[gradsusr] Plotting GOES 16 imagery
Eric A. Aligo
eric.aligo at noaa.gov
Wed Mar 13 15:16:32 EDT 2024
Hello, I'm trying to plot GOES 16 retrievals of downward shortwave
radiation. The file is netcdf. sdfopen tells me I need to use a control
file with an xdef. I don't believe I have enough information to plot the
data correctly. I would like to know if anyone has plotted GOES 16 data
with grads? Is there something from the header of the nc file that would
help? The header information is below.
dimensions:
columns = 5424 ;
rows = 5424 ;
variables:
float Lon(rows, columns) ;
Lon:_FillValue = -999.999f ;
Lon:long_name = "Longitude" ;
Lon:standard_name = "longitude" ;
Lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
Lon:valid_range = -180.f, 180.f ;
float Lat(rows, columns) ;
Lat:_FillValue = -999.999f ;
Lat:long_name = "Latitude" ;
Lat:standard_name = "latitude" ;
Lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
Lat:valid_range = -90.f, 90.f ;
float DSR(rows, columns) ;
DSR:_FillValue = -999.999f ;
DSR:long_name = "Downward Shortwave Radiation at surface" ;
DSR:standard_name =
"surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air" ;
DSR:units = "W m-2" ;
DSR:coordinates = "Lon Lat" ;
DSR:ancillary_variables = "DQF" ;
DSR:valid_range = 0.f, 1500.f ;
Eric
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