[ncl-talk] Error while handling multiple WRF output files

Mary Haley haley at ucar.edu
Tue Oct 10 10:31:11 MDT 2017


The issue is that your left plots have a title on the Y axis, while your
middle and right plots do not. gsn_panel assumes all plots are the same
size, and uses the first plot in the list to determine the scale factor for
all the rest. Since the left plots are different in size, the scale factor
applied to these plots ends up being different than the scale factor
applied to the right plots.

The key here is to set the special gsnPanelScalePlotIndex to the index of
one of the middle plots, so it uses one of these for the scaling factor.
Your middle plots are indexes 1, 3, or 5, so:

pres at gsnPanelScalePlotIndex = 1   ; base resizing on plot1 (middle plot)

I've added dummy data to your gsn_function_try.ncl script, and cleaned it
up for you. I had to leave a little bit of a margin on the left side of the
panels, so the Y axis strings didn't get cut off.

If you don't want all that space between the X axis of each plot, you can
set the gsnPanelTop / gsnPanelBottom resources as desired to squish them
together. I also set the gsnPanelYWhiteSpacePercent to 0 to force them
closer.

See attached.

-Mary


On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 4:49 AM, swati shewale <shewaleswati16 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Mary,
> I followed your dummy script and plotted my dataset. It worked, now facing
> the issue of size of the plot (third vertical column). Please find the
> attachment and tell me suggestions for the same. Thanks a lot for your
> dummy script.
>
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 12:45 PM, swati shewale <shewaleswati16 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I think I can change the position of title itself....it resolves the
>> issue....I will try to write the script that way
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 11:53 AM, swati shewale <shewaleswati16 at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> 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,pl
>>>>> ot2,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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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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