WRF output

[Eric Altshuler]

Hi Ambarish,

The WRF2GRADS program is obsolete. You should try using ARWpost (if you're running WRF ARW core) or WRFpost (works on both ARW and NMM WRF output).

The raw WRF output files are in netcdf format and they can be read by grads, but it requires some trickery. Also, the 3-D fields are on model vertical coordinate surfaces (not pressure levels) and the fields are also on staggered grids. ARWpost and WRFpost can vertically interpolate the data to pressure levels and also destagger the data.

Best regards,

Eric L. Altshuler
Assistant Research Scientist
Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
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Calverton, MD 20705-3106
USA

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ambarish Jash" <ambarish.jash at GMAIL.COM>
To: GRADSUSR at LIST.CINECA.IT
Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2008 2:17:03 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: WRF output

Hi guys,
I have downloaded the WRF2GRADS tar file.
I have untarred unzipped and also installed it.
After which I have made necessary changes in the control_file.
Upon running "wrf_to_grads" i get the following error

error while loading shared libraries: libimf.so: cannot open shared object
file: No such file or directory.

can someone help!!!
Thanks
Ambarish Jash