[gradsusr] Problem with RCM Projections

Roberto Mera rjmera at coas.oregonstate.edu
Fri Oct 22 18:35:58 EDT 2010


  Hi,

Yes, I'm having a similar problem so I'd be interested if anyone out 
there can help out with this dataset. Adam, can you attach a ctl file so 
I can look at it?

Here is the ncdump -c of the file:

netcdf spdmax_RCM3_cgcm3_1968010103 {
dimensions:
     yc = 104 ;
     xc = 134 ;
     time = UNLIMITED ; // (1095 currently)
variables:
     double lat(yc, xc) ;
         lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
         lat:long_name = "latitude" ;
         lat:standard_name = "latitude" ;
         lat:axis = "Y" ;
     double lon(yc, xc) ;
         lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
         lon:long_name = "longitude" ;
         lon:standard_name = "longitude" ;
         lon:axis = "X" ;
     float spdmax(time, yc, xc) ;
         spdmax:grid_mapping = "Transverse_Mercator" ;
         spdmax:standard_name = "wind_speed_of_gust" ;
         spdmax:long_name = "Maximum Daily 10-Meter Wind Speed" ;
         spdmax:units = "m s-1" ;
         spdmax:coordinates = "lon lat level" ;
         spdmax:cell_methods = "time: maximum (interval: 1 day)" ;
         spdmax:missing_value = 1.e+20f ;
         spdmax:original_name = "W10MX" ;
         spdmax:original_units = "m s-1" ;
         spdmax:_FillValue = 1.e+20f ;
     double time(time) ;
         time:standard_name = "time" ;
         time:long_name = "time" ;
         time:axis = "T" ;
         time:units = "days since 1968-01-01 00:00:0.0" ;
         time:calendar = "noleap" ;
     double xc(xc) ;
         xc:long_name = "x-coordinate in Cartesian system" ;
         xc:standard_name = "projection_x_coordinate" ;
         xc:units = "m" ;
         xc:axis = "X" ;
     double yc(yc) ;
         yc:long_name = "y-coordinate in Cartesian system" ;
         yc:standard_name = "projection_y_coordinate" ;
         yc:units = "m" ;
         yc:axis = "Y" ;
     char Transverse_Mercator ;
         Transverse_Mercator:grid_mapping_name = "transverse_mercator" ;
         Transverse_Mercator:longitude_of_central_meridian = -97. ;
         Transverse_Mercator:latitude_of_projection_origin = 47.5 ;
         Transverse_Mercator:scale_factor_at_central_meridian = 1. ;
         Transverse_Mercator:false_easting = 3925000. ;
         Transverse_Mercator:false_northing = 3175000. ;
     double level ;
         level:long_name = "height" ;
         level:units = "m" ;
         level:postive = "up" ;
         level:axis = "Z" ;

// global attributes:
         :title = "UC Santa Cruz RegCM3 model output prepared for 
NARCCAP historical climate using CGCM" ;
         :Conventions = "CF-1.0" ;
         :experiment_id = "historical climate using CGCM" ;
         :realization = "1" ;
         :table_id = "Table 1" ;
         :project_id = "NARCCAP" ;
         :source = "RegCM3 (2006) atmosphere: RegCM3v3.1 hydrostatic, 
split-explicit, horizontal equal area grid resolution of 50 km by 50 km, 
vertical sigma-coordinates levels ={0.025, 0.075, 0.13, 0.195, 0.27, 
0.35, 0.43, 0.51, 0.59, 0.67, 0.745, 0.8099999, 0.865, 0.91, 0.945, 
0.97, 0.985, 0.995} land: BATSv1e Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme" ;
         :institution = "CCIL, UC Santa Cruz (Climate Change and Impacts 
Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA)" ;
         :NCO = "3.9.9" ;
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On 10/22/10 6:48 AM, Adam Cinderich wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to plot model output from the various RCMs of NARCCAP in 
> GrADS.  Because the default projection in GrADS differs from those of 
> the RCMs, when I try to plot temperature (for example), the plot does 
> not overlay the map correctly.  The RCM output is netcdf format and I 
> am using a .ctl file in GrADS.  In the .ctl file, I have tried 
> altering the pdef line several times but still can't get it to work 
> correctly.  Can anyone offer any suggestions for what to enter in the 
> pdef line for polar stereographic and/or lambert conformal?  Or, can 
> anybody offer any codes that will take care of this reprojecting?
>
> Thanks,
>
> *Adam B. Cinderich*
>
> Graduate Student
>
> Michigan State University
>
> Department of Geography
>
> 1E Geography Building
>
> East Lansing, MI 48824
>
> cinderic at msu.edu|(517)432-6218
>
>
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