[ncl-talk] Save output as a NetCDF or tiff file

Setareh Rahimi setareh.rahimi at gmail.com
Tue Nov 14 07:11:37 MST 2023


Thank you for your help! It worked.

On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 4:27 PM Dennis Shea <shea at ucar.edu> wrote:

> Read XLAT and XLONG from the source WRF file.
>
> On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 11:43 PM Setareh Rahimi <setareh.rahimi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you for your help! but I still receive this error :
>>
>> fatal:Variable (XLAT) is undefined
>>
>> fatal:["Execute.c":8637]:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 186 in
>> file aod
>>
>>
>> fatal:Variable (XLONG) is undefined
>>
>> fatal:["Execute.c":8637]:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 187 in
>> file aod
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 4:27 AM Dennis Shea <shea at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> By netCDF definition, a coordinate variable must be one-dimensional:
>>>
>>> The XLAT, XLONG variables are three dimensional.
>>>
>>> Time | 24] x [south_north | 229] x [west_east | 219]
>>>
>>> As with the WRF files, these must be written as regular variables.
>>>
>>>      ncdf->XLAT     = XLAT
>>>      ncdf->XLONG = XLONG
>>>
>>> Most commonly, the XLAT/XLONG variables do not vary with time. Hence
>>> some users just write the initial values as a two-dimensional variable
>>>
>>>      ncdf->XLAT     = XLAT(0,:,:)
>>>      ncdf->XLONG = XLONG(0,:,:)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 1:21 AM Setareh Rahimi <setareh.rahimi at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Dennis, but the page is not available!
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 2:58 AM Dennis Shea <shea at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> See copy_VarCoords
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 1:39 PM Setareh Rahimi <
>>>>> setareh.rahimi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you so much for your help. How can I assign lat/lon to the AOD,
>>>>>> please?
>>>>>> I used the below lines in the script but received the
>>>>>> following error: " fatal:(XLAT) is not a named dimension in variable
>>>>>> (a2)".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        system("/bin/rm -f AOD550_2D.nc")    ; remove any
>>>>>> pre-existing file
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        ncdf = addfile("AOD550_2D.nc" ,"c")  ; open output netCDF file
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ;===================================================================
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     ; create global attributes of the file (optional)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ;===================================================================
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        fAtt               = True            ; assign file attributes
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        fAtt at title         = "Derived AOD"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        fAtt at creation_date = systemfunc ("date")
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        fileattdef( ncdf, fAtt )            ; copy file attributes
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ;===================================================================
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     ; make time an UNLIMITED dimension; recommended  for most
>>>>>> applications
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ;===================================================================
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        filedimdef(ncdf,"time",-1,True)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ;===================================================================
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     ; output variables directly; NCL will call appropriate functions
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     ; to write the meta data associated with each variable
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ;===================================================================
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        ncdf->AOD550_2D  = AOD550_2D
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       ncdf->a2  = a2(0,:,:,:)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       AOD550_2D!0    = "lat"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       AOD550_2D!1    = "lon"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>              AOD550_2D&lat  = a2&XLAT
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ===========================================================================================
>>>>>> here is printVarSummary of "a2"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Variable: a2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Type: float
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Total Size: 144434880 bytes
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             36108720 values
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Number of Dimensions: 4
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dimensions and sizes: [Time | 24] x [bottom_top | 30] x [south_north
>>>>>> | 229] x [west_east | 219]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Coordinates:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             Time: [   0..  23]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Number Of Attributes: 6
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   coordinates : XLONG XLAT XTIME
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   stagger :
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   units : ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   description : bin 2 layer optical thickness
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   MemoryOrder : XYZ
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   FieldType : 104
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 8:17 PM Dennis Shea <shea at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> netCDF operator  'ncks' to extract a variable from a netCDF file and
>>>>>>> copy it to another
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> %> ncks -v xxx Model.nc XXX.nc
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> where 'xxx' is the name of the variable on the model file
>>>>>>> ===============================
>>>>>>>     AOD
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>        *system* <https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/system.shtml>("/bin/rm -f AOD.nc")    ; remove any pre-existing file
>>>>>>>        ncdf = *addfile* <https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/addfile.shtml>("AOD.nc" ,"c")  ; open output netCDF file
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     ;===================================================================
>>>>>>>     ; create global attributes of the file (optional)
>>>>>>>     ;===================================================================
>>>>>>>        fAtt               = True            ; assign file attributes
>>>>>>>        fAtt at title         = "Derived AOD"
>>>>>>>        fAtt at creation_date = *systemfunc* <https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/systemfunc.shtml> ("date")
>>>>>>>        *fileattdef* <https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/fileattdef.shtml>( ncdf, fAtt )            ; copy file attributes
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     ;===================================================================
>>>>>>>     ; make time an UNLIMITED dimension; recommended  for most applications
>>>>>>>     ;===================================================================
>>>>>>>        *filedimdef* <https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/filedimdef.shtml>(ncdf,"time",-1,True)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     ;===================================================================
>>>>>>>     ; output variables directly; NCL will call appropriate functions
>>>>>>>     ; to write the meta data associated with each variable
>>>>>>>     ;===================================================================
>>>>>>>        ncdf->AOD  = AOD
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ================================
>>>>>>> See
>>>>>>> *https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/method_1.shtml
>>>>>>> <https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/method_1.shtml>*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 1:02 AM Setareh Rahimi via ncl-talk <
>>>>>>> ncl-talk at mailman.ucar.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>> I have calculated Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) from WRF-Chem output
>>>>>>>> using "TAUAER2" and "TAUAER3" variables (script attached). Instead of using
>>>>>>>> the created AOD to plot it, I would like to save the AOD as a NetCDF or
>>>>>>>> tiff file. So how can I do this, please?
>>>>>>>> I have another question. How can I extract one variable from the
>>>>>>>> model output and save it as a NetCDF or tiff file?
>>>>>>>> Please help me with these issues.
>>>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> S.Rahimi
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> S.Rahimi
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> S.Rahimi
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>> --
>> S.Rahimi
>>
>>

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S.Rahimi
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