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Hi Sam,<br>
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As far as I know, there are some good programs such as RIP4 that allows
you to vertically interpolate WRF data, however most of them (including
RIP4) use linear interpolations.<br>
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Matlab is a good option, it can read netCFD files and you it can be
easily programed to fit different interpolating functions depending on
the meteorological parameter you want to determine. For instance, for
the wind speed interpolation, the best functional relation is the
similarity theory, in order to be consistent with the boundary layer
physics of the WRF , although is easier and faster to fit either the
power law or the neutral logarithmic profile for the wind vertical
curve.<br>
<br>
Hope this helps<br>
Roberto<br><br>PhD student. ITESM Monterrey, México<br>Wind Energy Group<br>http://fisica.mty.itesm.mx/fisica/WEG/home.html<br><br><hr width="100%" size="2"><br>> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:20:48 +0000<br>> From: s.hawkins@ed.ac.uk<br>> To: wrf-users@ucar.edu<br>> Subject: [Wrf-users] interpolating to height above ground<br>> <br>> Dear WRF users,<br>> <br>> I want to interpolate WRF output from eta levels to heights above the<br>> model terrain height. I need the code to be relatively fast, and<br>> ideally write to netcdf files. My eta levels are quite closely spaced,<br>> so I could probably get away with linear interpolation between levels.<br>> <br>> Does anyone know whether there is any existing tool which will do this<br>> (it seems GEMpak might have this functionality), or (b) are there any<br>> tools, such as the netcdf operators or climate data operators which<br>> might be adaptable to do this.<br>> <br>> Sam.<br>> <br>> -- <br>> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in<br>> Scotland, with registration number SC005336.<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Wrf-users mailing list<br>> Wrf-users@ucar.edu<br>> http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/wrf-users<br> </body>
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