Dear Athanasios,<div> for GrADS ur file should be a .ctl file .I use the ARW output , convert it into a .ctl file using ARWpost .</div><div>For eg my file is 05may06_nonocc.ctl and stn is 30.15 lat and 74.45 lon.Forecast is for 36 hrs and 27 levels.I have multiplied by 1.942 as I want wind plot in knots and I skip a few values to avoid the congested look. Here is the script which I use , it gives me the plot as desired by you and also an excel output.Hope its of some help to u.</div>
<div><br></div><div><div>'reinit'</div><div>'open 05may06_nonocc.ctl'</div><div>'set lat 30.15'</div><div>'set lon 74.45'</div><div>'set gxout barb'</div><div>'set t 1 37'</div>
<div>'set z 1 27'</div><div>*'d u;v'</div><div>*'d skip(u,6,6);v'</div><div>'d skip(u*1.942,1,2);v*1.942'</div><div>*'fprintf u;v wdprof_vert_da.csv %g, 37 0'</div><div>With regards </div>
<div>Anil</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Athanasios Karagiannidis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thankar@live.com">thankar@live.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<br>Dear GrADS users.<br><br>I have to create vertical wind vector profiles in a specific site (station). It should be looking like the one i'm sending you. <br>My data are in ascii format (in a txt file). <br>Is it possible to do it with GrADS? If yes, could someone give directions?<br>
<br>Thanx in advance<br><br>Athanasios F. Karagiannidis
<br>Physicist, PhD Meteorology and Climatology
<br>Technological Institute of Kozani, Greece<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:thankar@geo.auth.gr" target="_blank">thankar@live.com</a>
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