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    Do you mean something like  <tt>var({lat13-2:lat13+2},{lon80-2:lon80+2})</tt> 
    ?<br>
    <br>
    Then the answer is no, the coordinate subscripting gets the value of
    the <br>
    closest grid cell and not the indices.<br>
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    <tt>lat({13})</tt> will use the latitude value which is the closest
    to 13 degrees, e.g. 12.12418.<br>
    <br>
    Let us assume the following snippet of a script:<br>
    <br>
    <tt>  <font color="#3333ff"><b>lat13</b></font>  = 
      closest_val(13,lat)</tt><tt>       ;-- return index of closest
      latitude to 13 deg<br>
    </tt><tt>  <font color="#3333ff"><b>lon80</b></font>  = 
      closest_val(80,lon)</tt><tt>       ;-- return index of closest
      longitude to 80 deg<br>
    </tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>  print("lat({13}) (closest value) = "+<font
        color="#ff0000"><b>lat({13})</b></font>+"   Index of
      closest_val: "+<font color="#3333ff">lat13</font>)</tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>  print("------------------")</tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>  print("lon({80})</tt><tt><tt> (closest value)</tt> = "+<font
        color="#ff0000"><b>lon({80})</b></font>+"   Index of
      closest_val: "+<font color="#3333ff">lon80</font>)</tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>  print("------------------")</tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>  lat_box = lat(<font color="#3333ff">lat13</font>-2:<font
        color="#3333ff">lat13</font>+2)</tt><tt>     ;-- using indices
      to get the lats around lat 13 deg.<br>
    </tt><tt>  lon_box = lon(<font color="#3333ff">lon80</font>-2:<font
        color="#3333ff">lon80</font>+2)</tt><tt>     ;-- using indices
      to get the lons around lon 80 deg.<br>
    </tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>  print(""+lat_box)</tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>  print("------------------")</tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>  print(""+lon_box)</tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>  print("--------------------------------------")</tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>  lat_box2 = <font color="#009900"><b>lat({lat13-2:lat13+2})</b></font></tt><tt>  
      ;-- Don't do this: this would use the index as latitude value !!<br>
    </tt><tt>  lon_box2 = <font color="#009900"><b>lon({lon80-2:lon80+2})</b></font></tt><tt>
        ;-- Don't do this: this would use the index as longitude value
      !!</tt><tt><br>
      <br>
    </tt><tt>  print(""+lat_box2)</tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>  print(""+lon_box2)</tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>  print("------------------")</tt><br>
    <br>
    It will returns, e.g<br>
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    <tt>(0)    lat({13})</tt><tt><tt> (closest value)</tt> = <font
        color="#ff0000"><b>12.12418712345578</b></font>   Index of
      closest_val: <font color="#3333ff"><b>41</b></font></tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>(0)    ------------------</tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>(0)    lon({80})</tt><tt><tt> (closest value)</tt> = <font
        color="#ff0000"><b>80.625</b></font>              Index of
      closest_val: <font color="#3333ff"><b>139</b></font></tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>(0)    ------------------</tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>(0)    <font color="#009900">15.85470386969488</font></tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>(1)    <font color="#009900">13.98944571235667</font></tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>(2)    <font color="#009900">12.12418712345578</font></tt><tt>      
      ; &lt;--- closest value<br>
    </tt><tt>(3)    <font color="#009900">10.25892816800639</font></tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>(4)    <font color="#009900">8.393668907692385</font></tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>(0)    ------------------</tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>(0)    <font color="#009900">76.875</font></tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>(1)    <font color="#009900">78.75</font></tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>(2)    <font color="#009900">80.625</font></tt><tt>                 
      ; &lt;--- closest value<br>
    </tt><tt>(3)    <font color="#009900">82.5</font></tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>(4)   <font color="#009900"> 84.375</font></tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>(0)    --------------------------------------</tt><tt><br>
    </tt><tt>(0)    <font color="#3333ff"><b>40.1029793042494</b></font></tt><tt>   
    </tt><tt>;-- Don't do this: this would use the index as latitude
      value !!<br>
    </tt><tt>(1)    <font color="#3333ff"><b>41.96822026907537</b></font></tt><tt>  
    </tt><tt>;-- Don't do this: this would use the index as latitude
      value !!<br>
    </tt><tt>(0)    <font color="#3333ff"><b>138.75</b></font></tt><tt>
                   </tt><tt>;-- Don't do this: this would use the index
      as longitude value !!<br>
    </tt><tt>(1)    <b><font color="#3333ff">140.625</font></b></tt><tt>
                  </tt><tt>;-- Don't do this: this would use the index
      as longitude value !!<br>
    </tt><tt>(0)    ------------------</tt><br>
    <br>
    <br>
    Hope this helps for understanding coordinate subscripting.<br>
    <br>
    Bye,<br>
    Karin<br>
    <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 26.01.16 um 15:13 schrieb Guido
      Cioni:<br>
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      Shouldn’t the coordinate subscripting do the same thing? 
      <div class="">Like say <font class="" face="Menlo">{lat13-2:lat13+2,
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            <div class="">On 26 Jan 2016, at 15:04, Karin
              Meier-Fleischer &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:meier-fleischer@dkrz.de" class="">meier-fleischer@dkrz.de</a>&gt;
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              <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" class=""> Hi
                Krishna,<br class="">
                <br class="">
                you can use the function <b class=""><tt class="">closest_val</tt></b>
                to retrieve an index of an value.<br class="">
                <br class="">
                <tt class="">  lat13  =  closest_val(13,lat)</tt><tt
                  class=""><br class="">
                </tt><tt class="">  lon80  =  closest_val(80,lon)</tt><br
                  class="">
                <br class="">
                <tt class="">  print("Index: "+lat13+" -  "+lat(lat13))</tt><tt
                  class=""><br class="">
                </tt><tt class="">  print("Index: "+lon80+" - 
                  "+lon(lon80))</tt><br class="">
                <br class="">
                To plot 2 more grid boxes of lat/lon than you can use
                e.g.<br class="">
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                <tt class="">  plot = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,
                  var(lat13-2:lat13+2,lon80-2:lon80+2),res)</tt><br
                  class="">
                <br class="">
                <br class="">
                Bye,<br class="">
                Karin<br class="">
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                <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 26.01.16 um 14:13
                  schrieb Krishna C:<br class="">
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                    <div class="">Hi <br class="">
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                    <div class="">Let us say i need a 2 by 2 box around
                      13 degree lat and 80 degree lon . How do i know
                      the respective indices.<br class="">
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                    <div class="">Please correct if i am wrong.  <br
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                    <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at
                      5:14 PM, Guido Cioni <span dir="ltr" class="">&lt;<a
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                        <p dir="ltr" class="">Yes there is, but you
                          should have a look at the documentation on the
                          page ;-)<br class="">
                          The function that you need is dim_avg_n, then
                          you just need to restrict the latitude and
                          longitude with brackets {43:45}. Again, just
                          go on ncl documentation and you'll definitely
                          find a way </p>
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                            <div class="h5">Il 26 gen 2016 11:52 AM,
                              "Krishna C" &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:chandrakrishna.90@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">chandrakrishna.90@gmail.com</a>&gt;

                              ha scritto:<br type="attribution" class="">
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                                    I am trying to extract precipitation
                                    values from WRF output, over a small
                                    2 by 2 lat  lon box and average it.
                                    Is there any explicit way of doing
                                    it in ncl<br class="">
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                                  <div class="">With warm regards<br
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