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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>I am using the vert_1.ncl to convert CCSM data (for WRF)
from hybrid to pressure.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Although, T, U, V and Humidity were successful, there is a
problem with conversion of geopotential heights, despite using surface
geopotential and surface pressure.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>I use vinth2p_ecmwf, since I need values upto 1000mb .( ie
extrapolation).<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>My code is below<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Any help in conversion please..<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks a lot<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Sri<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>;*************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>; NCL tutorial script: vert_1.ncl<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>;************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>load
&quot;$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>load
&quot;$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>;************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>begin<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>Ntime = 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>;************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>; file handling<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>;************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>&nbsp;&nbsp; fn1&nbsp; =
&quot;b30.042e.cam2.h3.Z3.60E-150E_50S-50N.2000-01-01_cat_2000-12-31.nc&quot; ;
define filename<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>&nbsp;&nbsp; in1&nbsp; =
addfile(fn1,&quot;r&quot;)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;; open netcdf file<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Z3 =
in1-&gt;Z3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ; select variable to ave<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp; P0mb =1000.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp; hyam = in1-&gt;hyam&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ; get a
coefficiants<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp; hybm = in1-&gt;hybm&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ; get b
coefficiants<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang=PT-BR>fn2&nbsp; =
&quot;b30.042e.cam2.h3.PS.60E-150E_50S-50N.2000-01-01_cat_2009-12-31.nc&quot; ;
define filename<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>in2&nbsp; =
addfile(fn2,&quot;r&quot;)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ; open netcdf file<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang=PT-BR>PS&nbsp;&nbsp; =
in2-&gt;PS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; fn3&nbsp; = &quot;b30.042e.cam2.h3.PHIS.60E-150E_50S-50N.2000-01-01_cat_2009-12-31.nc&quot;
; define filename<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>in3&nbsp; =
addfile(fn3,&quot;r&quot;)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ; open netcdf file<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp; PHIS&nbsp;&nbsp; = in3-&gt;PHIS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp; fn4&nbsp; =
&quot;b30.042e.cam2.h3.TS.60E-150E_50S-50N.2000-01-01_cat_2009-12-31.nc&quot; ;
define filename<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp; in4&nbsp; = addfile(fn4,&quot;r&quot;)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
; open netcdf file<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp; TS&nbsp;&nbsp; = in4-&gt;TS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>;************************************************<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>; define other arguments required by vinth2p<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>;************************************************<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>; type of interpolation: 1 = linear, 2 = log, 3 = loglog<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp; interp = 2<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>; is extrapolation desired if data is outside the range of
PS<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp; extrap = True<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>; create an array of desired pressure levels:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>pnew =
(/1000,950,900,850,800,750,700,650,600,550,500,450,400,350,300,250,200,150,100/)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>;************************************************<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>; calculate T on pressure levels<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>;************************************************<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>; note, the 7th argument is not used, and so is set to 1.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>;************************************************<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>;&nbsp;&nbsp; VARonP =
vinth2p(Z3(0:Ntime,:,:,:),hyam,hybm,pnew,PS(0:Ntime,:,:),interp,P0mb,1,extrap)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp; VARonP =
vinth2p_ecmwf(Z3(0:Ntime,:,:,:),hyam,hybm,pnew,PS(0:Ntime,:,:),interp,P0mb,1,extrap,-1,TS(0:Ntime,:,:),PHIS(0:Ntime,:,:))<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>;output in nc file<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp; system(&quot;/bin/rm -f ./Z3_pressure.nc&quot;)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ;
remove any pre-existing file<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp; ncdf = addfile(&quot;./Z3_pressure.nc&quot;
,&quot;c&quot;)&nbsp; ; open output netCDF file<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp; filedimdef(ncdf,&quot;time&quot;,-1,True)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp; VARonP!0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = &quot;time&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ;
assign named dimensions<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp; <span lang=SV>VARonP!1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = &quot;lev&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=SV>&nbsp; VARonP!2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = &quot;lat&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=SV>&nbsp; VARonP!3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = &quot;lon&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=SV><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=SV>&nbsp; </span>VARonP&amp;time&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
in1&amp;time(0:Ntime)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp; <span lang=SV>VARonP&amp;lev&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = pnew<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=SV>&nbsp; VARonP&amp;lat&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = in1&amp;lat<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=SV>&nbsp; </span>VARonP&amp;lon&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = in1&amp;lon<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp; VARonP@long_name = &quot;Geopotential Height on
plevel&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ; assign name<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp; <span lang=SV>VARonP@units&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = &quot;m&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=SV><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=SV>&nbsp; ncdf-&gt;Z3_pres = VARonP<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=SV><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=SV>&nbsp; </span>print(&quot;finish convert Z3 to
pressure level&quot;)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp; print(&quot;output .nc: ./Z3_pressure.nc&quot;)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>end<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

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