[ncl-talk] documentation update for wrf_user_vert_interp

[Bill Ladwig]

Hi Jared,

There is a trouble ticket for this issue and we'll be adding a fix in the
upcoming 6.4.0 release.

Thanks,

Bill

On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 5:13 PM, Jared Lee <jaredlee at ucar.edu> wrote:

> Hi, I just started using the function wrf_user_vert_interp in one of my
> codes, and I came across an error message:
>
> fatal:wrf_vintrp: The pres and field arrays must have the same
> dimensionality
> fatal:["Execute.c":8575]:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 2886 in
> file $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/wrf/WRFUserARW.ncl
>
> Eventually I figured out that it was because the "field" variable that I
> was passing in didn't have the time dimension. I originally read in the
> original field (from a file with only one output time) and called the
> interp with these calls:
>
> TEMP_C = wrf_user_getvar(wrf_file, "tc", 0)
> TEMP_C_interp = wrf_user_vert_interp(wrf_file, TEMP_C, vert_coord,
> interp_levels, interp_opts)
>
> But then when I got my temperature variable with the time dimension added
> (replacing the 0 with a -1), wrf_user_vert_interp worked successfully:
>
> TEMP_C = wrf_user_getvar(wrf_file, "tc", -1)
>
> In the function wrf_user_vert_interp, when the pressure variable is read
> in, it has the time dimension. Therefore, I think the NCL documentation
> page for wrf_user_vert_interp, which currently reads:
>
> "The field variable to be interpolated. This must be a 3D array
> dimensioned bottom_top x south_north x west_east, or a 4D array dimensioned
> time x bottom_top x south_north x west_east."
>
> should be changed to reflect that the function won't work if the field
> variable is only 3D. The field variable *must* be a 4D array dimensioned
> time x bottom_top x south_north x west_east. Either that, or the function
> wrf_vintrp should be updated to allow for "field" variables that don't have
> a time dimension.
>
> Thanks,
> Jared
>
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> ===============================
> Jared A. Lee, Ph.D.
> Project Scientist I
> Research Applications Laboratory
> National Center for Atmospheric Research
> Boulder, Colorado, USA
>
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