workspace Method AtmFieldsFromCompact

Description

Extract pressure grid and atmospheric fields from
atm_fields_compact.

An atmospheric scenario includes the following data for each
position (pressure, latitude, longitude) in the atmosphere:
           1. temperature field
           2. the corresponding altitude field
           3. vmr fields for the gaseous species

This method just splits up the data found in atm_fields_compact to
p_grid, lat_grid, lon_grid, and the various fields. No interpolation.
See documentation of atm_fields_compact for a definition of the data.

There are some safety checks on the names of the fields: The first
field must be called "T", the second "z"*. Remaining fields must be
trace gas species volume mixing ratios, named for example "H2O", "O3",
and so on. The species names must fit the species in abs_species.
(Same species in same order.) Only the species name must fit, not the
full tag.

Possible future extensions: Add a keyword parameter to refine the
pressure grid if it is too coarse. Or a version that interpolates onto
given grids, instead of using and returning the original grids.

Authors: Stefan Buehler

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