[ncl-talk] Trying to plot WRF data without using built-in WRF functions
Dennis Shea
shea at ucar.edu
Thu Apr 9 12:53:56 MDT 2015
RE: "This is a piece that I copy into all of my map scripts. "
I think having a personal library ['AssortedStuff.ncl'] which contains
something like the following,
is a nicer approach.
undef("wrf_setup")
function wrf_setup(a, it)
local LAT,LON, lat,lon, dimll, nlat, nlon, pltres, projres
begin
LAT = wrf_user_getvar(a,"lat", it)
LON = wrf_user_getvar(a,"lat", it)
rank = dimsizes(dimsizes(LAT))
if (rank.eq.2) then ; it=0, it=3, ... whatever
lat = LAT
lon = LON
else ; it = -1
lat = LAT(0,:,:)
lon = LON(0,:,:)
end if
dimll = dimsizes(lat)
nlat = dim(0)
nlon = dim(1)
projres = res
projres at mpProjection = "LambertConformal"
projres at mpRightCornerLatF = lat(0,0)
projres at mpRightCornerLonF = lon(0,0)
projres at mpLeftCornerLatF = lat(nlon-1,nlat-1)
projres at mpLeftCornerLonF = lon(nlon-1,nlat-1)
projres at mpLambertParallel1F = a at TRUELAT1
projres at mpLambertParallel2F = a at TRUELAT2
projres at mpLambertMeridianF = a at STAND_LON
projres at mpCenterLonF = a at CEN_LON
projres at mpCenterLatF = a at CEN_LAT
projres at mpLimitMode = "Corners"
projres at pmTickMarkDisplayMode = "Always"
projres at mpDataBaseVersion = "Ncarg4_1"
projres at mpDataSetName = "Earth..4"
projres at mpOutlineBoundarySets = "AllBoundaries" ; all
boundaries
projres at mpNationalLineThicknessF = 1.0
projres at mpGeophysicalLineThicknessF = 1.0
projres at mpUSStateLineThicknessF = 2.0
return(projres)
end
On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Craig Tierney - NOAA Affiliate <
craig.tierney at noaa.gov> wrote:
> Alex,
>
> Thanks for the help. This did the trick.
>
> Craig
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Alexander Schaefer <
> alexander.schaefer at mines.sdsmt.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Craig,
>>
>> I do a lot of specializing of my plots with my WRF data so I have strayed
>> from using the wrf functions except getvar since it has a bunch of
>> diagnostic variables. When I do my map projection, which is also
>> LambertConformal I set all of the following resources as such:
>>
>> lat = wrf_user_getvar(a,"lat", it)
>> lon = wrf_user_getvar(a,"lat", it)
>>
>> pltres = True
>> projres = res
>> projres at mpProjection = "LambertConformal"
>> projres at mpRightCornerLatF = lat(0,0)
>> projres at mpRightCornerLonF = lon(0,0)
>> projres at mpLeftCornerLatF = lat(nlon-1,nlat-1)
>> projres at mpLeftCornerLonF = lon(nlon-1,nlat-1)
>> projres at mpLambertParallel1F = a at TRUELAT1
>> projres at mpLambertParallel2F = a at TRUELAT2
>> projres at mpLambertMeridianF = a at STAND_LON
>> projres at mpCenterLonF = a at CEN_LON
>> projres at mpCenterLatF = a at CEN_LAT
>> projres at mpLimitMode = "Corners"
>> projres at pmTickMarkDisplayMode = "Always"
>> projres at mpDataBaseVersion = "Ncarg4_1"
>> projres at mpDataSetName = "Earth..4"
>> projres at mpOutlineBoundarySets = "AllBoundaries" ; all
>> boundaries
>> projres at mpNationalLineThicknessF = 1.0
>> projres at mpGeophysicalLineThicknessF = 1.0
>> projres at mpUSStateLineThicknessF = 2.0
>>
>> I have altered the options so you should be able to just paste it into
>> your script. This is a piece that I copy into all of my map scripts.
>>
>> I will then usually do other resources such as contour or vector or
>> streamlines and to keep the projection in mind instead of setting
>> "contres", contour resources equal to true, set it equal to projres and
>> then continue adding resources.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> -Alex
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Craig Tierney - NOAA Affiliate <
>> craig.tierney at noaa.gov> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am trying to plot WRF data using NCL 6.1.2 without using the built-in
>>> WRF functions. The reason I am doing this is because what I really want to
>>> do is plot streamlines, and when I had problems doing that I tried to
>>> simplify what I was doing first.
>>>
>>> I found the examples page for plotting WRF using the gsn functions. I
>>> started with the wrf_gsn_2.ncl example. All I did was change the WRF input
>>> file to point to mine. The output looked like the map was
>>> CylindralEquidistant (the specified mapping) but the data are in
>>> LambertConformal, so the height field is not plotted as rectangular. So
>>> you get the curved shape of my domain on the rectangular map where the
>>> lines of latitude are horizontal. This isn't want I want, but the script
>>> seems to be doing what it should for my domain.
>>>
>>> What I found strange is that when I looked at the output of
>>> wrf_map_resources, that it says the Projection is LambertConformal.
>>>
>>> So I tried changing the mpProjection to LambertConformal. When I did
>>> this I got something that looked more StereoGraphic. The plot was centered
>>> at the north pole.
>>>
>>> When I compare the output of wrf_map_resources between this script and
>>> my script that uses wrf_map_overlays, the contents are identical.
>>>
>>> So how do I get NCL to plot my data using the GSN functions in the same
>>> projection as using wrf_map_overlays?
>>>
>>> Here is the script that I ran:
>>>
>>> ;----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ; wrf_gsn_2.ncl
>>> ;----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ; Concepts illustrated:
>>> ; - Using gsn_csm_contour_map to plot WRF-ARW data
>>> ;----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ; This example is similar to wrf_gsn_1.ncl, except more plot resources
>>> ; are set to:
>>> ; - explicitly set the contour levels
>>> ; - change the look of the map outlines
>>> ; - change the color map
>>> ; - make the labelbar vertical
>>> ;----------------------------------------------------------------------;
>>> 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/wrf/WRFUserARW.ncl"
>>>
>>> begin
>>> ;---Open WRF output file.
>>> dir =
>>> "/scratch2/portfolios/BMC/winds/Craig.Tierney/theia/wrf/windswrf/trunk/conusplus-wrf-6day/201308010000/nowfp-nocu/wrf/"
>>> filename = "wrfout_d01_2013-08-04_00:00:00"
>>> a = addfile(dir + filename + ".nc","r")
>>>
>>> ;---Read terrain height and lat/lon off file.
>>> it = 0 ; first time step
>>> hgt = wrf_user_getvar(a,"HGT",it) ; Terrain elevation
>>> hgt at lat2d = wrf_user_getvar(a,"XLAT",it) ; latitude/longitude
>>> hgt at lon2d = wrf_user_getvar(a,"XLONG",it) ; required for plotting
>>>
>>> wks = gsn_open_wks("png","wrf_gsn")
>>>
>>> ;---Set some basic plot options
>>> res = True
>>>
>>> res at gsnMaximize = True ; maximize plot in frame
>>>
>>> res at tiMainString = filename
>>>
>>> res at cnFillOn = True
>>> res at cnFillPalette = "OceanLakeLandSnow"
>>> res at cnLinesOn = False
>>>
>>> res at mpProjection = "CylindricalEquidistant"
>>> ; res at mpProjection = "LambertConformal"
>>>
>>> ;---Zoom in on plot
>>> res at mpMinLatF = min(hgt at lat2d)
>>> res at mpMaxLatF = max(hgt at lat2d)
>>> res at mpMinLonF = min(hgt at lon2d)
>>> res at mpMaxLonF = max(hgt at lon2d)
>>>
>>> ;---Additional resources desired
>>> res at pmTickMarkDisplayMode = "Always" ; nicer tickmarks
>>>
>>> res at mpDataBaseVersion = "MediumRes" ; better and more map
>>> outlines
>>> res at mpDataSetName = "Earth..4"
>>> res at mpOutlineBoundarySets = "AllBoundaries"
>>> res at mpOutlineOn = True
>>>
>>> res at lbOrientation = "Vertical"
>>> res at tiMainOffsetYF = -0.03 ; Move the title down
>>>
>>> ;---Change contour levels to better match the color map being used
>>> res at cnLevelSelectionMode = "ExplicitLevels"
>>> res at cnLevels =
>>> (/2,100,200,400,600,800,1000,1200,1400,1600,1800,2000,2200/)
>>>
>>>
>>> contour = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,hgt,res)
>>>
>>> ;
>>> ; This is for debugging purposes only. It shows what map resources the
>>> ; wrf_map_overlays routine would have use, if you had called that routine
>>> ; to do the plotting. This can be useful if you are trying to reproduce
>>> ; an original WRF-ARW plot.
>>> ;
>>> dbgres = True
>>> dbgres = wrf_map_resources(a,dbgres)
>>> print(dbgres)
>>> end
>>>
>>> Craig
>>>
>>>
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