[ncl-talk] grib projection conversion

[Rick Brownrigg]

Yes, you'll need to flatten your arrays into 1D. See the ndtooned() and
related functions for ways to do that.

On Wednesday, December 4, 2019, Micah Sklut <micahs2005 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Rick. I think this transform_coordinate function will take care of
> my needs.
>
> In my case the gfs data has a latitude array of 1440, and longitude array
> of 721.  So, does this mean, I need to pass transform_coordinate a 1d array
> for X that shows latitude values for every coordinate? Meaning 1440x721
> values? And, subsequently for Y? And, I"ll pass a 1d array for Z with all
> zeroes that have 1440x721 values.
>
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 5:13 PM Rick Brownrigg <brownrig at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> NCL has an undocumented interface to the Proj4 cartographic projection
>> library that could produce coordinates in a Mercator projection, given a
>> list of lat/lons:
>>
>>    transform_coordinate(srcProj:string, dstProj:string, x[*]:double,
>> y[*]:double, z[*]:double)
>>
>> Where srcProj/dstProj are the "proj4 strings" describing the source and
>> destination projections. In your case, the srcProj would be something like:
>>   "+proj=lonlat +ellps=sphere"     # I've encountered some instance where
>> things fail without specifying the ellipsoid
>>
>> dest:
>>
>>   "+proj=merc"
>>
>> The x/y/z arrays are the same length; the z can be set to zeros if real
>> data unavailable. The conversion happens "in place".  More on proj4 here.
>> Particularly if your area of interest is not global, there are likely other
>> parameters to the Mercator you might want to add, like center of
>> projection, etc:
>>
>>     https://proj.org/
>>
>> (Note, NCL's binding to proj4 is specifically the older v4.xxx libraries,
>> not the newer v.6. series. The proj-strings should be compatible however)
>>
>> Finally, I don't understand the bit about starting with a 1440x721 and
>> ending up with a 1440x1440. It almost sounds like you'll need to regrid to
>> that density in lat/lon space prior to projecting.
>>
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 3:01 PM Micah Sklut via ncl-talk <
>> ncl-talk at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm interested in the best way to convert lat/lon and corresponding data
>>> values from GFS grib data into Mercator projection values. The use case is
>>> not for mapping in NCL, but taking an input grib file and converting values
>>> to an output grib file.
>>>
>>> The GFS data I have is 0.25x0.25, so 1440x721 values, so I believe I'm
>>> looking for the Mercator projection to provide 1440x1440 values, where the
>>> lat/lons are spaced according to the Mercator projection. Is there a
>>> conversion function in NCL that will do this?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Micah Sklut
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>
> --
> Micah Sklut
>
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