[ncl-talk] wrf domain location

[Matt Masarik]

ps, I'm working on Yellowstone using the following modules;

ncarenv/1.0
ncarbinlibs/1.1
intel/12.1.5
ncarcompilers/1.0
netcdf/4.3.0
ncl/6.3.0


On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 4:34 PM, Matt Masarik <mattmasarik at boisestate.edu>
wrote:

> I tried plotting some WRF data today with an NCL script that has worked
> correctly previously, and found that the location of the domain is
> incorrect.  The domain should be centered over / containing Idaho (verified
> with ncview), but the output from the ncl script shows the domain located
> over Florida, containing the SE US (attached).
>
> Here's the (editted) script:
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> ;----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ; wrf_gsn_6.ncl
> ;----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ; Concepts illustrated:
> ;   - Using gsn_csm scripts to plot WRF-ARW data
> ;   - Overlaying filled contours, and vectors on a map
> ;   - Setting the correct WRF map projection using wrf_map_resources
> ;   - Setting lots of resources to customize a WRF plot
> ;----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ; This script is meant to show the difference between plotting WRF
> ; data using wrf_xxx scripts, and using gsn_csm_xxx scripts.
> ;----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ; You can safely ignore these warning messages:
> ;
> ; warning:start_lat is not a valid resource in wrf_gsn_contour at this time
> ; warning:start_lon is not a valid resource in wrf_gsn_contour at this time
> ; warning:end_lat is not a valid resource in wrf_gsn_contour at this time
> ; warning:end_lon is not a valid resource in wrf_gsn_contour at this time
> ; warning:mpNestTime is not a valid resource in map at this time
> ;----------------------------------------------------------------------
> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl"
>
>
> begin
>
> ;---Parameters
>   input_file         = "wrfout_d01_2015-02-05_00:00:00.nc"
>   input_dir          = "/glade/u/home/mmasarik/WRF-NCL/input"
>   input_path         = input_dir + "/" +  input_file
>
>   plot_name          = "streamlines_station-points"
>
>
>
> ;---Open WRF output file
>   a                  = addfile(input_path,"r")
>
>
> ;--Create Workstation
>   wks                = gsn_open_wks("png","wrf_map")
>
>
> ;--Start resources
>   res                                = True
>   res at gsnFrame                       = False
>   res at gsnDraw                        = False
>   res at gsnLeftString                  = ""
>   res at gsnRightString                 = ""
>   res at tfDoNDCOverlay                 = True         ; necesssary
>
>
> ;---Map plot
>   map_res                             = res
>   map_res                             = wrf_map_resources(a,map_res)
>   map_res at gsnFrame                    = False
>   map_res at gsnDraw                     = False
>   map_res at gsnStringFontHeightF        = 0.015
>   map_res at tiMainJust                  = "CenterLeft"
>   map_res at tiMainPosition              = "Left"
>   map_res at tiMainOffsetYF              = -0.01
>
>
> ;---Set map resources based on projection on WRF output file
>   map_res at mpFillOn                    = False
>   map_res at mpOutlineOn                 = True
>   map_res at mpDataBaseVersion           = "MediumRes"
>   map_res at mpOutlineDrawOrder          = "PostDraw"
>   map_res at mpUSStateLineColor          = "Black"
>   map_res at mpPerimLineColor            = "Black"
>   map_res at mpNationalLineColor         = "Black"
>   map_res at mpLimbLineColor             = "Black"
>   map_res at mpGridLineColor             = "Black"
>   map_res at mpGeophysicalLineColor      = "Black"
>   map_res at mpUSStateLineThicknessF     = 3.0
>   map_res at mpNationalLineThicknessF    = 3.0
>   map_res at mpGeophysicalLineThicknessF = 3.0
>
>   map = gsn_csm_map(wks,map_res)
>
>
>
> ;---Overlay plots on map and draw.
>   draw(map)
>   frame(wks)
>
>
> end
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> The only warnings I get are the one's mentioned above in the script.  What
> am I doing wrong here?
>
> Thanks!
>
> matt
>
>
>
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