[gradsusr] GrADS not plotting WRF output west of Prime Meridian

Fri Jul 25 16:05:04 EDT 2014

Alan:
Thanks for your response.

When I use:

set LON -320 25

The attached figure is the case.

Jonathan

On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Alan Robock <robock at envsci.rutgers.edu>
wrote:

>  Dear Jonathan,
>
> Try:
>
> Set lon -170 190  [or whatever you want the domain to be.  Negative values
> of lon are fine before the display command.]
>
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> On 7/25/2014 3:41 PM, Jonathan Wynn Smith wrote:
>
>     Jeff Duda:
>
> Thanks for your response.
>
>  So I tried 3 things:
>
> 1)
>  set LON 320 25
>  and got the following error and the same plot from the previous email
> appeared:
> Operation error:  Invalid dimension environment
>   Min longitude > max longitude: 320 25
> DRAW error: Syntax is DRAW STRING x y string
>
>  2) set LON 0 360
>  the entire area chosen for plotting was shaded.
>  See attachment
>  At the fourth iteration the code went to a segmentation fault.
>  Because of the segmentation fault I was unable to execute the q dims
> command afterwards
>
>  However upon opening the test.ctl in a new grads section I got the
> following:
> LON set to 315.172 29.8276
> LAT set to -22.1706 22.1706
> LEV set to 1 1
> Time values set: 2010:4:8:0 2010:4:8:0
> E set to 1 1
>
>  What could be done to alleviate this isue?
>
>  I know the model domain is correct. See the second attached figure
> plotted for quick look with ncview.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Jeff Duda <jeffduda319 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Jonathan,
>> I would try defining your longitude values as negative in the western
>> hemisphere to positive in the eastern hemisphere.
>>
>>  What happens if you try 'set lon 0 360' and displaying?  Does it extend
>> to the other side of the world and plot your fields?  Check 'q dims' after
>> plotting and see if it shows negative longitude values.
>>
>> Jeff Duda
>>
>>
>>  On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Jonathan Wynn Smith <jwsmith9 at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>  Hello:
>>> How do I get my WRF v3.5.1 model simulation to plot west of the Prime
>>> Meridian?  My domain is 44 W to 30 E and 22 S to 22 N.  I have
>>> attached a figure that shows the iniability for grads plot beyond 0 E.
>>>
>>> This is the case for a couple versions of grads: 2.0.1 and 2.1.a2
>>>
>>> I have also attached the script and ,ctl file that I am using for this
>>> plot.
>>>
>>> Jonathan
>>>
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>> Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
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301-683-0500
Postdoctoral Research Associate
National Academy of Science/National Research Council Associateship
NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/SMCD, #2844
5830 University Research Ct.
College Park, MD 20740-3818

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