<div dir="ltr">Hi:<div><br></div><div>Is there any reason you aren't plotting the vertical cross sections using WRF output directly?</div><div><br></div><div>Barry</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 2:17 PM, Lara Quitián Hernández <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:laraquitianhernandez@gmail.com" target="_blank">laraquitianhernandez@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Good afternoon, <div><br></div><div>I'm trying to plot a vertical cross-section of a cyclone in order to analyze its wind shear and, therefore, cyclone tilt. </div><img src="cid:ii_15fb54f3967305b3" alt="Imágenes integradas 1" width="170" height="134" style="margin-right:0px"><div>I've made a re-grid on a rectilinear mesh (e.g., ECMWF grid) of several WRF simulations. Therefore, one of my outputs is defined as follows:</div><div><br></div><div><h2> File "SPD_regrid_d02_D19_416.nc"</h2>
<p>File type: NetCDF-3/CDM</p>
<hr> <pre>netcdf file:/Volumes/MyPassport/SPD_<wbr><a href="http://regrid_416.nc">regrid_416.nc</a> {
dimensions:
times = UNLIMITED; // (0 currently)
time = 7; (7 time-steps)
lat = 141;
lon = 201;
ncl4 = 7;
latitude = 141;
ncl6 = 201;
variables:
float spd(time=7, lat=141, lon=201);
:_FillValue = 9.96921E36f; // float
int time(time=7);
float lat(lat=141);
:units = "degrees_north";
:long_name = "latitude";
:_FillValue = -9999.0f; // float
float lon(lon=201);
float latitude(latitude=141);
:units = "degrees_north";
:long_name = "latitude";
:_FillValue = 9.96921E36f; // float
// global attributes:
:creation_date = "martes, 30 de mayo de 2017, 10:49:07 CEST";
:Conventions = "None";
:source_file = "<a href="http://original-file.nc" target="_blank">original-file.nc</a>";
:title = "NCL Simple Approach to netCDF Creation";
}<br></pre><pre><br></pre>-- </div><div><br></div><div>I would like to know, which variable is the best for this purpose (omega, u-wind, v-wind, equivalent potential temperature (eth), etc.) and which function should I use in order to represent the vertical cross-section, taking into account that I do not have pressure levels in hPa or Pa units, but "degrees-north". </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you very much.</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely, </div><div>Lara</div><div><br><div class="m_8386983833260457511gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5glieJcogGocjdGWHA3NWIwdmc&revid=0B5glieJcogGocU45NUpENzV4UWhCWk9tb1ZGdXB5MEtGYjJjPQ"><br><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><b><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Lara Quitián Hernández, </span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">PhD Student</span></b><font color="#000000"><b><br style="font-size:12.8px"></b><span style="font-size:12.8px">Departamento de Física de la Tierra, Astronomía y Astrofísica II</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Facultad de Ciencias Físicas</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13px">Ciudad Universitaria, Plaza Ciencias, 1</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12.8px">28040 Madrid. Spain</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Email: </span><a href="mailto:mlunar@aemet.es" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">lquitian@ucm.es</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"></font><br></div></div></div>
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