<div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>I use shapefiles and the NCL masking command for a lot of climate dataset analysis. I've recently gotten to the point where I need to start masking 4D data for a rather large shapefile region (over several seasons of data) and it can take upwards of two days to complete on my local server (which can be an issue for troubleshooting if something goes wrong in my script). I was curious if you could take a look at my masking script (see attached) and give any pointers on how to better optimize and speed-up the masking process.</div><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div><br></div><div>AR</div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#006600"><div style="font-weight:bold"><br></div><div><font color="#006600" size="4"><b>Alan Rhoades</b></font></div></font><div><div><b><font size="2" color="#000000">PhD Student, Atmospheric Science Graduate Group</font></b></div><div><b><font size="2" color="#000000">Climate Change Water and Society (CCWAS) NSF IGERT Trainee</font></b></div><div><b><font size="2" color="#000000">University of California, Davis</font></b></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><u><b><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/alan-rhoades/22/5bb/52a" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">LinkedIn</font></a></b></u></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><u><b><font size="2"><a href="mailto:alan.m.rhoades@gmail.com" target="_blank">alan.m.rhoades@gmail.com</a> </font></b></u></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><u><b><font size="2"><a href="mailto:amrhoades@ucdavis.edu" target="_blank">amrhoades@ucdavis.edu</a></font></b></u></span></div></div><div><font color="#003300" size="2"><b><br></b></font></div><div><b><i><font color="#006600" size="2">"It’s all really there. That’s what really gets you. But you gotta stop and think about it to really get the pleasure about the complexity, the inconceivable nature of nature."</font></i></b></div><div><b><i><font color="#006600" size="2">Richard Feynman</font></i></b></div></div></div></div></div>
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