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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am trying to plot a cross-section plot of wind-speed using NCL version 6.3.0.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The attached script is modified from an example found at <a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/height_long.shtml">
http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/height_long.shtml</a> - example “<a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/Scripts/narr_6.ncl"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#852D85;text-decoration:none">narr_6.ncl</span></a>”.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The error message I keep getting is:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"">(0) gsn_csm_pres_hgt: Fatal: The first dimension of the input data must<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"">(0) have a coordinate variable called 'lev.'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"">(0) Cannot create plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"">fatal:Illegal right-hand side type for assignment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"">fatal:["Execute.c":8575]:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 132 in file wind_speed_profile.ncl<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It seems that although the variable I am using has pressure level data (in Pa units), the leftmost dimension is not specifically named “lev”.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any suggestions suggestion on how to get around this error would be greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The grib2 file I am using is too large to attach, but a similar one can be found at
<a href="ftp://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/RUC/13km/201702/20170201/rap_130_20170201_0000_000.grb2" title="here">
ftp://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/RUC/13km/201702/20170201/rap_130_20170201_0000_000.grb2</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Forrest<o:p></o:p></p>
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