[ncl-talk] ncl-talk Digest, Vol 130, Issue 1

H. Joe Lee hyoklee at hdfgroup.org
Tue Sep 2 07:47:10 MDT 2014


Hi, Geeta!

2A12 product doesn't contain "graupel" variable.

Please download a correct product that has grapple variable like 2B31 product:

http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/precipitation/documentation/TRMM_README/TRMM_2B31_readme.shtml



By the way, a complete 2A12 version 7 NCL example is available here:

http://hdfeos.org/zoo/index_openGESDISC_Examples.php#TRMM

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On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 6:27 AM, Geeta Geeta <geetag54 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I want to plot the GRAUPEL WATER CONTENT at a LAT/LON with height. So Y axis
> will be the HEIGHT and on X axis it will Graupel
> But the document of 2A12
> (http://pps.gsfc.nasa.gov/Documents/filespec.TRMM.V7.pdf)%20says that The
> information ablout this variable is CONTAINED in the two variables (Pg 119)
> 7.5 2A12 - TMI Profiling 119
>
>
> S = species(1-6)
>
> 1 = cloud water content
>
> 2 = rain water content
>
> 3 = cloud ice content
>
> 4 = snow water content
>
> 5 = graupel water content
>
> 6 = latent heat
>
> F = freezingHeightIndex
>
> C = clusterNumber
>
> In a Fortran program,
>
> Profile Value = clusterScale * cluster(S,F,L,C)
>
> In a C program,
>
> Profile Value = clusterScale * cluster[C-1][L-1][F-1][S-1]
>
> The two variables CLUSTER SCALE
>  float clusterScale ( nscan, npixel, nspecies )
>          hdf_name :     clusterScale
>
> AND CLUSTER
>   float cluster ( ncluster, nlayer, nfindex, nspecies )
>          hdf_name :     cluster
>
>
> are of different dimensions.
> I donot know how to proceed further with this.
>
> Geeta.
>
>
> On Tuesday, 2 September 2014 4:45 PM, Alessandra Giannini
> <alesall at iri.columbia.edu> wrote:
>
>
>
> you need to continue to edit your script to adapt to your specific need…
> What is the variable that  you want to plot? If it's not called "latentHeat"
> what is it called?
> Then substitute just like you did for lat and lon…
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 2, 2014, at 7:10 AM, Geeta Geeta <geetag54 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>    Hi
>> I have correctec the lines 34 and 35. of my file.
>>
>> 1 ;Reading HDF4-SDS files
>>      2 ;*********** Load Libraries ************************************
>>      3 load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
>>      4 load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"
>>      5 load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"
>>      6 ;**************************************************************
>>      7 begin
>>      8 ;***************************************************************
>>      9 ; User Input
>>      10 ;***************************************************************
>>      11                                              ; INPUT
>>      12    diri    = "./"                            ; input directory
>>      13    fili    = "2A12.20100702.71931.7.HDF"      ;      file
>>      14    var    = "latentHeat"                    ; desired variable
>>      15
>>      16                                              ; OUTPUT
>>      17    PLOT    = True                            ; create a plot [?]
>>      18    pltDir  = "./"                            ; directory for plot
>> output
>>      19  ;pltName = "2A12.100702.71931.6"          ; plot name
>>      20    pltName = "hdf4sds"                      ; plot name
>>      21    pltType = "ps"                            ; ps, pdf, x11, png
>> [5.2.0]
>>      22 ;***************************************************************
>>      23 ; End User Input
>>      24 ;***************************************************************
>>      25 ; Read hdf
>>      26 ;***************************************************************
>>      27
>>      28    f      = addfile (diri+fili, "r")        ; reading inputfile
>>      29  ;print(f)
>>      30
>>      31    lat  = f->Latitude(:,:)                ; (scan, pixel)
>>      32    lon  = f->Longitude(:,:)
>>      33
>>      34    lat at units = "degrees_north"            ; add units
>>      35    lon at units = "degrees_east"
>>      36
>>          37  printMinMax(lat, True)
>>      38  printMinMax(lon, True)
>>      39
>>      40    xs    = f->$var$                      ; ( scan, pixel, layer )
>>      41    xs at _FillValue = inttoshort( -9999 )    ; visually look at
>> file/data
>>      42    xs at long_name  = xs at hdf_name
>>      43  ;printVarSummary(xs)
>>      44  ;printMinMax(xs, True)
>>
>>
>> Now when I run this
>> I get following error
>> bash-3.2$ ncl hdf4sds_6.ncl
>>  Copyright (C) 1995-2007 - All Rights Reserved
>>  University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
>>  NCAR Command Language Version 5.0.0
>>  The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.
>>  See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/for more details.
>
>> (0)
>> (0)    min=-39.1053  max=39.0529
>> (0)
>> (0)    min=-179.999  max=180
>> fatal:Either file (f) isn't defined or variable (latentHeat) is not a
>> variable in the file
>> fatal:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 40 in file hdf4sds_6.ncl
>>
>> bash-3.2$
>>
>> I am beginner to NCL. Started a week before as I have to plot the
>> Hydrometeor profile. Kindly guide further.
>>
>>
>> Geeta.
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, 2 September 2014 4:28 PM, Geeta Geeta <geetag54 at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>> I corrected my mistake and this is how the NCL file looks like now.
>> ;Reading HDF4-SDS files
>> ;*********** Load Libraries ************************************
>> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
>> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"
>> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"
>> ;**************************************************************
>> begin
>> ;***************************************************************
>> ; User Input
>> ;***************************************************************
>>                                              ; INPUT
>>    diri    = "./"                            ; input directory
>>    fili    = "2A12.20100702.71931.7.HDF"      ;      file
>>    var    = "latentHeat"                    ; desired variable
>>
>>                                              ; OUTPUT
>>    PLOT    = True                            ; create a plot [?]
>>    pltDir  = "./"                            ; directory for plot output
>>  ;pltName = "2A12.100702.71931.6"          ; plot name
>>    pltName = "hdf4sds"                      ; plot name
>>    pltType = "ps"                            ; ps, pdf, x11, png [5.2.0]
>> ;***************************************************************
>> ; End User Input
>> ;***************************************************************
>> ; Read hdf
>> ;***************************************************************
>>
>> "hdf4sds_6.ncl" 188 lines, 6725 charac
>>
>> I run NCL but got following message.
>> bash-3.2$ ncl hdf4sds_6.ncl
>>  Copyright (C) 1995-2007 - All Rights Reserved
>>  University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
>>  NCAR Command Language Version 5.0.0
>>  The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.
>>  See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/for more details.
>
>> fatal:Either file (f) isn't defined or variable (geolocation) is not a
>> variable in the file
>> fatal:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 31 in file hdf4sds_6.ncl
>>
>> bash-3.2$
>>
>>
>> I am attaching the ncl file for reference.
>>
>> This is the header information that I extracted using
>> bash-3.2$ ncl_filedump 2A12.20100702.71931.7.HDF >header2010
>>
>> I am attaching the header2010 as well. there is NO geolocation Variable in
>> that. So what I should DO.
>>
>> Geeta.
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, 2 September 2014 3:57 PM, Alessandra Giannini
>> <alesall at iri.columbia.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Geeta,
>>
>> NCL is telling you what may be wrong…
>>
>> Either your filename is slightly off:
>>
>> in your script you call a file by the name "2A12.20100702.71931.6.HDF",
>> but when you list, you have a file with a 7 at the end, instead of a 6:
>> "2A12.20100702.71931.7.HDF"
>>
>> Or there is no variable called "geolocation" in the file you are reading
>> from.
>>
>> What are latitude and longitude called in the file?
>>
>> best, alessandra
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Alessandra Giannini
>> IRI for Climate and Society - The Earth Institute at Columbia University
>> P.O. Box 1000, Palisades NY 10964-8000
>> phone/fax: +1 845 680-4473/4864 - email: alesall at iri.columbia.edu
>>
>> On Sep 2, 2014, at 6:21 AM, Geeta Geeta <geetag54 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi .
>> > I am trying to plot the data in HDF format using NCL.
>> >
>> > I happen to see the ready script available
>> > https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/Scripts/hdf4sds_6.nclwhichreads HDF
>> > data.
>
>> >
>> > On my system I downloaded this script and tried to run this but when I
>> > run this, following message comes.
>> > bash-3.2$ ncl hdf4sds_6.ncl
>> >  Copyright (C) 1995-2007 - All Rights Reserved
>> >  University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
>> >  NCAR Command Language Version 5.0.0
>> >  The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.
>> >  See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/formore details.
>
>> > fatal:_NclCreateFile: Requested file does not exist as
>> > (./2A12.20100702.71931.6.HDF) or as (./2A12.20100702.71931.6), can't add
>> > file
>> > fatal:Either file (f) isn't defined or variable (geolocation) is not a
>> > variable in the file
>> > fatal:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 31 in file hdf4sds_6.ncl
>> >
>> > bash-3.2$ ls -l *HDF*
>> > -rw-r--r--    1 model    staff      55092053 Sep 01 15:54
>> > 2A12.20100702.71931.7.HDF
>> > -rw-r--r--    1 model    staff      55092079 Aug 12 11:13
>> > 2A12.20130523.88390.7.HDF
>> > -rw-r--r--    1 model    staff      55092085 Aug 12 15:27
>> > 2A12.20140602.94247.7.HDF
>> > bash-3.2$ ls -l *hdf*ncl*
>> > -rw-r--r--    1 model    staff          6725 Sep 01 17:01 hdf4sds_6.ncl
>> > bash-3.2$
>> >
>> > The files exist in my directory.
>> > Can somebody tell me what's mistake???
>> > Geeta.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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