[gradsusr] gradsusr Digest, Vol 29, Issue 56

Chuan-Chi Tu beth0509 at gmail.com
Sun Jul 29 13:34:27 EDT 2012


Hi

  The model estimate rainfall is come from WRF model ouput. But, I need to
calculate the vertically integrated moisture convergence from model output
u,v,and q.
Do you have a sample script for calculating the vertically integrated
moisture convergence?
How do you add gravity and density term to the equation? How should I
modified the script? Very appreciated for your input.

Chuan-Chi

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> Hi,
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> I was digging through the docs and found maxloc. From the description,
> it seems ideal from drawing "H" and "L" into a pressure chart but I
> somehow can't figure out how this works.
> Are there any examples anywhere?
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> Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:30:17 -0600
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> Hi,
> I use u, v in m/s.
> I use the vint function. I has the gravity term in it.
> http://www.iges.org/grads/gadoc/gradfuncvint.html
>
> I am not sure if I add gravity term again. How do I add gravity and density
> term to the equation.
>
> The large value I get is about 120 mm/hr. The model simulated rain rate is
> 50-90 mm/hr. These two terms
> should be close. Thanks for the help.
>
> Chuan-Chi
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> > What units are your u and v in?  If they're not in not m/s, that may be
> the
> > cause.  Also, it looks more like you are attempting to compute
> precipitable
> > water.  If so, I think you are missing the density of liquid water and
> the
> > gravitational constant term.
> >
> > Jeff Duda
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Chuan-Chi Tu <beth0509 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Can anyone help on calculating vertically integrated moisture
> > convergence?
> > >
> > > I use following script but the value looks too high
> > >
> > > q: specific humidity kg/kg
> > > PSFC:hPa
> > >
> > > set lev 1000 300
> > > define qu=q*u
> > > define qv=q*v
> > > define conv=-hdivg(qu,qv)
> > >
> > > set lev 1000
> > > d vint(PSFC,conv,300)*60*60
> > > *(mm/hr)
> > >
> > > Can anyone help on correcting it? Thank you for your help.
> > >
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> I'm not familiar with using that method to estimate rain rate.  Sorry, I
> cannot help you further.
>
> On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Chuan-Chi Tu <beth0509 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I use u, v in m/s.
> > I use the vint function. I has the gravity term in it.
> > http://www.iges.org/grads/gadoc/gradfuncvint.html
> >
> > I am not sure if I add gravity term again. How do I add gravity and
> > density term to the equation.
> >
> > The large value I get is about 120 mm/hr. The model simulated rain rate
> is
> > 50-90 mm/hr. These two terms
> > should be close. Thanks for the help.
> >
> > Chuan-Chi
> >
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> >> What units are your u and v in?  If they're not in not m/s, that may be
> >> the
> >> cause.  Also, it looks more like you are attempting to compute
> >> precipitable
> >> water.  If so, I think you are missing the density of liquid water and
> the
> >> gravitational constant term.
> >>
> >> Jeff Duda
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Chuan-Chi Tu <beth0509 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi
> >> >
> >> > Can anyone help on calculating vertically integrated moisture
> >> convergence?
> >> >
> >> > I use following script but the value looks too high
> >> >
> >> > q: specific humidity kg/kg
> >> > PSFC:hPa
> >> >
> >> > set lev 1000 300
> >> > define qu=q*u
> >> > define qv=q*v
> >> > define conv=-hdivg(qu,qv)
> >> >
> >> > set lev 1000
> >> > d vint(PSFC,conv,300)*60*60
> >> > *(mm/hr)
> >> >
> >> > Can anyone help on correcting it? Thank you for your help.
> >> >
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> From: Stefan Gofferje <stefan at saakeskus.fi>
> Subject: [gradsusr] Time interpolation
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> Hi,
>
> is it possible to do time interpolation in map plots with grads?
> Obviously, when I use gxout line, some interpolation is done.
> I'd like to create movies/animations from gfs data but I'd like them to
> be a bit smoother than 3h-steps, let's say, 1h steps or even 30min-steps.
>
> How would I do this with grads?
>
> --Stefan
>
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>
> Stefan Gofferje
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> FIN-37600 Valkeakoski
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