[ncl-talk] Fw:question about function wmstnm

[Zhu CE]

Dear Mary,


Script I used is same as you, which I download from weather map example page.


Have you found that no matter 'UNT' be set as '0' or '1', the precipitation amount is still in imperial unit? I have showed the 'UNT=0' and 'UNT=1' figures in attachment. (where the precipitation is 40mm actually)


I also read the wmstnm.f source code, and I find that the code transform the precipitation amount from WMO code into imperial unit. The source code is showed as below. My questions here are if I want to use metric unit in precipitation, can I just change the source code and rebuilt the NCL? Or are there any other ways I can try?


Thanks a lot!


Ce Zhu




      IF (IPRSNT(14).EQ.1 .AND. RRR.GT.0) THEN
        IF (RRR .EQ. 990) THEN
          CALL PLCHHQ(SYMPOS(1,14),SYMPOS(2,14),'T',SIZ,0.,0.)       
          GO TO 75
        ENDIF
        IF (RRR .GT. 990) THEN
          INCHES = NINT(10.*REAL(RRR-990)/25.4)
        ELSE
          INCHES = NINT(100.*REAL(RRR)/25.4)
        ENDIF
        CHR5 = ' '
        WRITE(CHR5,'(I5)') INCHES
        LL = WMGTLN(CHR5,LEN(CHR5),1)
        CALL PLCHHQ(SYMPOS(1,14),SYMPOS(2,14),CHR5(LL:LEN(CHR5)),
     +              SIZ,0.,0.)       
      ENDIF





At 2014-11-05 00:36:23, "Mary Haley" <haley at ucar.edu> wrote:

Dear Ce Zhu,


It is helpful if you include a script that illustrates the problem.


I just took a weather map example from our examples page, modified it, and tried it with "UNT" set to 0, and then 1. 


I don't know anything about this procedure to be honest, but I do see that I get some different numbers when I use UNT = 0 or 1.


Please see attached script.


--Mary




On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Zhu CE <lovingzhuce at 163.com> wrote:



Dear ncl-talk,


I tried to use wmstnm draw weather symbol. Function introduction says that it uses use imperial units as default, but when I set wmsetp("unt",2), the precipitation unit is still in imperial unit. Is there something I missed? (e.g. when RRR=991, it means precipitation amount is 0.1mm, but the wmstnm gives zero precipitation in weather symbol.)


Thanks a lot.


Ce Zhu




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