[ncl-talk] Overlay plot of vertical cross section of WRF derived U and precipitation using NCL

Prasad Kunjeer pskunjeer at gmail.com
Mon Mar 1 10:26:02 MST 2021


My utimate aim is to create plot as attached in enclosed image

On Mon, 1 Mar, 2021, 9:29 PM Rashed Mahmood, <rashidcomsis at gmail.com> wrote:

> My mistake. I did not realize that you are trying to overlay an xy plot on
> top of a contour plot which would not work as it is. Can you be more
> specific what you are trying to do (what is the end goal here)?
>
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 11:24 AM Prasad Kunjeer <pskunjeer at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Sir,
>>
>> I have tried the solution, now there is single figure but precipitation
>> is not plotted over it.
>>
>> Regards
>> प्रसाद कुंजीर / Prasad Kunjeer
>> वैज्ञानिक - सी / Scientist - C
>> केन्द्रीय जल और विद्युत अनुसंधान शाला / Central Water and Power Research
>> Station
>> पुणे 411 024/ Pune 411 024
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 12:38 AM Rashed Mahmood <rashidcomsis at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> You need set the following in the respective resources list:
>>>
>>> res at gsnDraw              = False             ; do not draw the plot
>>> res at gsnFrame             = False             ; do not advance the frame
>>>
>>>
>>> res_z at gsnDraw              = False             ; do not draw the plot
>>> res_z at gsnFrame             = False             ; do not advance the
>>> frame
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 7:47 PM Prasad Kunjeer via ncl-talk <
>>> ncl-talk at mailman.ucar.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am writing a script to overlay U wind and precipitation from the wrf
>>>> run. My script is as below.
>>>>
>>>> ;----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> ; wrf_interp_3.ncl
>>>> ;----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> ; Concepts illustrated:
>>>> ;   - Interpolating a vertical cross-section from a 3D WRF-ARW field.
>>>> ;----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> ; wrf_user_vert_cross and wrf_user_interp_level replace the
>>>> ; deprecated wrf_user_intrp3d function.
>>>> ;
>>>> ; NCL V6.6.0 or higher is required to run this example.
>>>> ;----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> begin
>>>>   dir = "/media/prasad/C_Drive/2016/res/regrid_exp/"
>>>>   a   = addfile(dir+"wrfout_d03_2016-06-30_17_00_00.nc","r")
>>>>
>>>>   z    = wrf_user_getvar(a, "z",0)          ; grid point height
>>>>   qv   = wrf_user_getvar(a, "QVAPOR",0)     ; cloud field
>>>>   lats = wrf_user_getvar(a, "lat",0)
>>>>   lons = wrf_user_getvar(a, "lon",0)
>>>>   pr   = wrf_user_getvar(a, "pressure",0)
>>>>   ua   = wrf_user_getvar(a, "ua",0)
>>>>   va   = wrf_user_getvar(a, "va",0)
>>>>   wa   = wrf_user_getvar(a, "wa",0)
>>>>
>>>>   rain_exp = wrf_user_getvar(a,"RAINNC",0) / 25.4
>>>>   rain_con = wrf_user_getvar(a,"RAINC", 0) / 25.4
>>>>   rain_tot = (rain_exp + rain_con)
>>>>   copy_VarMeta(rain_exp,rain_tot)
>>>>
>>>>   printVarSummary(rain_tot)
>>>>   printVarSummary(rain_exp)
>>>>   printMinMax(rain_tot,0)
>>>>
>>>>   xlon = wrf_user_getvar(a, "XLONG",0)
>>>>
>>>>   start_lat       = 29.75
>>>>   end_lat         = 29.75
>>>>   start_lon       = 77
>>>>   end_lon         = 83
>>>>   opt             = True
>>>>   opt at latlon      = True
>>>>   opt at linecoords  = True
>>>>   opt at file_handle = a
>>>>   qv_latlon       =
>>>> wrf_user_vert_cross(ua,pr,(/start_lon,start_lat,end_lon,end_lat/),opt)
>>>>
>>>>   printVarSummary(ua)          ; [bottom_top | 31] x [south_north |
>>>> 546] x [west_east | 480]
>>>>   printVarSummary(qv_latlon)   ; [vertical | 100] x [cross_line_idx |
>>>> 171]
>>>>   printMinMax(ua,0)          ; [bottom_top | 31] x [south_north | 546]
>>>> x [west_east | 480]
>>>>   printMinMax(qv_latlon,0)   ; [vertical | 100] x [cross_line_idx | 171]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ;---Interpolate the 2D Rain field to the lat/lon line
>>>>   t2_line  =
>>>> wrf_user_interp_line(rain_tot,(/start_lon,start_lat,end_lon,end_lat/),opt)
>>>>   printVarSummary(t2_line)
>>>>   long_line  =
>>>> wrf_user_interp_line(xlon,(/start_lon,start_lat,end_lon,end_lat/),opt)
>>>>
>>>>   printMinMax(qv_latlon,0)
>>>>   printMinMax(t2_line,0)
>>>>   printMinMax(long_line,0)
>>>>
>>>>   wks = gsn_open_wks("png","wrf_interp_u_wind")
>>>>
>>>>   res                      = True
>>>>   res at gsnMaximize          = True     ; maximize plot in frame
>>>>   res at cnFillOn             = True     ; turn on contour fill
>>>>   res at cnFillOpacityF       = 0.4
>>>>   res at cnLinesOn            = False   ; turn off contour lines
>>>>   res at cnLineLabelsOn       = False    ; turn off line labels
>>>>   res at lbOrientation        = "Vertical"
>>>>   res at lbLabelFontHeightF   = 0.01
>>>>   res at tiMainString         = "Cross section from
>>>> ("+start_lat+","+start_lon+ \
>>>>                                            ") to ("+end_lat +
>>>> ","+end_lon+")"
>>>>   res at gsnStringFontHeightF = 0.015
>>>>   res at tmXBLabelFontHeightF = 0.01
>>>>   res at tmXBLabelAngleF      = 45.
>>>>   res at trYReverse = True
>>>>   ;res at gsnDraw              = False             ; do not draw the plot
>>>>   ;res at gsnFrame             = False             ; do not advance the
>>>> frame
>>>>
>>>> ;--Explicitly set lat/lon labels for X axis
>>>>   xvalues = ispan(0,dimsizes(qv_latlon(0,:))-1,1)
>>>>   ll_step = 15                                       ; step interval
>>>> for tickmarks
>>>>   res at tmXBMode          = "Explicit"
>>>>   res at tmXBValues        = xvalues(::ll_step)
>>>>   res at tmXBLabels        = sprintf("%6.2f",qv_latlon at lats(::ll_step)) +
>>>> "~S~o~N~N~C~" + \
>>>>                           sprintf("%6.2f",qv_latlon at lons(::ll_step)) +
>>>> "~S~o~N~E"
>>>>
>>>>   plot = gsn_csm_contour(wks,qv_latlon,res)
>>>>
>>>>   res_z                      = res
>>>>   res_z at cnFillOn             = False    ; turn on contour fill
>>>>   res_z at cnLinesOn            = True   ; turn off contour lines
>>>>   res_z at cnLineLabelsOn       = False    ; turn off line labels
>>>>   res_z at trYReverse           = False
>>>>   ;res_z at xyLineColors         = "blue"
>>>>   res_z at xyLineThicknesses   = (/3.0/)              ; make line thicker
>>>>   res_z at xyLineColors        = (/"green"/)          ; change line color
>>>>
>>>> ;--Explicitly set lat/lon labels for X axis
>>>>   xvalues = ispan(0,dimsizes(long_line(:))-1,1)
>>>>   ll_step = 15                                       ; step interval
>>>> for tickmarks
>>>>   res_z at tmXBMode          = "Explicit"
>>>>   res_z at tmXBValues        = xvalues(::ll_step)
>>>>   res_z at tmXBLabels        = sprintf("%6.2f",qv_latlon at lats(::ll_step))
>>>> + "~S~o~N~N~C~" + \
>>>>                           sprintf("%6.2f",qv_latlon at lons(::ll_step)) +
>>>> "~S~o~N~E"
>>>>
>>>>   plot_ov = gsn_csm_xy(wks,long_line,t2_line,res_z)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   overlay(plot,plot_ov)                       ; overlay the U-wind plot
>>>> on the temperature plot
>>>>   draw(plot)                                  ; draw the temperature
>>>> plot (with the rh plot overlaid)
>>>>   frame(wks)                                  ; advance the frame
>>>>
>>>> end
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am getting both precipitation and U wind plot but both on
>>>> separate pages. I want to overlay them. The help is really appreciated
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> प्रसाद कुंजीर / Prasad Kunjeer
>>>> वैज्ञानिक - सी / Scientist - C
>>>> केन्द्रीय जल और विद्युत अनुसंधान शाला / Central Water and Power
>>>> Research Station
>>>> पुणे 411 024/ Pune 411 024
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