[gradsusr] How can i plotting series of value in TEXT (ASCII) file

[Matt Alonso]

Hi Alireza,

The GrADS documentation has information about how to do exactly what you are
looking for:

http://www.iges.org/grads/gadoc/aboutgriddeddata#create

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
Matt

On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 11:33 AM, AliReza Balalan Fard <fard792 at gmail.com>wrote:

> hi
> Dear GrADS colleagues,
>
> i have a problem to plotting in GrADS
> i have a output of SWAN (Numerical Marine Model) in text (ASCII) format and
> i don't know that how can i plotting *Wave Height* and *Wind Speed* value
> in GrADS software
> this data is for several time step (for example 4*12hr) and contain x and y
> coordinate and Wave height and wind speed for example
> my sample output is :
>
> for T=1
>  x          y             Wave Height    Wind Speed
> -----       -----              ------------         ----------
> 46.50   36.50           1.59665     0.574434
> 46.75   36.50           1.79381     0.281388
> 47.00   36.50           1.76554     0.272627
> 47.25   36.50           1.68329     0.325482
> 47.50   36.50           1.59609     0.391058
> 47.75   36.50           1.48571     0.513416
> 48.00   36.50           1.402        0.675989
> ....           .....           ....                .....
> ....           .....           ....                .....
> ....           .....           ....                .....
>
> for T=2
>
> 46.50   36.50           1.59665     0.574434
> 46.75   36.50           1.79381     0.281388
> 47.00   36.50           1.76554     0.272627
> 47.25   36.50           1.68329     0.325482
> 47.50   36.50           1.59609     0.391058
> 47.75   36.50           1.48571     0.513416
> 48.00   36.50           1.402        0.675989
> ....           .....           ....                .....
> ....           .....           ....                .....
> ....           .....           ....                .....
>
> for T=3
>
> 46.50   36.50           1.59665     0.574434
> 46.75   36.50           1.79381     0.281388
> 47.00   36.50           1.76554     0.272627
> 47.25   36.50           1.68329     0.325482
> 47.50   36.50           1.59609     0.391058
> 47.75   36.50           1.48571     0.513416
> 48.00   36.50           1.402        0.675989
> ....           .....           ....                .....
> ....           .....           ....                .....
> ....           .....           ....                .....
>
> i attached a full text file
>
> how can i change this format to *.dat* and *.ctl* for GrADS format ?
> I am looking for a *fortran script* (or other languages) to convert my
> file to open and plot it in GrADS or any way to plotting this ascii file in
> GrADS
>
> please help me
> thanks
>
>
>
> Best regards,
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Marine Meteorological Office
> Caspian Marine Research and Forecast Center
> Bandar-e Anzali - Gilan Provice - Iran
>  Alireza Balalan Fard
> tel :+981814246018 - fax:+981814242097
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
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