any code to generate grads and ctl file from ASCII data?

[Charles Seman]

Mald MM5,

Please find attached a Fortran 77 subroutine write_sounding.f with
associated include files sounding_params and sounding_variables (part of
a larger program, compiled using "g77", using a C-shell script
"run_plot_sounding").  Note the "open" statement uses "direct" access
for output, and a factor of 4 is used for the "recl" parameter (this may
be different for your computer...).  Also find attached an example of
GrADS ctl and ieee data files for TOGA 1992 "old IFA" observations
(generated using "run_plot_sounding") and a GrADS script skewt_lsf.gs
which opens the GrADS ctl file to plot the sounding using a GrADS script
function version of Bob Hart's plotskew.gs script (also attached).
Please let me know if you have any questions or would like more of the
Fortran 77 program.

I hope this helps,
Chuck

Mald MM5 wrote:
> Hi grads users,
>
> I have the sounding data in ASCII format with
> pressure,temp,dewpt,speed and direction. How could I generate a grid
> data and control file for this data set in order to use Bob Harts
> (http://www.ems.psu.edu/~hart/skew.html
> <http://www.ems.psu.edu/%7Ehart/skew.html>)  grads script to make the
> skew-t plot?
>
>  If any of you have any FORTRAN or C code to do such conversions of
> ASCII files, could you please share it with me?
>
> Thanks
>
>

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