[gradsusr] save image for each time step

[Jennifer Adams]

Hi, Jason — 
Add these to your script: 

fmt=‘%02.0f’
cc=math_format(fmt,count)
‘printim GFS-‘cc’.png x1280 y960’

—Jennifer


On Feb 10, 2015, at 8:30 AM, webmaster at solargrafix.com wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Thank you all for your help.  I finally got it working.  I had the cases
> wrong on a couple of the instances of 'count' .  Once I made them all the
> same, it worked.
> 
> Here is another quick question, when I save the image, I use the following
> format:
> 
> 'printim GFS-'count'.png x1280 y960'
> 
> This saves an image with the file name: GFS-1.png
> 
> What do I need to do to get it to save with a double digit count as follows:
> GFS-01.png
> 
> Thanks again for your assistance.
> 
> Jason
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Howard Staines [mailto:metris at xtra.co.nz] 
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 10:15 PM
> To: webmaster at solargrafix.com
> Subject: RE: [gradsusr] save image for each time step
> 
> Hi 
> 
> Could you send me the section of the script just the loop start and finish
> ie/
> 
> While ...
> And 
> 
> Endwhile
> 
> Howard :)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: webmaster at solargrafix.com [mailto:webmaster at solargrafix.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, 10 February 2015 4:10 p.m.
> To: info at metris.co.nz; gradsusr at gradsusr.org
> Subject: RE: [gradsusr] save image for each time step
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I tried that, and now I get an error that says "Set error, missing or
> invalid arguments for T option, then is starts looping the first timestep.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Howard Staines [mailto:metris at xtra.co.nz]
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 6:14 PM
> To: webmaster at solargrafix.com
> Subject: RE: [gradsusr] save image for each time step
> 
> Hi
> After the while
> 'Set t 'count
> 
> ....
> Then the next time around the time step will increase ( count = count +1)
> ie/ one time step advanced)
> 
> Should work then
> 
> Cheers Howard
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: webmaster at solargrafix.com [mailto:webmaster at solargrafix.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 10 February 2015 12:08 p.m.
> To: info at metris.co.nz; 'GrADS Users Forum'
> Subject: RE: [gradsusr] save image for each time step
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I almost have this working, but it does not advance through the timesteps.
> It loads the first timestep, saves the image, then clears the screen, and
> then loads the first timestep again, saves it, and so on.
> 
> Below is the script I set up to test this, so perhaps you can see where I
> went wrong.  Thanks!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 'set datawarn off'
> 'sdfopen
> http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov:80/dods/gfs_0p25/gfs20150209/gfs_0p25_12z'
> 
> Count = 1
> while (count > 80)
> 
> 'set t '1
> 
> 'set lat 35 50'
> 'set lon -95 -65'
> 'set mproj scaled'
> 'set display color white'
> 'set map 1'
> 'set mpdset hires'
> 'set mpdraw on'
> 'set timelab off'
> 'set grid off'
> 'set font 0'
> 'set strsiz .1'
> 
>  'q time'
>    timestr=subwrd(result, 3)
>    weekday1=subwrd(result,6)
>    day=substr(result, 11, 9)
>    hr=substr(result, 8, 2)
>   'draw string 9.1 0.2 'day' 'hr z
>   'draw string 8.7 0.2 'weekday1
> 
> 'set csmooth on'
> 'set cterp on'
> 'set gxout contour'
> 'set clopts -1 -1 0.06'
> 'set cmin 900'
> 'set cmax 1100'
> 'color 900 1100 2 -gxout contour -kind
> purple->darkblue->darkgreen->orange->red->darkred' 
> 'set cthick 2'
> 'd smth9(prmslmsl/100)'
> 
> 'printim test'day'-'hr'z.png x1280 y960'
> 
> Count = Count + 1
> 'c'
> endwhile
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org [mailto:gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org]
> On Behalf Of Howard Staines
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 1:44 PM
> To: gradsusr at gradsusr.org
> Subject: [gradsusr] Re image for each time step
> 
> 
> Print many variables for a time series (step through time series)
> 
> Count = 1
> While (Count> 120 			final time step
> 
> 'set t 'count				ie/ first time step
> 
> 'set stuff lat lon maps etc
> 
> 'd apcpsfc' 				display variable
> 'd t2m'					display another variable
> 'd mslp'					etc
> 
> Print image
> 'gxprint image_'Count .png x1200 y800'
> 
> Count = Count + 1				next time step
> 'c'						clear display
> Endwhile					loops between While and
> endwhile to print individual time steps	
> 
> 
> kind regards 
> 
> Howard Staines
> Metris New Zealand 
> 
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Jennifer M. Adams
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