[ncl-talk] reading Radar grib2 data

[David Brown]

Hi Wei,
The values in this data are not all -999 and wgrib2 and ncl agree on
the statistics for the single record in this file:

wgrib2 -V MRMS_ReflectivityAtLowestAltitude_00.50_20160920-173034.grib2
1:0:vt=2016092017:500 m above mean sea
level:anl:ReflectivityAtLowestAltitude ReflectivityAtLowestAltitude
[dBZ]:
    ndata=24500000:undef=0:mean=-460.646:min=-999:max=61
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
    grid_template=0:winds(N/S):
lat-lon grid:(7000 x 3500) units 1e-06 input WE:NS output WE:SN res 48
lat 54.995000 to 20.005001 by 0.010000
lon 230.004999 to 299.994997 by 0.010000 #points=24500000


ncl 0> f = addfile("MRMS_ReflectivityAtLowestAltitude_00.50_20160920-173034.grib2","r")
ncl 2> v = f->ReflectivityAtLowestAltitude_P0_L102_GLL0
ncl 3> printMinMax(v,0)
(0)     ReflectivityAtLowestAltitude (dBZ) : min=-999   max=61
ncl 4> print(avg(v))
(0)     -460.6458

 -dave


On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Wei Huang <whuang at univ-wea.com> wrote:
> Yes, I “gunzip” the file first.
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> Thanks,
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> Wei Huang
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> From: Barry Lynn [mailto:barry.h.lynn at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 12:52 PM
> To: Wei Huang
> Cc: ncl-talk at ucar.edu
> Subject: Re: [ncl-talk] reading Radar grib2 data
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> Hi:
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> Is there any chance you need to gunzip the file first?
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> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 8:45 PM, Wei Huang <whuang at univ-wea.com> wrote:
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> Dear NCL users,
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> I am trying to process a radar grib2 dataset downloaded from:
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> http://mrms.ncep.noaa.gov/data/2D/ReflectivityAtLowestAltitude/?C=M;O=D
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> For example, I tried dataset:
> MRMS_ReflectivityAtLowestAltitude_00.50_20160920-173034.grib2.gz
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> I tried to read the data, but all its value is: -999.
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> The file seems a pretty good size.
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> Has anyone tried such data before and want to share experience?
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> Thanks,
>
> Wei Huang
> whuang at univ-wea.com
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