<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:12px"><div style="" class=""><br style=""><span class="" style="text-indent: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hi all. </span></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important;"></span></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I have to compute average rainfall over a box (say 10-20N/60-90E) from wrf output using the NCL script. </span><br class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height:
21.2999992370605px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I am also using MET software for verification, I converted the rainfall from wrfout files into netcdf files (I named them as model24_2011060100.nc) using the PCP_COMBINE tool model24_2011060100.nc file has ONLY rainfall data. </span><br class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Now my confusion is as follows. </span><br class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Do I have to use the destaggering function for this data file before I calculate area average???. </span><br class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">1. I saw the ncl scripts that use the wrfout file directly.</span><br class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/OnLineTutorial/Graphics/NCL/Examples/PRECIP/wrf_Precip.ncl" target="" class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/OnLineTutorial/Graphics/NCL/Examples/PRECIP/wrf_Precip.ncl</a><br class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"><br class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2. there is destaggering function </span><br class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/WRF_arw/wrf_user_unstagger.shtml" target="" class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/WRF_arw/wrf_user_unstagger.shtml</a><br class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height:
21.2999992370605px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In anticipation ...................................... </span><br class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="" style="text-indent: 0px !important; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; background-color: rgb(255,
255, 255);">geeta</span></div><div style="" class=""> </div></div></body></html>