[gradsusr] Xdfopen radar netcdf doesn't show contours

Andrew Friedman andfried at gmail.com
Thu Apr 5 06:23:26 EDT 2018


Hi Michael,

When you specify individual lat and lon values and display your data, does anything print?

-Andrew

> On Apr 5, 2018, at 10:02 AM, Michael Bala <ekimalab at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to plot radar data using this descriptor file:
> 
> dset ^TAG-20180405-051004-CAPPI-ZH.nc
> title TAGAYTAY CAPPI
> xdef range 1920 linear 118.8430168 0.00227
> ydef range 1920 linear 11.9629298 0.00227
> tdef time 360 linear 05Z04apr2018 1mn
> 
> 
> When I try to display dbzh it prints out "Contouring: 15.6 to 17.4 interval 0.2" but nothing shows on the map. So I'm thinking it must be outside of the lat lon that I defined. But I'm pretty sure my math's right.
> 
> Here's the ncdump of the netcdf file:
> 
> netcdf TAG-20180401-000004-CAPPI-ZH {
> dimensions:
>         time = 360 ;
>         range = 1920 ;
>         sweep = 1 ;
>         string_length_sm = 10 ;
>         string_length_md = 25 ;
> variables:
>         byte DBZH(time, range) ;
>                 DBZH:standard_name = "equivalent_reflectivity_factor_h" ;
>                 DBZH:units = "dBZ" ;
>                 DBZH:_FillValue = 0b ;
>                 DBZH:valid_min = 1b ;
>                 DBZH:valid_max = -1b ;
>                 DBZH:scale_factor = 0.5f ;
>                 DBZH:add_offset = -32.f ;
>                 DBZH:coordinates = "elevation azimuth range" ;
> 
> // global attributes:
>                 :Conventions = "Cf/Radial" ;
>                 :title = "CAPPI" ;
>                 :institution = "EEC" ;
>                 :references = "EEC" ;
>                 :source = "EDGE" ;
>                 :history = "original" ;
>                 :comment = "CAPPI" ;
>                 :instrument_name = "TAG" ;
>                 :site_name = "TAG" ;
>                 :gates_vary = "false" ;
> }
> 
> latitude = 14.1421298980713 ;
> longitude = 121.022216796875 ;
> 
> Thanks in advance to anyone who'll share an answer.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Michael Bala
> Numerical Modeling Section
> PAGASA
> 
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