[ncl-talk] Data conversion
HAVENER, KEVIN F GS-12 USAF ACC 14 WS/WXED
kevin.havener at us.af.mil
Fri Feb 5 08:21:37 MST 2016
Which version of ncl are you running?
Kevin Havener
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From: Benjamin Alabi [mailto:alabibenjamin2 at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2016 10:09 AM
To: HAVENER, KEVIN F GS-12 USAF ACC 14 WS/WXED
Cc: alesall; ncl-talk at ucar.edu
Subject: Re: [ncl-talk] Data conversion
Thanks alot for your assistance.
I added the following before ' Begin' as you have instructed me load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl"
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"
After running it, it's generated the following error:
fatal:syntax error: line 3232 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl before or near \n
copy_VarCoords(x, advect)
---------------------------^
fatal:syntax error: possibly an undefined procedure fatal:Syntax Error in block, block not executed fatal:error at line 3255 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl
fatal:syntax error: line 3364 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl before or near \n
copy_VarCoords(X, Xdp)
------------------------^
fatal:syntax error: possibly an undefined procedure fatal:Syntax Error in block, block not executed fatal:error at line 3400 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl
fatal:syntax error: line 3478 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl before or near \n
copy_VarCoords(t, theta)
--------------------------^
fatal:syntax error: possibly an undefined procedure fatal:Syntax Error in block, block not executed fatal:error at line 3482 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl
fatal:syntax error: line 3573 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl before or near \n
copy_VarCoords(t,s)
---------------------^
fatal:syntax error: possibly an undefined procedure fatal:Syntax Error in block, block not executed fatal:error at line 3576 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl
fatal:syntax error: line 3666 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl before or near \n
copy_VarCoords(t, theta)
--------------------------^
fatal:syntax error: possibly an undefined procedure fatal:syntax error: line 3706 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl before or near \n
copy_VarCoords(t,pv)
----------------------^
fatal:syntax error: possibly an undefined procedure fatal:Syntax Error in block, block not executed fatal:error at line 3709 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl
fatal:syntax error: line 3802 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl before or near \n
copy_VarCoords(t, theta)
--------------------------^
fatal:syntax error: possibly an undefined procedure fatal:syntax error: line 3813 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl before or near \n
copy_VarCoords(t,s)
---------------------^
fatal:syntax error: possibly an undefined procedure fatal:syntax error: line 3852 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl before or near \n
copy_VarCoords(t,pv)
----------------------^
fatal:syntax error: possibly an undefined procedure fatal:Syntax Error in block, block not executed fatal:error at line 3855 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl
fatal:syntax error: line 4205 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl before or near \n
copy_VarCoords(runs(0,:,:), maxrun) -----------------------------------------^
fatal:syntax error: possibly an undefined procedure fatal:Syntax Error in block, block not executed fatal:error at line 4210 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl
fatal:syntax error: line 4254 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl before or near \n
copy_VarCoords(t, dthdz)
--------------------------^
fatal:syntax error: possibly an undefined procedure fatal:syntax error: line 4261 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl before or near \n
copy_VarCoords(u, brunt)
--------------------------^
fatal:syntax error: possibly an undefined procedure fatal:syntax error: line 4267 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl before or near \n
copy_VarCoords(u, dudz)
-------------------------^
fatal:syntax error: possibly an undefined procedure fatal:syntax error: line 4273 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl before or near \n
copy_VarCoords(v, dvdz)
-------------------------^
fatal:syntax error: possibly an undefined procedure fatal:syntax error: line 4279 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl before or near \n
copy_VarCoords(u, Ri)
-----------------------^
fatal:syntax error: possibly an undefined procedure fatal:Syntax Error in block, block not executed fatal:error at line 4284 in file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl
fatal:ContourPlotDraw: Workspace reallocation would exceed maximum size 100000000
fatal:ContourPlotDraw: draw error
warning:WorkstationDeactivate: workstation not active or not opened
On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 3:15 PM, HAVENER, KEVIN F GS-12 USAF ACC 14 WS/WXED <kevin.havener at us.af.mil> wrote:
And you don't want to try to add 75.0 to the fill value in the script.
Kevin Havener
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From: ncl-talk-bounces at ucar.edu [mailto:ncl-talk-bounces at ucar.edu] On Behalf Of alesall
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2016 9:03 AM
To: Benjamin Alabi
Cc: ncl-talk at ucar.edu
Subject: Re: [ncl-talk] Data conversion
the error message is:
fatal:Undefined identifier: (byte2flt) is undefined, can't continue
it is not finding the function “byte2flt"
on the documentation page, this one: <http://ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Contributed/byte2flt.shtml>
it says that such function is in the “contributed” file.
you need to add statements such as:
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl <http://ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Contributed/contrib.shtml> "
at the beginning of your script, actually before the “begin”
I have all of these in my scripts:
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl"
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"
hope this helps!
--
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 Feb 5, 2016, at 8:57 AM, Benjamin Alabi <alabibenjamin2 at gmail.com> wrote:
Goodday sir,
I appreciate your effort in guiding me. I'm new in this platform, please dont be offended by sending the message three times, I'm just learning to get help from here.
I used the script,
begin
file_name_read = "merg_2012090101_4km-pixel"
ir_u = byte2flt( fbindirread (file_name_read ,0, (/2,3298,9896/),"ubyte")) +75.0
lon_g = fspan(0.0182,360,9896)
lat_g = fspan(59.982,59.982-0.036383683*3298,3298)
lon_g at units = "degrees_east"
lon_g at long_name = "longitude"
lon_g at short_name = "longitude"
lon_g!0 = "lon"
lon_g&lon = lon_g
lat_g at units = "degrees_north"
lat_g at long_name = "latitude"
lat_g at short_name = "latitude"
lat_g!0 = "lat"
lat_g&lat = lat_g
ir_u!0 = "time"
ir_u!1 = "lat"
ir_u!2 = "lon"
ir_u&lat = lat_g
ir_u&lon = lon_g
ir_u at _FillValue= 255+75.0
wks = gsn_open_wks("X11","")
res = True
res at cnFillOn = True
res at cnFillMode = "RasterFill"
res at cnLinesOn = False
plot = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks, ir_u(0,:,:), res)
ncout = addfile(file_name_read+".nc","c")
ncout->ir_data = ir_u
end
But it was generating this error:
fatal:Undefined identifier: (byte2flt) is undefined, can't continue
fatal:["Execute.c":7741]:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 41
Waiting for guide, Thanks.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 8:07 PM, Alan Brammer <abrammer at albany.edu> wrote:
Forgot the offset, which is mentioned in the link Kevin sent.
ir_u = byte2flt( fbindirread (file_name_read ,0, (/2,3298,9896/),"ubyte")) +75.
ir_u at _FillValue= 255+75.
"Each record is a 9896 x 3298 Fortran array of IR brightness temperatures that have been scaled to fit into 1-byte by subtracting "75" from each datum. Therefore it is necessary for the user to add a value of "75" to each data value when using the data."
On 4 Feb 2016, at 13:30, Alan Brammer <abrammer at albany.edu> wrote:
ok, wow. Don’t send the same message 3 times, if the first answers weren’t complete at least expand and attempt something not just copy paste the same lines again.
as said before .Z means it’s compressed. gunzip merg_2016020123_4km-pixel.Z will uncompress it. Then you have a binary file as a small amount of googling would have told you.
The same search would have linked you to various messages on here and various scripts where other people have included simple examples of this file type (myself included). Here is an example of reading and making a simple plot. There are plenty of examples on how to write netcdf on the NCL website so you should develop code from there. Most simple example at bottom of script below.
https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/o-netcdf.shtml
Read the documentation on the below functions and understand what is occurring .
begin
file_name_read = "merg_2016020123_4km-pixel"
ir_u = byte2flt( fbindirread (file_name_read ,0, (/2,3298,9896/),"ubyte"))
lon_g = fspan(0.0182,360,9896)
lat_g = fspan(59.982,59.982-0.036383683*3298,3298)
lon_g at units = "degrees_east"
lon_g at long_name = "longitude"
lon_g at short_name = "longitude"
lon_g!0 = "lon"
lon_g&lon = lon_g
lat_g at units = "degrees_north"
lat_g at long_name = "latitude"
lat_g at short_name = "latitude"
lat_g!0 = "lat"
lat_g&lat = lat_g
ir_u!0 = "time"
ir_u!1 = "lat"
ir_u!2 = "lon"
ir_u&lat = lat_g
ir_u&lon = lon_g
ir_u at _FillValue= 255
wks = gsn_open_wks("X11","")
res = True
res at cnFillOn = True
res at cnFillMode = "RasterFill"
res at cnLinesOn = False
plot = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks, ir_u(0,:,:), res)
ncout = addfile(file_name_read+”.nc”,”c”)
ncout->ir_data = ir_u
end
On 4 Feb 2016, at 13:04, Benjamin Alabi <alabibenjamin2 at gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for your assistance sir. I've tried the cdo to get general information on the data, but it didn't work
I need help from someone that can guide me to convert this data format - 'merg_2012091000_4km-pixel.Z' to netcdf format.
I download Gobally-merged (60N-60S) pixel-resolution IR brightness temperature data (equivalent blackbody temps), merged from all available geostationary satellites (GOES-8/10, METEOSAT-7/5)
This is the link:
http://mirador.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/mirador/presentNavigation.pl?tree=project&dataset=Global-merged%20IR%20Brightness%20Temperature%20Data&project=TRMM&dataGroup=Ancillary&version=001&CGISESSID=25c6337b80163b3743e8bea85d015558.
I really want it to be in netcdf format.
Regard
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