[ncl-talk] query ( CONVERSION ASCII TO NetCDF)

Karin Meier-Fleischer meier-fleischer at dkrz.de
Wed Sep 24 04:52:01 MDT 2014


Please provide the script you are using!

Am 24.09.14 12:34, schrieb Kunal Bali:
> Dear Karin
>
> Thank You once again. Now its coming properly.
> One more problem i am facing right now is that i am trying to save the 
> output result in pdf.
> I am using the commands before END command
>   wks_type = "pdf"
>   wks_type at wkPaperSize = "A4"
>   wks = gsn_open_wks(wks_type,"test2")
>
> These command are generating the pdf file in directory but blank 
> without any graphs (0 bytes).
>
> So how is the correct way to save the result in pdf or png format or 
> how to use above commands correctly.
>
> Thank You
>
>
>
> Kunal Bali
> Research Scholar
> Radio & Atmospheric Science Division
> CSIR - National Physical Laboratory
> New Delhi - 110012
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Karin Meier-Fleischer 
> <meier-fleischer at dkrz.de <mailto:meier-fleischer at dkrz.de>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Kunal,
>
>     didn't you use the isnan_ieee section in the script? You have NaNs
>     in your data and they should be set to _FillValue.
>
>       if (any(isnan_ieee(data))) then
>           value = 1.e20
>           replace_ieeenan (data, value, 0)
>           data at _FillValue = value
>       end if
>
>     Again, without your script we could not help properly!
>
>     Bye,
>     Karin
>
>     Am 24.09.2014 um 11:40 schrieb Kunal Bali <kunal.bali9 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:kunal.bali9 at gmail.com>>:
>
>>     Dear NCL users
>>
>>     With the help of NCL users Now i am able to convert ASCII to
>>     netcdf format. But when i tried to plot this .nc file the contour
>>     map is not coming out in proper way.
>>
>>     But when i use the original .nc file (without any conversion)
>>     then the plot is coming nicely. Here is attached the file with
>>     figure and all commands which i am using to plot.
>>
>>     Thank You
>>
>>     Kunal Bali
>>     Research Scholar
>>     Radio & Atmospheric Science Division
>>     CSIR - National Physical Laboratory
>>     New Delhi - 110012
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Karin Meier-Fleischer
>>     <meier-fleischer at dkrz.de <mailto:meier-fleischer at dkrz.de>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi Kunal,
>>
>>         you read the data into an array called data with nlines=64800
>>         and ncolumns=3  --->  data(nlines,ncolumns)
>>
>>         The 1st column, all lines:  data(:,0)
>>         The 2nd column, all lines:  data(:,1)
>>         The 3rd column, all lines:  data(:,2)
>>
>>         nLongitude = 360
>>         Longitude = data(0:nLongitude-1,1)   ---> read 2nd column,
>>         first 360 lines
>>
>>         Please, take a look at
>>
>>         http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Manuals/Getting_Started/basics.shtml#ArraySubscripting
>>
>>         Bye,
>>         Karin
>>
>>         Am 24.09.2014 um 07:10 schrieb Kunal Bali
>>         <kunal.bali9 at gmail.com <mailto:kunal.bali9 at gmail.com>>:
>>
>>>         Dear*Karin Meier-Fleischer
>>>         *
>>>
>>>         Thank You so much for helping me. Your run your scripts and
>>>         working well.
>>>         I just want know what is the means of this line  >
>>>         *Longitude = data(*0:nLongitude-1*,1)
>>>
>>>         *
>>>         *Thank You
>>>         *
>>>
>>>         Kunal Bali
>>>         Research Scholar
>>>         Radio & Atmospheric Science Division
>>>         CSIR - National Physical Laboratory
>>>         New Delhi - 110012
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 1:01 AM, Karin Meier-Fleischer
>>>         <meier-fleischer at dkrz.de <mailto:meier-fleischer at dkrz.de>>
>>>         wrote:
>>>
>>>             Hi Kunal,
>>>
>>>             one problems occurred while reading the datacaused by
>>>             the variable name TotCH4_A in the
>>>             header line of your data file 14-01.txt. NCL reads the
>>>             value 4 in the name and writes it as first
>>>             value into the data array. After renaming to TotCH_A in
>>>             14-01.txt file everything works well.
>>>
>>>             You missed to convert the one dimensional variable
>>>             TotCH4_A (in your NCL script) to a two
>>>             dimensional array. Also as described in the mails before
>>>             you should assign latitude and
>>>             longitude to the named variables of TotCH4_A2D. See the
>>>             script below.
>>>
>>>             It is easier to write/save the NCL commands in a text
>>>             file (e.g. script.ncl) and run it
>>>             using 'ncl script.ncl'
>>>
>>>             Bye, Karin
>>>
>>>             ;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>             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
>>>
>>>               nLatitude = 180
>>>               nLongitude = 360
>>>               data =
>>>             asciiread("14-01.txt",(/nLatitude*nLongitude,3/),"float")
>>>
>>>               Latitude  = data(::nLongitude,0)
>>>               Longitude = data(0:nLongitude-1,1)
>>>               TotCH4_A  = data(:,2)
>>>               TotCH4_A2D = onedtond(TotCH4_A,(/nLatitude,nLongitude/))
>>>
>>>               if (any(isnan_ieee(TotCH4_A2D))) then
>>>                 value = 1.e20
>>>             replace_ieeenan (TotCH4_A2D, value, 0)
>>>             TotCH4_A2D at _FillValue = value
>>>               end if
>>>
>>>             printMinMax(Latitude,0)
>>>             printMinMax(Longitude,0)
>>>             printMinMax(TotCH4_A,0)
>>>
>>>             ; Assign named dimensions
>>>
>>>               TotCH4_A2D!0 = "lat"
>>>               TotCH4_A2D!1 = "lon"
>>>
>>>             ; Assign coordinate variables
>>>
>>>             TotCH4_A2D&lat = Latitude
>>>             TotCH4_A2D&lon = Longitude
>>>
>>>             TotCH4_A2D&lat at units = "degrees_north"
>>>             TotCH4_A2D&lon at units = "degrees_east"
>>>             printVarSummary(TotCH4_A2D)
>>>
>>>             ; delete existing netcdf file to create a new one
>>>               system("rm -rf Sample.nc")
>>>               ncdf = addfile("Sample.nc","c")
>>>
>>>             ; write data to netcdf file
>>>
>>>             ncdf->TotCH4_A = TotCH4_A2D
>>>
>>>             ; plot data
>>>
>>>               wks = gsn_open_wks("x11","test")
>>>               plot = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,TotCH4_A2D,False)
>>>
>>>             end
>>>
>>>             ;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>             Am 23.09.2014 um 19:45 schrieb Kunal Bali
>>>             <kunal.bali9 at gmail.com <mailto:kunal.bali9 at gmail.com>>:
>>>
>>>>             Here i attached scripts which i am trying to get the 
>>>>             ascii to netcdf conversion.
>>>>
>>>>             Kunal Bali
>>>>             Research Scholar
>>>>             Radio & Atmospheric Science Division
>>>>             CSIR - National Physical Laboratory
>>>>             New Delhi - 110012
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>             On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:03 PM, Karin Meier-Fleischer
>>>>             <meier-fleischer at dkrz.de
>>>>             <mailto:meier-fleischer at dkrz.de>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                 Hi Kunal,
>>>>
>>>>                 could you provide the data file and your script.
>>>>
>>>>                 Bye,
>>>>                 Karin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                 Am 23.09.2014 um 19:05 schrieb Kunal Bali
>>>>                 <kunal.bali9 at gmail.com <mailto:kunal.bali9 at gmail.com>>:
>>>>
>>>>>                 Dear NCL users
>>>>>
>>>>>                 I tried previous mail scripts for converting ASCII
>>>>>                 to netcdf format , the file is generating but its
>>>>>                 without data points.Only variable names generating.
>>>>>
>>>>>                 Kunal Bali
>>>>>                 Research Scholar
>>>>>                 Radio & Atmospheric Science Division
>>>>>                 CSIR - National Physical Laboratory
>>>>>                 New Delhi - 110012
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>                 On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Karin
>>>>>                 Meier-Fleischer <meier-fleischer at dkrz.de
>>>>>                 <mailto:meier-fleischer at dkrz.de>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>                     Hi Kunal,
>>>>>
>>>>>                     the answer was given in an earlier mail:
>>>>>
>>>>>                     1. read the ASCII data variable, lat and lon
>>>>>                     2. create a output file: netcdf =
>>>>>                     addfile("simple.nc <http://simple.nc/>","c")
>>>>>                     3. write your data variable to the output
>>>>>                     file: ncdf->values = values
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>                     Please read the 'output to netcdf' examples
>>>>>                     for more details:
>>>>>                     http://ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/o-netcdf.shtml
>>>>>
>>>>>                     Bye,
>>>>>                     Karin
>>>>>
>>>>>                     Am 23.09.14 07:04, schrieb Kunal Bali:
>>>>>>                     Dear NCL users
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     I am still not getting how to do the
>>>>>>                     conversion from ASCII to netcdf ??
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     Kunal Bali
>>>>>>                     Research Scholar
>>>>>>                     Radio & Atmospheric Science Division
>>>>>>                     CSIR - National Physical Laboratory
>>>>>>                     New Delhi - 110012
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                     On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Yuqiang
>>>>>>                     Zhang <yuqiangzhang.thu at gmail.com
>>>>>>                     <mailto:yuqiangzhang.thu at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         Hi Kunal,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         In line 30, "*ncl 30> TotCH4_A =
>>>>>>                         data(:,2)* ". You variable "TotCH4_A" is
>>>>>>                         only assigned one dimension's value, so
>>>>>>                         you can't assign two dimension through
>>>>>>                         line 33 & 34.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         Yuqiang
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         *From:*ncl-talk-bounces at ucar.edu
>>>>>>                         <mailto:ncl-talk-bounces at ucar.edu>
>>>>>>                         [mailto:ncl-talk-bounces at ucar.edu
>>>>>>                         <mailto:ncl-talk-bounces at ucar.edu>] *On
>>>>>>                         Behalf Of *Kunal Bali
>>>>>>                         *Sent:* Monday, September 22, 2014 8:53 AM
>>>>>>                         *To:* Karin Meier-Fleischer
>>>>>>                         *Cc:* ncl-talk at ucar.edu
>>>>>>                         <mailto:ncl-talk at ucar.edu>
>>>>>>                         *Subject:* Re: [ncl-talk] query (
>>>>>>                         CONVERSION ASCII TO NetCDF)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         Dear NCL user
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         I tried this script from NCL but still
>>>>>>                         getting error
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         ncl 28> Longitude = data(:,1)
>>>>>>                         ncl 29> Latitude = data(:,0)
>>>>>>                         ncl 30> TotCH4_A = data(:,2)
>>>>>>                         ncl 31> ncdf =
>>>>>>                         addfile("/home/kunal/simple1.nc
>>>>>>                         <http://simple1.nc/>","c")
>>>>>>                         ncl 32> filedimdef(ncdf,"time",-1,True)
>>>>>>                         ncl 33> TotCH4_A!0 = "Latitude"
>>>>>>                         ncl 34> TotCH4_A!1 = "Longitude"
>>>>>>                         *fatal:Variable (TotCH4_A) has (1)
>>>>>>                         dimensions can not write to dimension (1)
>>>>>>                         fatal:["Execute.c":8565]:Execute: Error
>>>>>>                         occurred at or near line 34
>>>>>>                         *
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         Kunal Bali
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         Research Scholar
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         Radio & Atmospheric Science Division
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         CSIR - National Physical Laboratory
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         New Delhi - 110012
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Karin
>>>>>>                         Meier-Fleischer <meier-fleischer at dkrz.de
>>>>>>                         <mailto:meier-fleischer at dkrz.de>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         Hi Kunal,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         Please, take a look at the 'output
>>>>>>                         netcdf' examples page, method_1
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         http://ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/method_1.shtml
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         Try this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         lat = data(:,0)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         lat = data(:,1)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         values= data(:,2)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         system
>>>>>>                         <http://ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/system.shtml>("/bin/rm
>>>>>>                         -f simple.nc <http://simple.nc/>") ;
>>>>>>                         remove any pre-existing file
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         ncdf = addfile("simple.nc  <http://simple.nc/>" ,"c") ; output netCDF file
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         filedimdef  <http://ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/filedimdef.shtml>(ncdf,"time",-1,True) ; recommended
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         values!0 = "lat"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         values!1 = "lon"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         values&lat = lat
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         values&lon = lon
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         ncdf->values = values
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         Bye, Karin
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                         Am 22.09.2014 um 11:40 schrieb Kunal Bali
>>>>>>                         <kunal.bali9 at gmail.com
>>>>>>                         <mailto:kunal.bali9 at gmail.com>>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                             Dear NCL users
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                             I want to convert ASCII to .nc file
>>>>>>                             format. Could any one please provides
>>>>>>                             me the link for this query or give
>>>>>>                             any detail about this ??
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                             I have data in 3 column ( Latitude
>>>>>>                             Longitude Values)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                             More Detail
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                             *Variable: data
>>>>>>                             Type: float
>>>>>>                             Total Size: 777600 bytes
>>>>>>                             194400 values
>>>>>>                             Number of Dimensions: 2
>>>>>>                             Dimensions and sizes: [64800] x [3]
>>>>>>                             Coordinates:
>>>>>>                             Number Of Attributes: 1
>>>>>>                               _FillValue : 9.96921e+36
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                             *
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                             *So is there any ways to convert
>>>>>>                             ASCII to netcdf format ???*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                             *Thank You*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                             Kunal Bali
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                             Research Scholar
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                             Radio & Atmospheric Science Division
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                             CSIR - National Physical Laboratory
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                             New Delhi - 110012
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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