[ncl-talk] About local time (UTC+9)
Barry Lynn
barry.h.lynn at gmail.com
Fri Feb 17 01:27:04 MST 2017
Thank you.
I will give it a try...
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 10:12 AM, isakhar sakhar isakhar <
isakhar.inside13 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Mr.Barry
>
> You just need to active or load to call file 'cd_string.ncl' at the top of
> the code. The file 'cd_string' itself already exist inside folder
> '/usr/share/ncarg/nclscripts/contrib/'. In this conversation, I attached
> a file call 'script.ncl'. Like Mr. Rick and Mr.Dave said it is just need to
> specify ntimes(it) in the call to cd_string() because ntimes is loop for
> the time.
>
> I hope this can help.
>
> Regards,
> Soares
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Barry Lynn <barry.h.lynn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Soares:
>>
>> Could you please summarize the code that allows you to convert wrf output
>> times to local time.
>>
>> This is very useful.
>>
>> Thansk
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 5:11 AM, isakhar sakhar isakhar <
>> isakhar.inside13 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Mr.Dave and Mr.Rick
>>>
>>> It's working. It's solved now.
>>>
>>> Thank you very much.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Soares
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 4:20 AM, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <
>>> dave.allured at noaa.gov> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Soares,
>>>>
>>>> Never mind about those print statements. This problem was already
>>>> solved. Please follow the instructions in this message:
>>>>
>>>> http://mailman.ucar.edu/pipermail/ncl-talk/2016-September/006863.html
>>>>
>>>> --Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <
>>>> dave.allured at noaa.gov> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Oops, my mistake. Can you please tell me whether the input file
>>>>> contains numeric time coordinates, or only character time coordinates? It
>>>>> is much easier to calculate offset times if the numeric time coordinates
>>>>> are already calculated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Right after addfile, try printFileVarSummary (in, "U"). If tjhat does
>>>>> not work, try printFileVarSummary (in, "UU"). The first subscript in the
>>>>> variable gets you the name of the time dimension.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then try printFileVarSummary (in, "TIME") where you replace TIME with
>>>>> the actual name of the time dimension. Then please show us the output from
>>>>> only that command.
>>>>>
>>>>> If that does not work, you can try manually searching for a numeric
>>>>> time coordinate. print (in) shows you a summary of all variables in the
>>>>> file. Scroll through that list by pressing the space bar until you get to
>>>>> the end. Look for a variable with "time" in the name; a numeric type such
>>>>> as double, float, or integer; and units attribute like "days since" or
>>>>> "hours since". Then show the complete printed description for that
>>>>> variable.
>>>>>
>>>>> --Dave
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 8:47 PM, isakhar sakhar isakhar <
>>>>> isakhar.inside13 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Mr.Dave
>>>>>>
>>>>>> By following your instruction I get complete output as in attachment
>>>>>> (output.script.txt).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> Soares
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <
>>>>>> dave.allured at noaa.gov> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also I see another problem. In these two lines which I just sent,
>>>>>>> make sure you have ASCII straight double quotes (") in the script before
>>>>>>> you run it. I think I sent you curly double quotes (UTF-8) by mistake.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> time_numeric = cd_inv_string (times, "%Y%N%D%H%M")
>>>>>>> offset_times = cd_string (time_numeric, "%Y%N%D%H%M" )
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --Dave
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 6:29 PM, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <
>>>>>>> dave.allured at noaa.gov> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Soares,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please insert this right below "ntimes = dimsizes(times)":
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> print (times(0:2))
>>>>>>>> time_numeric = cd_inv_string (times, “%Y%N%D%H%M”)
>>>>>>>> print (time_numeric(0:2))
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> offset = -9 ; hours
>>>>>>>> time_numeric = time_numeric - offset
>>>>>>>> offset_times = cd_string (time_numeric, “%Y%N%D%H%M” )
>>>>>>>> print (offset_times(0:2))
>>>>>>>> exit
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Then run it and show us the complete output, including all normal
>>>>>>>> and error messages.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --Dave
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 5:18 PM, isakhar sakhar isakhar <
>>>>>>>> isakhar.inside13 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Dear Mr.Rick
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That is I mean, I want to use the ntimes to call cd_string because
>>>>>>>>> of my wrfout file is in UTC but I want to get the output result in UTC+9.
>>>>>>>>> I have active load above my script but it does not change anything.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Any help will appreciate,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>> Soares
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 11:29 PM, Rick Brownrigg <
>>>>>>>>> brownrig at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm not sure what you are trying to do, but this part does not
>>>>>>>>>> seem right:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> do it = 0,ntimes-1 ;Loop for the time: it=
>>>>>>>>>> starting time
>>>>>>>>>> time = it
>>>>>>>>>> time_numeric=cd_string(time(0),"%Y%N%D%H%M")
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "time" would be an integer scalar (although in NCL, all scalars
>>>>>>>>>> are arrays of dimension 1, so notation like time(0) is not a
>>>>>>>>>> syntax/semantic error), but time certainly will not have the requisite
>>>>>>>>>> "units" attribute. Did you perhaps mean to specify "ntimes(it)" in the
>>>>>>>>>> call to cd_string()?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Rick
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 11:28 PM, isakhar sakhar isakhar <
>>>>>>>>>> isakhar.inside13 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Mr.Dave
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I am very for asking a lot, I have tried my best but I still
>>>>>>>>>>> face the error even I already have the line '/usr/share/ncarg/nclscripts/contrib/cd_string.ncl'
>>>>>>>>>>> on my top script. I still use NCL version 6.1.2.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I face error say:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> cd_string: The variable containing time values must have a
>>>>>>>>>>> 'units' attribute.
>>>>>>>>>>> fatal:Illegal right-hand side type for assignment
>>>>>>>>>>> fatal:["Execute.c":8128]:Execute: Error occurred at or near
>>>>>>>>>>> line 33 in file script.ncl
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> My script file in attachment.
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> regards,
>>>>>>>>>>> Soares
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 5:46 AM, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <
>>>>>>>>>>> dave.allured at noaa.gov> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Soares,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Also show the output from print (time(0)) before you call
>>>>>>>>>>>> cd_string.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --Dave
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 1:29 PM, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate
>>>>>>>>>>>> <dave.allured at noaa.gov> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Soares,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The documentation for cd_string says that you must have this
>>>>>>>>>>>>> line at the top of your program:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscri
>>>>>>>>>>>>> pts/contrib/cd_string.ncl"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> If that does not solve your problem, then please show:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1. Complete console output up to the point of error. This
>>>>>>>>>>>>> should include the command to run your program, and the NCL version number.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2. A complete copy of your NCL script, or a reduced test
>>>>>>>>>>>>> script that just shows this error.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --Dave
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 9:28 PM, isakhar sakhar isakhar <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> isakhar.inside13 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Mr. Dave
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have modified the syntax to cd_string but I still face the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> error 'fatal:Undefined identifier: (cd_string) is undefined, can't continue'
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time_numeric=cd_string(time,"%Y%N%D%H%M") ;; will return in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hours since 1800-01-01 unless specified otherwise
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> offset=-9 ; hours
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time_numeric =time_numeric-offset
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time=cd_string(time_numeric,"%Y%N%D%H%M")
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Soares
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Dave Allured - NOAA
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Affiliate <dave.allured at noaa.gov> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Soares,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The function cd_inv_string is in the next NCL release. It
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is not available in the current release 6.3.0. That is why you are getting
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a syntax error.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If your data already has date/time in numeric format as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hours since XXX, then you might be able to directly subtract the offset and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> use cd_string to print the times that you want.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --Dave
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 8:07 PM, isakhar sakhar isakhar <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> isakhar.inside13 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Mr.Dennis
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have a wrfout data and it is in UTC. I want to print in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> my local time (UTC+9). I already have the file cd_inv_string.ncl and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> already load it in my top of file. I also adjust as below to the my local
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time but I still face the error.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time_numeric=cd_inv_string(ntimes,“%Y%N%D%H%M”) ;; will
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> return in hours since 1800-01-01 unless specified otherwise
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> offset=-9 ; hours
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time_numeric =time_numeric-offset
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time=cd_string(time_numeric,“%Y%N%D%H%M” )
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I got the error say: fatal:syntax error: line 34 in file
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> script.ncl before or near �
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time_numeric=cd_inv_string(time,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My file in attachment.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Really appreciate for any help.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Big thanks
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Soares
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>
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>> The Institute of the Earth Science,
>> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
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Barry H. Lynn, Ph.D
Senior Lecturer,
The Institute of the Earth Science,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Tel: 972 547 231 170
Fax: (972)-25662581
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