[ncl-talk] Re-scaling Variables Vertically

[MELISSA KAZEMI RAD]

Hi all,

I really appreciate if I could get some help with this problem. It's
somehow urgent!

Thanks a lot,
Melissa

On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 11:11 AM MELISSA KAZEMI RAD <
mk1369 at scarletmail.rutgers.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to figure out how to plot composites of averages of a number of
> variables with respect to height Z from WRF. What I'm looking for is the
> same as what is done in Jones, et al. 2011 paper:
>
> "For the composited profiles, the profiles were scaled so each LCL and zi
> aligned. The composite mean was then rescaled so that the dashed black
> line indicates the mean zi for each subset of profiles included in the
> composite, and the dashed red line the mean LCL."
>
> I'm attaching the respective plot from the paper. What I'm struggling with
> is that the height dimension of each variable is discretized into a number
> of pre-set vertical levels, and I cannot see how I can determine a fixed
> height for all of them, so that their average will have the same height.
> I'm not sure if interpolation would work here, because it still keeps the
> vertical levels the same and just interpolates values between them.
>
> I really appreciate some help.
>
> Bests,
> Melissa
>
> --
> *Melissa Kazemi Rad*
> *Atmospheric Sciences Department*
> *Rutgers University*
>


-- 
*Melissa Kazemi Rad*
*Atmospheric Sciences Department*
*Rutgers University*
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