[ncl-talk] plotting SSMI data

Manisha Ganeshan manisha.ganeshan86 at gmail.com
Mon Nov 5 12:06:41 MST 2018


I figured it out. The SSMI data are ordered as "column x row" whereas NCL
reads in "row x column".


Thanks,
Nisha

On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 1:59 PM Manisha Ganeshan <
manisha.ganeshan86 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear NCL'ers,
>
> I'm trying to plot global wind speeds from an SSMI binary file. After
> reading in the data and validating the expected range of wind speeds and
> other variables, I try to plot it on a global projection. I use the
> transpose function to reorder the lat lon dimensions, to make latitude as
> the leftmost dimension and longitude as the rightmost dimension. Following
> this step, the data values in the map seem to get reversed (i.e. rotated by
> 90 degrees clockwise). Any idea why this might be the case? I'm attaching
> my script and data file.
>
> Regards,
> Nisha
>
> --
> Dr. Manisha Ganeshan
> Universities Space Research Association
> Maryland, U.S.A.
>


-- 
Dr. Manisha Ganeshan
Universities Space Research Association
Maryland, U.S.A.
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