<div dir="ltr">Hi Komal,<div><br></div><div>In WRF-Solar (and in recent versions of the standard WRF release), here are some of the irradiance variables you can output:</div><div><br></div><div>SWDOWN = GHI (this has been in WRF for quite awhile)</div><div>SWDOWNC = Clear-sky GHI (gives what the clear-sky GHI would have been, accounting for attenuation from whatever aerosols/AOD are imposed on WRF)</div><div>SWDDNI = DNI</div><div>SWDDNIC = Clear-sky DNI</div><div>SWDDIF = Diffuse horizontal irradiance</div><div><br></div><div>Jared</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 3:46 AM Barry Lynn <<a href="mailto:barry.h.lynn@gmail.com">barry.h.lynn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi:<div><br></div><div>That's with option 4 for sw.</div><div><br></div><div>





<p class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">SWDDNI and </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">SWDDNIC</span></p>





</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 11:52 AM Komal Shukla <<a href="mailto:komalshukla1992@gmail.com" target="_blank">komalshukla1992@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Barry,<div><br></div><div>Thank you, what parameter do we take to calculate direct normal?<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail_signature"><div>kim</div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 11:28 PM Barry Lynn <<a href="mailto:barry.h.lynn@gmail.com" target="_blank">barry.h.lynn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Please try taking SWDOWN by itself.<div><br></div><div>If you need direct normal then write again.</div><div><br></div><div>Barry</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 2:15 PM Komal Shukla <<a href="mailto:komalshukla1992@gmail.com" target="_blank">komalshukla1992@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear NCL team,<div><br></div><div>I am trying to extract solar radiaion (w/m2) from my wrf  outputs, and compare it with ground observation.</div><div><br></div><div>





<p class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">SWDOWN = wrf_user_getvar(aa,"SWDOWN", -1 )<span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-Apple-converted-space">      </span>; 3D tc</span></p><p class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">GLW = wrf_user_getvar(aa,"GLW", -1 )</span><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">      </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">; 3D tc</span><br></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>I am taking total of swdown and glw and comparing it with ground obs.</div><div>The total(GLW+SWDOWN = around 1000 w/m2 in summer noon) is way high than the actual observation (around 340 w/m2 in summer noon).</div><div><br></div><div>My ncl script is </div><div>





<p class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">rh2 = wrf_user_getvar(aa,"SWDOWN", -1 )<span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-Apple-converted-space">      </span>; 3D tc</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>rh2_day=new(24,float)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>rh2_dd=new((/numFILES,24/),float)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">rh2_day_ist=new(24,float) ; f</span><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">rh2_t=rh2(:,Y1,X1)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>print(rh2_t)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">asciiwrite("rh_pb_720", rh2_t)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>do id=0,(numFILES-1)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>do ih=0,23</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-Apple-converted-space">      </span>idh=ih+id*24</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-Apple-converted-space">      </span>rh2_dd(id,ih)=rh2_t(idh)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>end do</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>end do</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"> </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">rh2_day_m=dim_avg_n(rh2_dd,0)</span><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></span></p><p class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-m_3954240109241172945gmail-m_3737791223488566344gmail-m_-8084615959681203597gmail-m_3663593005272812980gmail-Apple-converted-space">      </span></span></p></div><div>Is there some other way to calculate surface solar radiation?</div><div>I'd appreciate any help.</div><div><br></div><div>Kim<br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">===============================<br>Jared A. Lee, Ph.D.<br></font></div><font face="courier new, monospace">Project Scientist II<br></font></div><font face="courier new, monospace">Research Applications Laboratory<br></font></div><font face="courier new, monospace">National Center for Atmospheric Research<br>Boulder, Colorado, USA</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Member, AMS Planning Commission<br><br></font></div><font face="courier new, monospace">Email: <a href="mailto:jaredlee@ucar.edu" target="_blank">jaredlee@ucar.edu</a> (w)<br></font></div><font face="courier new, monospace">Phone: 303.497.8485 (w)</font><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Web: <a href="https://staff.ucar.edu/users/jaredlee" target="_blank">https://staff.ucar.edu/users/jaredlee</a><br>===============================</font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>