[ncl-talk] Error while handling multiple WRF output files
swati shewale
shewaleswati16 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 10 00:23:00 MDT 2017
vertical scale for WUCM and NOUCM is common (single)
On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 11:51 AM, swati shewale <shewaleswati16 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I am sorry raw idea about plot is correct....but mistaken about giving
> title....please neglect title
> it should be as
>
>
> title ---> 13aug 14aug 15aug
>
> WUCM plot0 plot1
> plot2 vertical scale for WUCM and NOUCM vertical scale
> for WUCM-NOUCM
> NOUCM plot3 plot4 plot5
> (WUCM - NOUCM) plot6 plot7 plot8
>
>
> WUCM, NOUCM and (WUCM - NOUCM) is left axis string....title and string I
> can provide....about scale doubtful as well as arranging plots from top to
> bottom
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 11:44 AM, swati shewale <shewaleswati16 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> I understood gsn_panel(wks,(/plot0,plot1,plot2,plot3,plot4,plot5/),(/2,3/),pres)
>> will give 3 plot in one row and another 3 plot in second row as follows
>>
>> plot0 plot1 plot2
>> plot3 plot4 plot5
>>
>> but below resources
>>
>> pres at gsnPanelLeft = 0.
>> pres at gsnPanelRight = 2./3
>>
>> tells arrange plot as
>>
>> plot0 plot1
>> plot2 plot3
>> plot4 plot4
>>
>> so using which resource should I replace it
>> Also tell me about scale, that I want in extreme right
>>
>> let me give you raw idea
>>
>> WUCM = 3 plot (1st row =plot0, plot1, plot2)
>> NOWUCM = 3 plot (1st row =plot3, plot4, plot5)
>> WUCM-NOUCM = 3 plot (1st row =plot6, plot7, plot8)
>>
>>
>> title ---> WUCM NOUCM (WUCM-NOUCM)
>>
>> plot0 plot1 plot2
>> vertical scale for WUCM and NOUCM vertical scale for
>> WUCM-NOUCM
>> plot3 plot4 plot5
>> plot6 plot7 plot8
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 11:29 AM, swati shewale <shewaleswati16 at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> but as We have mentioned that put first 6 plot in left side (
>>> pres at gsnPanelLeft = 0.
>>> pres at gsnPanelRight = 2./3)....so even if we write
>>> gsn_panel(wks,(/plot0,plot1,plot2,plot3,plot4,plot5/),(/2,3/),pres)
>>> as per my knowledge, it will arrange as follows
>>>
>>> plot0 plot1
>>> plot2 plot3
>>> plot4 plot5
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 11:41 PM, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There's no resource that changes the ordering of the plots.
>>>>
>>>> To change the ordering of the plots, you simply need to rearrange them
>>>> in the call to gsn_panel.
>>>>
>>>> In order words, which ever plot you want in the upper left corner is
>>>> the one that should be first listed in the call to gsn_panel:
>>>>
>>>> gsn_panel(wks,(/plot0,plot1,plot2,plot3,plot4,plot5/),(/2,3/),pres)
>>>>
>>>> Right now, it's ordered:
>>>>
>>>> plot0 plot1 plot2
>>>> plot3 plot4 plot5
>>>>
>>>> If you want:
>>>>
>>>> plot3 plot4 plot5
>>>> plot0 plot1 plot2
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> then use:
>>>>
>>>> gsn_panel(wks,(/plot3,plot4,plot5,plot0,plot1,plot2/),(/2,3/),pres)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --Mary
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 7:10 AM, swati shewale <shewaleswati16 at gmail.com
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> above attached plot is just to show the scale (rightmost) and left
>>>>> side titles that I want. I know the resource for left side is tiYAxisString
>>>>> / tiXAxisString. but unable to make plotting from top to bottom
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 6:25 PM, swati shewale <
>>>>> shewaleswati16 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Mary,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The resources that you set in your demo script like left and right
>>>>>> space for panel (first panel of six plot vertically and another panel of
>>>>>> three plot vertically) as below
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ;---Define space for leftmost column of plots, and their labelbar
>>>>>> width
>>>>>> pres at gsnPanelLeft = 0.
>>>>>> pres at gsnPanelRight = 2./3
>>>>>> pres at pmLabelBarWidthF = 0.6
>>>>>> gsn_panel(wks,(/plot1,plot2,plot3,plot4,plot5,plot6/),(/3,2/),pres)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ;---Define space for righmost column of plots, and their labelbar
>>>>>> width
>>>>>> delta = 0.028
>>>>>> pres at gsnPanelLeft = pres at gsnPanelRight - delta ; Left
>>>>>> plots don't stretch all the way to
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ; 2/3, so move right plots a little to left.
>>>>>> pres at gsnPanelRight = 1.0 - delta
>>>>>> pres at pmLabelBarWidthF = pres at pmLabelBarWidthF * 0.5 ; half the
>>>>>> width of other labelbar
>>>>>> gsn_panel(wks,(/plot7,plot8,plot9/),(/3,1/),pres)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I wish to do plots from top to bottom instead of left to right,
>>>>>> along with both scales vertical (which should have position to the extreme
>>>>>> right).
>>>>>> I just did change in your script as follow
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ;---Set some panel resources common to both sets of plots
>>>>>> pres = True
>>>>>> pres at txFontHeightF = .010
>>>>>> pres at txString = "
>>>>>> WUCM
>>>>>> NOUCM WUCM - NOUCM"
>>>>>> pres at gsnPanelLabelBar = True
>>>>>> pres at gsnMaximize = True
>>>>>> pres at pmLabelBarHeightF = 0.08
>>>>>> pres at lbLabelFontHeightF = 0.01
>>>>>> pres at gsnFrame = False ; Needed for paneling two sets
>>>>>> of plots on same frame.
>>>>>> pres at gsnPanelYWhiteSpacePercent = 4
>>>>>> pres at gsnPanelXWhiteSpacePercent = 4
>>>>>> pres at gsnPanelBoxes = True ; debugging tool
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ;---Define space for leftmost column of plots, and their labelbar
>>>>>> width
>>>>>> pres at gsnPanelTop = 0.
>>>>>> pres at gsnPanelBottom = 2./3
>>>>>> pres at pmLabelBarWidthF = 0.6
>>>>>> gsn_panel(wks,(/plot0,plot1,plot2,plot3,plot4,plot5/),(/2,3/),pres)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ;---Define space for righmost column of plots, and their labelbar
>>>>>> width
>>>>>> delta = 0.005
>>>>>> pres at gsnPanelTop = pres at gsnPanelBottom - delta ; Left plots
>>>>>> don't stretch all the way to
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ; 2/3, so move right plots a little to left.
>>>>>> pres at gsnPanelBottom = 1.0 - delta
>>>>>> pres at pmLabelBarWidthF = pres at pmLabelBarWidthF * 0.5 ; half the
>>>>>> width of other labelbar
>>>>>> gsn_panel(wks,(/plot6,plot7,plot8/),(/3,1/),pres)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> txres = True
>>>>>> txres at txFontHeightF = 0.02
>>>>>> gsn_text_ndc(wks,"Temperature at 2m (degC) over Patna
>>>>>> city",0.5,0.92,txres)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> gives me error as
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (0) Warning: gsn_panel: attribute gsnPanelTop must be > 0.0 and <=
>>>>>> 1.0
>>>>>> (0) Defaulting to 1.
>>>>>> (0) Warning: gsn_panel: font height (0.01) of main string is too
>>>>>> large to fit in space provided. Either decrease font size or set
>>>>>> gsnPanelTop.
>>>>>> (0) Warning: gsn_panel: font height (0.02) of main string is too
>>>>>> large to fit in space provided. Either decrease font size or set
>>>>>> gsnPanelTop.
>>>>>> (0) Error: gsn_panel: attribute gsnPanelTop (0.661667) must be
>>>>>> greater
>>>>>> (0) than gsnPanelBottom (0.995).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also Please tell me, how should I fix scale vertically that to
>>>>>> extreme right. Actually I want plot from top to bottom because I want to
>>>>>> provide resources at left side (for example purpose attached a plot).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have model runs two types ....named WUCM and NOUCM
>>>>>> I want it like......first row contain 3 plot (WUCM)
>>>>>> second row contain 3 plot (NOWUCM)
>>>>>> above two rows have same scale
>>>>>> third row contain 3 plot of above difference
>>>>>> (WUCM - NOWUCM)
>>>>>> this one have different scale (as it is difference between WUCM -
>>>>>> WUCM)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I hope, I tried better to convey things I want.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 11:30 AM, swati shewale <
>>>>>> shewaleswati16 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks a lot Mary for giving detail info along with demo script.
>>>>>>> I have mentioned special lat2d/lon2d attributes in gsn script (named
>>>>>>> convention in my a script is lat/lon). Anyway I will go through the script
>>>>>>> and link. Thanks again.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 12:46 AM, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for providing clean scripts and explanations.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1. This warning is because when you use gsn_csm_contour_map to plot
>>>>>>>> curvilinear data, you must associate the lat/lon arrays with the data being
>>>>>>>> plotted. Otherwise, it does't know where on the map the data is supposed to
>>>>>>>> go.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you looked at the wrf_gsn_1.ncl and wrf_gsn_2.ncl scripts,
>>>>>>>> you'll see they are both using special lat2d/lon2d attributes to accomplish
>>>>>>>> this:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> hgt = wrf_user_getvar(a,"HGT",it) ; Terrain elevation
>>>>>>>> hgt at lat2d = wrf_user_getvar(a,"XLAT",it) ; latitude/longitude
>>>>>>>> hgt at lon2d = wrf_user_getvar(a,"XLONG",it) ; required for
>>>>>>>> plotting
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> However, you would have to do this for every variable you plot.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Instead, you can set these two resources before any calls to
>>>>>>>> gsn_csm_contour_map:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> res at sfXArray = lon
>>>>>>>> res at sfYArray = lat
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2.
>>>>>>>> I think the issue with cnConstFEnableFill
>>>>>>>> is that you are setting that resource *after* plots #0-5 have
>>>>>>>> been created. You need to make sure this line:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> res at cnConstFEnableFill= True ; allow constant values (1=sig)
>>>>>>>> to fill
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> is *before* all of your gsn_csm_contour_map calls.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 3. In order to panel two sets of plots on the same page, you first
>>>>>>>> need to set:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> pnlres at gsnFrame = False
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> so that the frame doesn't get advanced after each one. You will
>>>>>>>> then need to advance the frame yourself when done:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> frame(wks)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The other issue with paneling two sets of plots, is that you need
>>>>>>>> to make sure they don't get drawn on top of each other. There are many
>>>>>>>> examples on our "Panels
>>>>>>>> <http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/panel.shtml>" example page
>>>>>>>> that show how to do various configurations of plots and labelbars. Here are
>>>>>>>> some that might help:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/panel.shtml#ex12
>>>>>>>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/panel.shtml#ex22
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The important thing is that you need to set gsnPanelRight /
>>>>>>>> gsnPanelLeft to control which part of the frame each set of plots is drawn
>>>>>>>> in. Since the first set is 3 x 2 plots and the second set is 3 x 1 plots,
>>>>>>>> this means the 3 x 2 plots should take up 2/3 of the width, and the 3 x 1
>>>>>>>> plots will take up 1/3 of the width.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> See attached script which uses dummy data.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --Mary
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 2:04 AM, swati shewale <
>>>>>>>> shewaleswati16 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hello Mary,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As per your suggestion I went through the links provided by you. I
>>>>>>>>> will explain one by one the issues I came across while doing plot using
>>>>>>>>> inbuilt wrf function as well as gsn function separately. I have attached
>>>>>>>>> scripts along with plot. the kind of titles (as well as left and side
>>>>>>>>> string), I want is reflected in gsn plot which am unable to do in wrf plot.
>>>>>>>>> I have given suitable names to scripts as well as plot for your
>>>>>>>>> convenience. Hope you wont get confuse.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In first script (1_plot_using_wrf_function)
>>>>>>>>> 1. after mentioning re at cnConstFEnableFill = True, getting
>>>>>>>>> warning as
>>>>>>>>> warning:ContourPlotInitialize: scalar field is constant; no
>>>>>>>>> contour lines will appear; use cnConstFEnableFill to enable fill
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> actually using wrf in built function gives nice plot but unable to
>>>>>>>>> make self explanatory (giving strings and titles) plot so thought of
>>>>>>>>> ploting using gsn function
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In second script (2_plot_using_gsn_function), issues are
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1. even after mentioning lat/lon getting warning as follow
>>>>>>>>> (0) check_for_y_lat_coord: Warning: Data either does not
>>>>>>>>> contain a valid latitude coordinate array or doesn't contain one at all.
>>>>>>>>> (0) A valid latitude coordinate array should have a 'units'
>>>>>>>>> attribute equal to one of the following values:
>>>>>>>>> (0) 'degrees_north' 'degrees-north' 'degree_north' 'degrees
>>>>>>>>> north' 'degrees_N' 'Degrees_north' 'degree_N' 'degreeN' 'degreesN' 'deg
>>>>>>>>> north'
>>>>>>>>> (0) check_for_lon_coord: Warning: Data either does not contain
>>>>>>>>> a valid longitude coordinate array or doesn't contain one at all.
>>>>>>>>> (0) A valid longitude coordinate array should have a 'units'
>>>>>>>>> attribute equal to one of the following values:
>>>>>>>>> (0) 'degrees_east' 'degrees-east' 'degree_east' 'degrees
>>>>>>>>> east' 'degrees_E' 'Degrees_east' 'degree_E' 'degreeE' 'degreesE' 'deg east'
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2. after mentioning re at cnConstFEnableFill = True, getting
>>>>>>>>> warning as
>>>>>>>>> warning:ContourPlotInitialize: scalar field is constant; no
>>>>>>>>> contour lines will appear; use cnConstFEnableFill to enable fill
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 3. I want all 9 plots on single panel with scales vertical,
>>>>>>>>> instead I am getting it on two different pages
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think, I have to manage or add more resources in pres1/pres2
>>>>>>>>> such as (*vpXF
>>>>>>>>> <https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/Resources/vp.shtml#vpXF>*
>>>>>>>>> and *vpYF
>>>>>>>>> <https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/Resources/vp.shtml#vpYF>*)
>>>>>>>>> (*vpHeightF
>>>>>>>>> <https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/Resources/vp.shtml#vpHeightF>*
>>>>>>>>> and *vpWidthF
>>>>>>>>> <https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/Resources/vp.shtml#vpWidthF>*)
>>>>>>>>> , so that I may get 9 plots on single panel. If you know any link which
>>>>>>>>> resembles like the plot i want,Please let me know. side by I will again go
>>>>>>>>> through links given by you.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 9:30 AM, swati shewale <
>>>>>>>>> shewaleswati16 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thank you so much Mary....surely I will go through the link
>>>>>>>>>> provided by you....If come across any problem, will let you know
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 12:36 AM, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Please see this page:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/wrfgsn.shtml
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> and look at the first example (wrf_gsn_1.ncl and
>>>>>>>>>>> wrf_nogsn_1.ncl) and the second example (wrf_gsn_2.ncl).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> These show how to use gsn to plot data and it compares the plot
>>>>>>>>>>> with using WRF functions.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> In the wrf_gsn_1.ncl plot, you can see that the
>>>>>>>>>>> gsnLeft/RightString resources are being set automatically, because the data
>>>>>>>>>>> has a description and units attribute.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Try this script as a start on your own data, and also look at
>>>>>>>>>>> wrf_gsn_2.ncl to see how to further customize your plot.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> If you are unable to get the plot to look as nice as you want,
>>>>>>>>>>> email ncl-talk at ucar.edu again with your new script and what you
>>>>>>>>>>> want it to look like, and we can help further.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Good luck,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --Mary
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 3:21 AM, swati shewale <
>>>>>>>>>>> shewaleswati16 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you Mary... its wrf file, I just renamed it for my
>>>>>>>>>>>> convenience. Actually I am able to plot it using wrf function but unable to
>>>>>>>>>>>> put left/right/centre strings, as those are related to gsn functions. so to
>>>>>>>>>>>> overcome the difficulty of left/right/centre, I thought to make a plot
>>>>>>>>>>>> using gsn functions injstead of wrf functions. but inbuilt wrf functions
>>>>>>>>>>>> gives nicer plots than gsn one.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 3:48 AM, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's hard for somebody to simply look at a script to see if
>>>>>>>>>>>>> it's correct or not. I do see some errors, but even if I correct the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> errors, I can't be sure it's 100% correct without having access to your
>>>>>>>>>>>>> data.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The problems are:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Your data file is called "patna_data.nc". You are using
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrf_xxxx functions to plot this data. Since WRF-ARW output files are
>>>>>>>>>>>>> normally called something like "wrfout_d02_2005-08-29_00:00:00",
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I can't be sure that you are actually plotting WRF-ARW data. You can only
>>>>>>>>>>>>> use wrf_xxx plotting functions on WRF-ARW data.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [2]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You have:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> t = a->T2(0:7,:,:)
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ter = dim_avg_n( ter1, 0 )
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ter = ter - 273
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't know what your objective, so I don't know if the above
>>>>>>>>>>>>> is correct. However, you are calling "dim_avg_n" on "ter1" which doesn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>> exist. Did you mean:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ter = dim_avg_n( t, 0 )
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The above will take an average of the first 8 times teps of
>>>>>>>>>>>>> your data, assuming that the leftmost dimension of T2 represents time.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Further, you should use the _Wrap version of this function, so
>>>>>>>>>>>>> metadata is maintained:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ter = dim_avg_n_Wrap( t, 0 )
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [3]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You have:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ter = ter - 273
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Since you are changing the units, you should update the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> "units" attribute to something like this:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ter at units = "degC"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The rest of the script looks okay, but again, the wrf_contour
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and wrf_map_overlays procedures will only work if you are actually plotting
>>>>>>>>>>>>> WRF-ARW data.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --Mary
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 10:02 PM, swati shewale <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> shewaleswati16 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you. I will try with your script. yesterday I tried it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with below script. Please have a look and let me know, whether it is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> correct or not.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 12:54 AM, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If I understand you correctly, then you need to reshape your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> X array so that it is NTIM x 8 x NLAT x NLON, and then you can average
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> across the second dimension from the left.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've attached a modified version of your script, which is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> UNTESTED. You may need to modify it to do the right thing with regard to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> copying over the required metadata. I did this a little with copy_VarAtts,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and copy_coords.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --Mary
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 3:42 AM, swati shewale <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shewaleswati16 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hiii,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> using ncrcat I have single file containing 24 time step
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (3hrly, 3 days). Now I want to plot temperature variable (average for each
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> day, spatial, panel plot). I am unable to take out time step for 1st day
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (0:7) and then do average of it...then second day (8:15) ...likewise for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> third day (16:23). I wrote a script, in that it takes average over all time
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> steps. what changes should I make so that I can get average over specific
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time step? attached herewith script.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> summary of variable temperature is as follow.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Variable: X
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Type: float
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Total Size: 5658552 bytes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1414638 values
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Number of Dimensions: 3
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dimensions and sizes: [Time | 23] x [south_north | 201]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> x [west_east | 306]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Coordinates:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Number Of Attributes: 6
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FieldType : 104
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MemoryOrder : XY
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> description : TEMP at 2 M
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> units : K
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stagger :
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> coordinates : XLONG XLAT XTIME
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 3:04 PM, swati shewale <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shewaleswati16 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you. I will try with it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 8:39 PM, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The error message is telling you that there's something
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrong with argument 0 passed to wrf_contour. Argument 0 refers to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> first argument in the list, which is "a(itime)" in this case.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The issue is that when you use addfiles to open a series
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of files, you need to use square brackets, [], to access a single file, and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not curved brackets, (). This is because addfiles returns a "List" object,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and lists in NCL need to be access with square brackets.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You have:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> contour = wrf_contour(a(itime),wks,t,t_res)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and this should be:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> contour = wrf_contour(a[itime],wks,t,t_res)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --Mary
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 4:40 AM, swati shewale <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shewaleswati16 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hiiii
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I want to do panel plotting using WRF output. I have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> total 8 files, each contains single time step (one day, 3 hrly datafiles so
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> total 8 files). out of eight times I want to plot 6 time step (panel plot)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for variable slp and temperature.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It shows below error.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fatal:Argument type mismatch on argument (0) of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (wrf_contour) can not coerce
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fatal:["Execute.c":8567]:Execute: Error occurred at or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> near line 44 in file temp.ncl
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (0) Error: gsn_panel: all of the plots passed to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gsn_panel appear to be invalid
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Attached herewith script.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you in advance. Any help will be appreciated
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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