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

[Maryam Golbazi]

sorry for the multiple emails. The model levels are all the 8th model level
in my previous email. Sorry for my mistyping!

On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 2:52 PM Maryam Golbazi <mgolbazi at udel.edu> wrote:

> 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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*=======================*
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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