[ncl-talk] mask problem

Md. Jalal Uddin dmjalal90 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 7 11:08:06 MST 2018


Thanks a lot. It works now.

On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 3:55 AM Dennis Shea <shea at ucar.edu> wrote:

> I saw that you ftp'd the data file: *yearsum2000.nc
> <http://yearsum2000.nc>*
>
>     double pre(time, *longitude, latitude*) ;
>         pre:long_name = "precipitation" ;
>         pre:units = "mm" ;
> *        pre:_FillValue = NaN ;*            <==== *The problem*
> *        pre:missing_value = NaN*
>
> The issue is that there are no _FillValue in the .original variable.
> Hence, the following *does not* *change *the _FillValue associated with
> the TRMM_reorder variable. It is st ill NaN
>
> if (*any*(*isnan_ieee*(TRMM_reorder))) then
>       value = 1.e20
>       *replace_ieeenan* (TRMM_reorder, value, 0)
>       TRMM_reorder at _FillValue = value
> end if
>
> Later, *after the mask is applied* the masked values are set to
> _FillValue which are still NaN. NCL graphics can not handle NaNs and the
> errors occur. The solution is simple. Explicitly set
>
>   value = 1d20
>   TRMM_reorder at missing_value = value                  ; Force change to
> CF recognized value
>   TRMM_reorder at _FillValue    = value
>
> This script also includes using the output from *stat_dispersion*
> <http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Contributed/stat_dispersion.shtml>
> to guide the setting of explicit contour levels.
>
> See attached.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 12:20 AM Md. Jalal Uddin <dmjalal90 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>  I am getting the following errors. I went through the FAQ page, but the
>> trick did not work (http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/FAQ/#err_msgs_013). What can
>> I do to fix these?
>>
>> fatal:ContourPlotDraw: ARSCAM - ALGORITHM FAILURE
>> fatal:ContourPlotDraw: draw error
>> fatal:ContourPlotDraw: draw error
>> fatal:PlotManagerDraw: error in plot draw
>> fatal:_NhlPlotManagerDraw: Draw error
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 12:25 PM Dennis Shea <shea at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> *This is offline.*   *I do not want to have multiple emails. Please
>>> think about what you are doin.*
>>>
>>> Did you carefully look at the script? Did you think about what it was
>>> doing?
>>>
>>> I do not know where to start.
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> Creating the netCDF file
>>>
>>> netCDF   = *True *  ; generate a netCDF file containing the mask
>>>                              ; If *True*: save a netCDF for later use
>>>                              ; if *False*: generate the mask locally;
>>> no file created
>>> You did not use/read the file I sent. That is fine. Change the above to
>>>
>>> netCDF   = *False *  ; generate the mask array; *False* means no netCDF
>>> created
>>>
>>> [2] *WHY *did you comment the following? They are appropriate for the
>>> mask.
>>>
>>>   ;res at cnLevelSelectionMode = "ExplicitLevels" ; explicitly set the
>>> levels via cnLevels
>>>   ;res at cnLevels         = (/1.,2.,3.,4./)      ; set the levels
>>>   ;res at cnFillColors     = (/60,100,20,140,5/)  ; set the colors that
>>> will be used to color fill
>>>
>>>    This is the source of your problem. *Uncomment these lines!!!*
>>>    They have nothing to do with the precipitation data. Only the mask!
>>>
>>>
>>> [3]* WHY did you comment the following;*
>>>
>>>   ;res2 at cnLevelSelectionMode = "ExplicitLevels"
>>>   ;res2 at cnLevels         = (/0.1,1.0,1.5,2.0,2.5,5,7.5,10,15,20/) ; *"mm/day"
>>> *
>>>
>>>   * and keep these?*
>>>
>>>    res2 at cnFillPalette    = (/"Snow","PaleTurquoise","PaleGreen" \
>>>                            ,"SeaGreen3" ,"Yellow", "Orange","HotPink" \
>>> ; contour colors
>>>                            ,"Red","Violet", "Purple", "Brown"  /)
>>> ; one more color than contour levels
>>>
>>>
>>> *They go together!*
>>>
>>> You can comment:
>>>
>>>   ;res2 at cnFillPalette    = (/"Snow","PaleTurquoise","PaleGreen" \
>>>   ;                       ,"SeaGreen3" ,"Yellow", "Orange","HotPink" \ ;
>>> contour colors
>>>   ;                       ,"Red","Violet", "Purple", "Brown"  /)       ;
>>> one more color than contour levels
>>>
>>> You will get an evenly distributed contour plot. Most precipitation is
>>> not well suited to even contour levels.
>>>
>>> ===
>>> Also ...  your data are "sums"?????  If they are annual sums and you
>>> want uneven contour levels then
>>>
>>>   res2 at cnLevelSelectionMode = "ExplicitLevels"
>>>   res2 at cnLevels  = (/0.1,1.0,1.5,2.0,2.5,5,7.5,10,15,20/) ; *"mm/day" *
>>>   *res2 at cnLevels  = 365*res2 at cnLevels    ; annual total*
>>>   res2 at cnFillPalette    = (/"Snow","PaleTurquoise","PaleGreen" \
>>>                            ,"SeaGreen3" ,"Yellow", "Orange","HotPink" \
>>> ; contour colors
>>>                            ,"Red","Violet", "Purple", "Brown"  /)
>>> ; one more color than contour levels
>>>
>>> ====
>>> If you have NaNs you must
>>>
>>>   if (*any* <http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/any.shtml>(*isnan_ieee*(x))) then
>>>       value = 1.e20
>>>       *replace_ieeenan* <http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/replace_ieeenan.shtml> (x, value, 0)
>>>       x at _FillValue = value
>>>   end if
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 6:36 PM Md. Jalal Uddin <dmjalal90 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am getting the following errors when I tried to plot.
>>>>
>>>> fatal:ContourPlotDraw: CPCLAM/AREDAM - UNABLE TO INSERT NODE INTO MAP
>>>> fatal:ContourPlotDraw: draw error
>>>> fatal:ContourPlotDraw: draw error
>>>> fatal:PlotManagerDraw: error in plot draw
>>>> fatal:_NhlPlotManagerDraw: Draw error
>>>>
>>>> I found the possible reason from the Internet that it might be the
>>>> problem from 'nan' values. I tried to solve this problem in two ways (
>>>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/isnan_ieee.shtml,
>>>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/replace_ieeenan.shtml).
>>>> They did not work. What can I do?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 11:00 AM Dennis Shea <shea at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> [1] You could look on the WWW for a *file* containing a TRMM 0.25
>>>>> degree land-sea mask. Did you try?
>>>>>
>>>>> [2] You could create your own mask. Did you look at the following?
>>>>>             *http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/mask.shtml*
>>>>> <http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/mask.shtml>
>>>>>
>>>>>     [a] Use shapefiles: Examples 12 & 13
>>>>>     [b] The attached script uses NCL builtin *1-deg* landsea mask.
>>>>> 3B42 is *0.25-deg.*
>>>>> *         [ *See* mask_5.ncl ]. *It produces that attached netCDF
>>>>> file and a sample plot.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do not respond to me. ncl-talk only
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 5:01 AM Md. Jalal Uddin <dmjalal90 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I understood your answer; however, I want to know more about it.
>>>>>> Which data is only applicable for masking function in NCL? I am using TRMM
>>>>>> 3B42 data to mask precipitation over land. What should I do for TRMM data?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 5:45 PM Karin Meier-Fleischer <
>>>>>> meier-fleischer at dkrz.de> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Jalal,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> NCL told you that the variable ORO is not in your file, so take a
>>>>>>> look at your file and see what it contains. You can use ncl_filedump to do
>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Karin
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Am 04.11.2018 um 05:24 schrieb Md. Jalal Uddin <dmjalal90 at gmail.com
>>>>>>> >:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am getting the following error message when I tried to mask over
>>>>>>> land.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> fatal:["Execute.c":6394]:variable (ORO) is not in file (f)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ;;code
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> f= addfile("yearsum2000.nc","r")
>>>>>>>  pre = f->pre
>>>>>>>  pre_reorder = pre(time|:,latitude|:,longitude|:)
>>>>>>> ;printVarSummary(pre_reorder)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> oro = f->ORO(0,:,:)   ;oro: orography data array (lat,lon). ;
>>>>>>> assumes that lat and lon are attached to oro as coordinates,. ; and oro has
>>>>>>> values ocean: 0, land: 1
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ;;printVarSummary(pre)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Variable: pre
>>>>>>> Type: double
>>>>>>> Total Size: 4608000 bytes
>>>>>>>             576000 values
>>>>>>> Number of Dimensions: 3
>>>>>>> Dimensions and sizes:   [time | 1] x [longitude | 1440] x [latitude
>>>>>>> | 400]
>>>>>>> Coordinates:
>>>>>>>             time: [911.75..911.75]
>>>>>>>             longitude: [-179.875..179.875]
>>>>>>>             latitude: [-49.875..49.875]
>>>>>>> Number Of Attributes: 4
>>>>>>>   long_name :     precipitation
>>>>>>>   units :   mm
>>>>>>>   _FillValue :    -nan
>>>>>>>   missing_value : -nan
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How can I solve this problem?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jalal
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> *Md. Jalal Uddin*
>>>>>>> MSc in Applied Meteorology (English Language)
>>>>>>> Nanjing University of Information, Science and Technology, China
>>>>>>> B.Sc. in Disaster Management (Hons.)
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>>>>>> *Md. Jalal Uddin*
>>>>>> MSc in Applied Meteorology (English Language)
>>>>>> Nanjing University of Information, Science and Technology, China
>>>>>> B.Sc. in Disaster Management (Hons.)
>>>>>> Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh.
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>>>> *Md. Jalal Uddin*
>>>> MSc in Applied Meteorology (English Language)
>>>> Nanjing University of Information, Science and Technology, China
>>>> B.Sc. in Disaster Management (Hons.)
>>>> Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh.
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>> *Md. Jalal Uddin*
>> MSc in Applied Meteorology (English Language)
>> Nanjing University of Information, Science and Technology, China
>> B.Sc. in Disaster Management (Hons.)
>> Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh.
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*Md. Jalal Uddin*
MSc in Applied Meteorology (English Language)
Nanjing University of Information, Science and Technology, China
B.Sc. in Disaster Management (Hons.)
Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh.
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