<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59306">Dear ncl talk,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59306"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59306" dir="ltr">Kindly how can I resolve this error message though I tried using this link <a href="https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Language/error_messages.shtml#LineM1" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59486">https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Language/error_messages.shtml#LineM1</a> explanation but i am still getting the error. I appreciate your guidance.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59496"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59581">yslogin4-/glade/p/work/najiby/ncl>ncl plot_surface_data_africa1.ncl<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59307"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59312">fatal:syntax error: line 1 in file plot_surface_data_africa1.ncl before or near ▒</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59313">▒</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59314">^</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59315"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59316"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59317">fatal:error in statement</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59318">yslogin4-/glade/p/work/najiby/ncl>ncl plot_surface_data_africa2.ncl</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59318"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59318">My script:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59695">; NCL script</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59696"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59698">load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59702">load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59703">load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl" ; BRH</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59704"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59705"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59706">begin</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59707"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59708"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59709">;vars = (/"TS","PRECT"/)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59710">;spec_units = (/"K","mm/day"/)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59711">;factor = (/1.,1.,1.e+09,1./)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59712">vars = (/"TS","AEROD_v"/)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59713">spec_units = (/"K","ppb"," "/)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59714">factor = (/1.,1./)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59715">nvars = dimsizes (vars)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59716">wkdir = "/glade/p/work/najiby/ncl/plots/"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59717">;wkdir = "/glade/p/acd/tilmes/africa/plots/"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59718">dir = "/glade/p/acd/tilmes/amwg/africa/climo/"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59719">model1 = "f.e11.TSREFC1SD.f19.f19.ccmi23.emis05"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59720">model2 = "f.e11.TSREFC1SD.f19.f19.ccmi23.emis_ref2005"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59721">testcase1 = dir+model1+"/"+model1</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59722">testcase2 = dir+model2+"/"+model2</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59723"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59724"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59725">;************************************************************************</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59726">p0 = 1000. ; mb required by vinth2p</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59727">interp = 2 ; log interpolation</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59728">extrap = False ; no extrapolation past psfc.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59729">;************************************************************************</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59730"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59731"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59732">offset = (/-5., 0./)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59733">fa = (/5., 0.05/)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59734">fad = (/1., 0.1/)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59735">;do i = 0, nvars-2</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59736">;end do</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59737">"plot_surface_data_africa5.ncl" [readonly] 302L, 9041C</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59738"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59739"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59740">end</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59741"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59742"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59741">Thank you</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59741"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59741"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59741">Najib</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59319"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489418834937_59320"></div></div></body></html>