[ncl-talk] interpolate wind speeds to 120m height

[Maryam Golbazi]

Hi everyone,

I am trying to plot the total wind speeds at ~120m height from my wrfout
files. I have done this in 2 ways and I get different results. I was
wondering if you can help me understand what is the best way to do this. In
my wrfout file, I have set the e_vert and eta_levels in a way that my 8th
model level is at height ~120m. I used 2 ways to plot this:

1. I used the "wrf_user_vert_interp" function in NCL to interpolate the
wind speed to 120m height (please see "wind_interp.ncl").

2. I used U and V at the 9th model level and plotted it directly at 9th eta
level (please see "wind_eta_plot.ncl")

In the second approach, the plot is much more detailed but also shows some
streaks in my wind output that are unusual (they may be problem in wrf runs
too!). So, I am wondering which of the two approaches are correct to plot
the wind speeds.

Any ideas or comments are much appreciated.

Thanks,
Maryam

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Maryam Golbazi
*PhD Candidate, Ocean Engineering*
*Atmosphere and Energy Research Group (AERG)*
*Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (ISE) **Laboratory*
*367AM, Harker Lab, **University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA*



*mgolbazi at udel.edu <mgolbazi at udel.edu>*
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