[gradsusr] Creating Surface Temperature Analysis Plot from GrADS Homepage

[Jennifer M Adams]

Have a look at these two pages from the documentation:
    http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/aboutstationdata.html
    http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/usingstationdata.html
The data formatting is peculiar to GrADS.
—Jennifer

> On Dec 18, 2017, at 11:55 AM, Perry, Aaron <Aaron.Perry at lsc.vsc.edu> wrote:
> 
> I guess that I don't understand what the format of "station data" is... Perhaps a master CSV file in the format of (lat,lon,tmax,tmin) etc?
> 
> 
> Aaron D. Perry
> Class of 2016
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> From: gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org <gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org> on behalf of Jennifer M Adams <jadams21 at gmu.edu>
> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 11:40:30 AM
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> Subject: Re: [gradsusr] Creating Surface Temperature Analysis Plot from GrADS Homepage
>  
> Hi, Aaron — 
> No, there is no pre-gridding. That URL points to station data — use the ‘open’ command instead of ‘sdfopen’. 
> —Jennifer
> 
> > On Dec 18, 2017, at 11:37 AM, Perry, Aaron <Aaron.Perry at lsc.vsc.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > Thanks Jennifer!
> > 
> > That's interesting that the station data is pre-gridded before being used in GrADS.
> > 
> > 
> > Aaron D. Perry
> > Class of 2016
> > Lyndon State College
> > Lyndonville, VT 05851
> > Mobile: (617) 780-4312
> > Twitter: @arnpry
> > FB: fb.com/arnpry
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> > Email: Aaron.Perry at lyndonstate.edu
> > From: gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org <gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org> on behalf of Jennifer M Adams <jadams21 at gmu.edu>
> > Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 11:28:27 AM
> > To: GrADS Users Forum
> > Subject: Re: [gradsusr] Creating Surface Temperature Analysis Plot from GrADS Homepage
> >  
> > p.s.  dummy.ctl looks like this: 
> > 
> > dset dummy.dat
> > options template
> > title Dummy data set for oacres
> > undef -9.99e33
> > xdef 1440 linear -179.125 0.25
> > ydef 360 linear 0.125 0.25
> > zdef 1 linear 1 1 
> > tdef 1 linear 00z01jan2000 1hr
> > vars 1
> > dummy 0 99 dummy
> > endvars
> > 
> > > On Dec 18, 2017, at 11:22 AM, Jennifer M Adams <jadams21 at gmu.edu> wrote:
> > > 
> > > ... a dummy descriptor file that defines the destination grid ...
> > 
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Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)
George Mason University