[gradsusr] function

Charles Seman charles.seman at noaa.gov
Fri Jul 13 12:56:05 EDT 2012


Wendi,

Thanks for sending me your plots. I am sorry, but I'm not able to help you.

Chuck

On 07/13/2012 06:07 AM, wendi harjupa wrote:
> Dear Mr. Chuck
>
> Thank you very much for checking my script,
>
> Here I attached 2 figures in this email. Figure by using log command
> (log.gif)
> and figure without log command (without_log.gif)
> Would you tell me about those figures, what should I do to make good figure
> and easy to understant.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Best regards,
> wendi
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:53 AM, Charles Seman <charles.seman at noaa.gov
> <mailto:charles.seman at noaa.gov>> wrote:
>
>     Wendi,
>
>     I'm sorry but I don't know what you mean by "strange result"?
>
>     Chuck
>
>     On 07/12/2012 05:31 AM, wendi harjupa wrote:
>      > Dear Mr Chuck
>      >
>      > I am sorry I resend my email:
>      >
>      >     Thank you very much for your explanation,
>      >     I am sorry,  I want to ask you more...
>      >
>      >     If I have time series data is 4485, so can I make the script
>     like this:
>      >
>      >     'set t 1 4485'
>      >     'R=pow((pow(10, ref/10))/200,5/8)'
>      >     'set t 1'
>      >     'd sum(R/15, t=1, t=4485)'
>      >
>      >     R=pow((pow(10, ref/10))/200,5/8) is formula to convert from Z
>     (dBz)
>      >     to R (mm/hr)
>      >     to get value mm/hr, I have to use R/15.
>      >
>      >
>      > if I just want to make calculation and no need to convert to R,
>      > can I use this script :
>      >
>      > 'set t 1 4485'
>      > 'set t 1'
>      > 'R1=sum(ref, t=1, t=4485)'
>      > 'd log(R1)'
>      >
>      > I got strange result if I donot use log!
>      >
>      >
>      >     Thank you very much.
>      >
>      >     Best regards,
>      >     wendi
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >     On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 6:32 AM, Charles Seman
>      >     <charles.seman at noaa.gov <mailto:charles.seman at noaa.gov>
>     <mailto:charles.seman at noaa.gov <mailto:charles.seman at noaa.gov>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >         Wendi,
>      >
>      >         An idea; set the time dimension to span t=1,15 for the
>      >         definition of "R":
>      >
>      >         'set t 1 15'
>      >         'R=pow((pow(10, ref/10))/200,5/8)'
>      >         'set t 1' ;* see discussion below
>      >         'd sum(R, t=1, t=15)'
>      >
>      >         'set t 1': for displaying sum; this is OK to go from time
>     range to a
>      >         single time level to do the sum (see "wild cards"
>     discussion at
>      > http://grads.iges.org/grads/gadoc/variable.html#new); if left as
>      >         'set t
>      >         1 15', I think you would get 15 time levels with same "sum"
>      >         result for
>      >         the display command... you could try it both ways to see what
>      >         you get...
>      >
>      >         Hope this helps,
>      >         Chuck
>      >
>      >         On 07/06/2012 05:53 AM, wendi harjupa wrote:
>      >          > Dear Grads users,
>      >          >
>      >          > I have problem,
>      >          > below is  my descriptor file
>      >          >
>      >          > DSET
>      >
>     /misc/home/wendi/data1/radar/kototabang/XDR/data/20040410/%d2%h2.dat
>      >          > TITLE  RADAR
>      >          > OPTIONS  TEMPLATE LITTLE_ENDIAN
>      >          > UNDEF  -1000
>      >          > XDEF    321 LINEAR    99.688120996    0.004492369
>      >          > YDEF    321 LINEAR    -1.083708891    0.004522556
>      >          > ZDEF    39  LINEAR   1.0 0.5
>      >          > TDEF    15 LINEAR 21:00Z10apr2004  4mn
>      >          > VARS    2
>      >          > ref 39  99  Reflectivity(dBZ)
>      >          > vel 39  99  Doppler Velocity(m/s)
>      >          > ENDVARS
>      >          >
>      >          > As you see time is 15,
>      >          >
>      >          > I want to convert the ref (dbz) to Rain (mm/hr)
>      >          > by using Z-R correlation formula, as below :
>      >          >
>      >          > 'pow((pow(10, R/10))/200,5/8)',
>      >          >
>      >          > Then I want to accumulate the rainrate for 1 hour,
>      >          > I use this formula :
>      >          >
>      >          > 'sum(ref, t=1, t=15)'
>      >          >
>      >          > But I got strange result.
>      >          >
>      >          > Here my complete gs file,
>      >          >
>      >          > 'reinit'
>      >          > 'set grads off'
>      >          > 'set mproj latlon'
>      >          > 'set mpdset hires'
>      >          > 'set gxout shaded'
>      >          > 'open RHI.ctl'
>      >          > 'set lon 100 100.8'
>      >          > 'set lat -0.45'
>      >          > 'set Z 1 19'
>      >          > 'set parea 1 7.5 2.8 8.3'
>      >          > 'set clevs 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500
>     550 600'
>      >          > 'set ccols 9 14 4 11 5 13 3 10 7 12 8 2 6'
>      >          > 'R=pow((pow(10, ref/10))/200,5/8)'
>      >          > 'd sum(R, t=1, t=15)'
>      >          > 'run /misc/home/wendi/grads-2.0.1/cbarn 0.7 0.7 7.9 5.2'
>      >          > 'draw string  7.7 7.8 [dBz]'
>      >          >
>      >          > Would you help me, about this,
>      >          > please let me know, which part I got wrong
>      >          >
>      >          > Thank you very much!
>      >          >
>      >          > Best regards,
>      >          > wendi
>      >          >
>      >          >
>      >          > --
>      >          > -------------
>      >          > Wendi Harjupa. ST
>      >          > ShimaneUniversityGraduateSchool ofEngineering Sciences
>      >          > Department ofElectronic ControlSystems
>      >          > RemoteSensingLaboratory
>      >          > s119447
>      >          > Cellphone : +81-080-4268-6676
>     <tel:%2B81-080-4268-6676> <tel:%2B81-080-4268-6676>
>      >          > email : wendi at rslab.riko.shimane-u.ac.jp
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>      >         <mailto:wendi at rslab.riko.shimane-u.ac.jp
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>      >     Wendi Harjupa. ST
>      >     ShimaneUniversityGraduateSchool ofEngineering Sciences
>      >     Department ofElectronic ControlSystems
>      >     RemoteSensingLaboratory
>      >     s119447
>      >     Cellphone : +81-080-4268-6676 <tel:%2B81-080-4268-6676>
>     <tel:%2B81-080-4268-6676>
>      >     email : wendi at rslab.riko.shimane-u.ac.jp
>     <mailto:wendi at rslab.riko.shimane-u.ac.jp>
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>     <mailto:wendi at rslab.riko.shimane-u.ac.jp>>
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>      > Wendi Harjupa. ST
>      > ShimaneUniversityGraduateSchool ofEngineering Sciences
>      > Department ofElectronic ControlSystems
>      > RemoteSensingLaboratory
>      > s119447
>      > Cellphone : +81-080-4268-6676 <tel:%2B81-080-4268-6676>
>      > email : wendi at rslab.riko.shimane-u.ac.jp
>     <mailto:wendi at rslab.riko.shimane-u.ac.jp>
>      > <mailto:wendi at rslab.riko.shimane-u.ac.jp
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>     452-6547 <tel:%28609%29%20452-6547>
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> Wendi Harjupa. ST
> ShimaneUniversityGraduateSchool ofEngineering Sciences
> Department ofElectronic ControlSystems
> RemoteSensingLaboratory
> s119447
> Cellphone : +81-080-4268-6676
> email : wendi at rslab.riko.shimane-u.ac.jp
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  Charles Seman                                Charles.Seman at noaa.gov
  U.S. Department of Commerce / NOAA / OAR
  Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory         voice: (609) 452-6547
  201 Forrestal Road                              fax: (609) 987-5063
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