[gradsusr] Tropical cyclone plotting script

[Jeffrey Duda]

I think I understand what you're saying.  Modify the script as indicated:

-set the variable in the maxloc commands as either vorticity or
pressure to get the center of the TC correct.
-to find maximum wind in the TC, use nested max functions: 'd
max(max(mag(u,v),lon=xcenter-X,lon=xcenter+X),lat=ycenter-Y,lat=ycenter+y)',
where xcenter and ycenter
are the center of the TC and X and Y are some tolerance you choose.
This allows you to automatically move the search rectangle of the
maximum wind with the TC as it
moves and you can set a distance from TC center as to how far out you
will search.
-save the output of the above function to a variable
-set your color table for the maximum wind using 'set clevs' and 'set
ccols'.  You could create your own colors using 'set rgb' if you need
more than the default 13 color levels.
-use if statements, each with their own 'draw mark' statement, to
color the dots the color you want.

Let me know if this is not what you want.

Jeff


On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Travis Washington <
twashington2008 at my.fit.edu> wrote:

> I want something similar to this but showing the wind speed of the tropical
> cyclone shaded to show intensity.
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Jeffrey Duda <jdduda at iastate.edu> wrote:
>
>> Travis,
>> The script in the top link only finds the location of the maximum wind in
>> the rectangular domain.  What exactly do you want to do?  Do you want to
>> plot a time series of maximum winds in the TC?  Also check that your data
>> exists for the variable names and the dimension environment specified in the
>> script.  If it continues not to work, reply and send the error messages.
>>
>> Jeff Duda
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Travis Washington <
>> twashington2008 at my.fit.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone have a script that plots tropical cyclones maximum or
>>> minumium winds speeds I tried these examples below but they don't seem to
>>> work for me.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/attachments/20060407/e934af06/attachment.txt
>>>
>>> http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/2009-September/009333.html
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Travis
>>>
>>> --
>>> Travis Washington
>>> Doctoral Student
>>> Department of Marine & Environmental Systems
>>> Florida Institute of Technology
>>> 150 W University Blvd.
>>> Melbourne, FL 32901
>>> Ph: 850-524-0532
>>>
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>>
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> Florida Institute of Technology
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