[gradsusr] Provincial Border Lines

Sun Sep 12 04:50:21 EDT 2010

Dear Mac,

Thank you very much for your help. Fortunately, but it seems using new
version of Grads could use the *.shp file for drawing.

thanks agian

BodaghJamali

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 4:52 PM, mmacleod <mmacleod at scotiaweather.com> wrote:

> Good morning Mr Jamali
>
> I am happy to inform you that GrADS can indeed do provincial borders.
>
> I have a C Program that was developed by Barry Goodison of Environment
> Canada  that will generate any borders, if you have available the data
> defining borders in Shape file Archive format (ERSI ArcGIS standard
> format) which is produced by ArcGIS (any version).
>
> The method is to input the Arc Archive file format tot he C program and
> the program produces a "dat" binary file of the border points (Say you
> name this file "province.dat").  Once this generated file is put in the
> same directory as the "hires" file that comes with GrADS,  then upon
> start up of GrADS one uses the command 'set mpdset hires
> provinces.dat'.  This will display the provincial borders and national
> borders when your country is within the GrADS display window .
>
> If you want the borders for Canadian provinces I can sent you the "dat"
> file that will do the job.  If it is for other countries then I will
> sent the C Program and you can generate the border file for your area.
>
> Good luck with this.
>
> Sincerely
>
> Mac MacLeod
>
>
>
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> >    1. Re: ....HELP me (abhishek lodh) (Rashed Mahmood)
> >    2. Re: Problem opening MISR .hdf data files (jl sa)
> >    3. hi (SRAVANI A)
> >    4. hi (SRAVANI A)
> >    5. Doubt Reg the Land Mask. (Geeta Geeta)
> >    6. province border line (javad bodaghjamali)
> >    7. Re: province border line (Mohsen Soltani)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 20:12:01 +0800
> > From: Rashed Mahmood <rashidcomsis at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [gradsusr] ....HELP me (abhishek lodh)
> > To: GrADS Users Forum <gradsusr at gradsusr.org>
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> > Hi Jluis
> >
> > I have similar kind of problem as Abishek
> > I have MISR monthly aerosol data files in (.hdf) format.
> > When I try to open this in GrADS it shows the following error:
> >
> > ga-> sdfopen D:\jan.hdf
> > *Scanning self-describing file: D:\jan.hdf
> > gadsdf : SDF file has no discernable X coordinate.
> > *
> > Could you please explain how to solve it?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Rashed
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:26 PM, jl sa <esjluis at yahoo.com.mx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>   Hola, yo utilizo grads 1.9 y 2.0.a3 y tu archivo lo abro sin
> dificultad,
> >>
> >> no se si sea por la version de grads que utilizas, puedes probar crearle
> un
> >> .ddf a tu archivo y especificar los parametros de tiempo que tiene.
> >>  ejemplo del ddf:
> >> dset ^srea2_uhadg_f192x145_mo_tsf_r1_20002099.nc
> >> tdef time 1199 linear JAN2000 1mo
> >> checa como se ve en grads 1.9 y 2.0a3 (adjuntos)
> >> ------
> >> Hello, I use 1.9 and 2.0.a3 grads and your file will open without
> >> difficulty
> >>
> >> if it is not the version of grads you use, you can try create you one.
> ddf
> >> file and specify your parameters of time you have.
> >>  ddf example:
> >> DSET ^ srea2_uhadg_f192x145_mo_tsf_r1_20002099.nc
> >> 1199 TDEF linear time 1Mo JAN2000
> >> Czech grads as shown in 1.9 and 2.0a3 (attached)
> >>
> >> sorry for the translation
> >>
> >> atte.
> >> jluis
> >>
> >> --- El *lun 30-ago-10, gradsusr-request at gradsusr.org <
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> >> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:32:56 -0700 (PDT)
> >> From: abhishek lodh <abhishek_lodh at yahoo.co.in<
> http://mc/compose?to=abhishek_lodh@yahoo.co.in>
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> >> Subject: [gradsusr] ....HELP me
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> >> hi grads_users...
> >>
> >> I am a Ph.D student at IIT Delhi and for my research work i have
> installed
> >> grads-2.0.a8 to read netcdf filesie. nc.But there are few .nc files
> which i
> >> am not able to open in grads.the error comes as ..:
> >>
> >> ga-> sdfopen ECDYN.nc_01042006
> >> Scanning self-describing file:  ECDYN.nc_01042006
> >> SDF file has no discernable time coordinate -- using default values.
> >> gadsdf: SDF file does not have any non-coordinate variables.
> >>
> >>
> >> need help.I am attaching the required file as well.
> >>
> >> Also what is the best way to learn grads scripting.
> >>
> >> Please help...!!
> >>
> >>
> >> Abhishek Lodh
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> > Message: 2
> > Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 06:53:50 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: jl sa <esjluis at yahoo.com.mx>
> > Subject: Re: [gradsusr] Problem opening MISR .hdf data files
> > To: gradsusr at gradsusr.org
> > Message-ID: <515871.91058.qm at web111008.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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> >
> > primero prueba con xdfopen, a mi ese error me aparece cuando intentaba
> abrir archivos netcdf con tan solo el puro archivo? (aunque para los niveles
> de presion) ahora lo que hago es poner en el .ddf los niveles de presion
> > ejemplo:
> > dset ^srea2_uhadg_f192x145_mo_zg_r1_20002099.nc
> > tdef time 1199 linear JAN2000 1mo
> > zdef? 20 levels
> > ?1000.00
> > ? 950.00
> > ? 925.00
> > ? 900.00
> > ? 850.00
> > ? 800.00
> > ? 750.00
> > ? 700.00
> > ? 650.00
> > ? 600.00
> > ? 550.00
> > ? 500.00
> > ? 450.00
> > ? 400.00
> > ? 350.00
> > ? 300.00
> > ? 250.00
> > ? 200.00
> > ? 150.00
> > ? 100.00
> > deberias de intentar poner todas las coordenadas de? X, si puedes mandame
> una archivo de los que usas (peque?o) para hacer una prueba o buscar otra
> solucion quedo atento perdon la traduccion.
> >
> > -----------------
> > xdfopen first
> > test, my I get this error when trying to open NetCDF files with just
> > the pure file (although the levels of pressure) now what I do is put in
> > the. ddf pressure levels
> > example
> > DSET ^ srea2_uhadg_f192x145_mo_zg_r1_20002099.nc
> > 1199 TDEF linear time 1Mo JAN2000
> > zdef 20 levels
> > ?1000.00
> > ??950.00
> > ??925.00
> > ??900.00
> > ??850.00
> > ??800.00
> > ??750.00
> > ??700.00
> > ??650.00
> > ??600.00
> > ??550.00
> > ??500.00
> > ??450.00
> > ??400.00
> > ??350.00
> > ??300.00
> > ??250.00
> > ??200.00
> > ??150.00
> > ??100.00
> > you
> > should try to put all the coordinates of X, if you can send me a file
> > that you use (small) to test or look for another solution is attentive
> > pardon the translation.
> >
> > atte
> > jluis
> >
> >
> > Message: 5
> > Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 20:51:57 +0800
> > From: Rashed Mahmood <rashidcomsis at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [gradsusr] Problem opening MISR .hdf data files
> > To: GrADS Users Forum <gradsusr at gradsusr.org>
> > Message-ID:
> > ??? <AANLkTimoHPEXAVVYcmjxtRMcWbkQTKOSjf8fjdojhXbv at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I have MISR monthly aerosol data files in (.hdf) format.
> > When I try to open this in GrADS it shows the following error:
> >
> > ga-> sdfopen D:\jan.hdf
> > *Scanning self-describing file: D:\jan.hdf*
> > *gadsdf : SDF file has no discernable X coordinate.*
> >
> > Does anybody know about this problem and its possible solution?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Rashed
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> > Message: 3
> > Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 10:18:13 +0530
> > From: SRAVANI A <srisravani.a at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [gradsusr] hi
> > To: gradsusr at gradsusr.org
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> > Message: 4
> > Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 10:21:16 +0530
> > From: SRAVANI A <srisravani.a at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [gradsusr] hi
> > To: gradsusr at gradsusr.org
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> > hi grads user,
> >               i m ph.d student in andhra university i want integrate the
> > total kinetic energy and draw the verticale intigrated total kinetic
> energy
> > in grads is there any post script for that please forward me please
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> > Message: 5
> > Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 06:31:21 +0000
> > From: Geeta Geeta <geeta124 at hotmail.com>
> > Subject: [gradsusr] Doubt Reg the Land Mask.
> > To: grads grads <gradsusr at gradsusr.org>
> > Message-ID: <BLU152-w4177BA2F532235F522BBAD8A710 at phx.gbl>
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> >
> >
> > Dear all,
> > I have the rainfall model output for a domain that spans Land and Sea
> both. But I have the gridded rainfall (Observed) only at the Land.
> > I want to know " How I should extract the Model output for the Land
> Region only".
> >
> > Kindly suggest.
> >
> > geeta
> >
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> > Message: 6
> > Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:40:42 +0430
> > From: javad bodaghjamali <jbjamali at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [gradsusr] province border line
> > To: GrADS Users Forum <gradsusr at gradsusr.org>
> > Message-ID:
> >       <AANLkTinR52f88Y3dAGfHLsrXQssGzNFi6L_OOXcPSk3y at mail.gmail.com>
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> > Dear Grads users,
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >  I want to include the provincal border line in our country. As you may
> know
> > we can include the political country borderline for map. But for province
> > how could I include this in our maps.
> >
> > I would be very gratefull if anyone could help me in this regard.
> >
> > Thanks in advance and looking forward to your reply.
> >
> > BodaghJamali
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> > Message: 7
> > Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 12:03:30 +0430
> > From: Mohsen Soltani <soltani.clima at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [gradsusr] province border line
> > To: GrADS Users Forum <gradsusr at gradsusr.org>
> > Message-ID:
> >       <AANLkTinzLoaad-5mHxgJpRxSHmmFp04Ee4jJdpxd=cYz at mail.gmail.com>
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> >
> > Dear BodaghJamali:
> >
> > As far as I know, using province borders except for states of U.S.A , is
> > impossible! on the other hand, Grads doesn't have such a thing for all
> > countries apart from United State.
> >
> > Yours,
> > Mohsen
> >
> > --
> > Best Wishes,
> > Mohsen Soltani
> > Climatology Graduate Student,
> > Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
> > Tel: (+98) 9119772934
> > E-Mail: Soltani.clima at gmail.com
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:40 AM, javad bodaghjamali <jbjamali at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Dear Grads users,
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>  I want to include the provincal border line in our country. As you may
> >> know we can include the political country borderline for map. But for
> >> province how could I include this in our maps.
> >>
> >> I would be very gratefull if anyone could help me in this regard.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance and looking forward to your reply.
> >>
> >> BodaghJamali
> >>
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