[ncl-talk] Function for computing u, v components of the divergence

Dennis Shea shea at ucar.edu
Mon Oct 5 16:08:35 MDT 2020


Sorry, there is no NCL function to derive the divergent components of the
wind from the divergence.
As you note, only for global grids.

*https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/wind.shtml*
<https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/wind.shtml>

On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 8:26 AM Barry Lynn via ncl-talk <
ncl-talk at mailman.ucar.edu> wrote:

> Hello:
>
> If you are using WRF output, why not just use the u,v fields from WRF
> itself?
>
> Perhaps I don't understand your question.
>
> Barry
>
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 4:44 PM Pei, Lisi via ncl-talk <
> ncl-talk at mailman.ucar.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> As the function uv2dv_cfd can give the divergence field for a regional
>> data at fixed grid, I am wondering if there is a function similar to dv2uvf
>> (this function only works for global grids) that can generate the u, and v
>> component for the divergence derived from uv2dv_cfd. There seem to be a lot
>> built-in function similar to dv2uvf (e.g. *dv2uvF_Wrap*
>> <https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Contributed/dv2uvF_Wrap.shtml>
>> , *dv2uvG*
>> <https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/dv2uvG-1.shtml>,
>> *dv2uvg*
>> <https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/dv2uvg.shtml>, *uv2dvF
>> <https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/uv2dvF-1.shtml>*)
>> but none of them would suite a regional grid such as WRF outputs. If I am
>> not missing anything, would anybody be able to share an efficient way to
>> calculate the u and v component of a 2-D divergence field at pressure level
>> by NCL?
>>
>> Thanks for any help in advance.
>>
>> Best,
>> Lisi
>>
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