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<DIV>Thanks so much,will try .</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Oscar Chimborazo <ochimborazo@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> GrADS Users Forum <gradsusr@gradsusr.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Dr.Gamal El Afandi <gamalafandy@yahoo.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wed, March 16, 2011 1:12:35 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [gradsusr] (no subject)<BR></FONT><BR>Hello,
<DIV>You can use a ctl file with the description of the WRF netcdf file something like this:</DIV>
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<DIV>dset ^<A href="http://wrfout_d02_2011_03_04.nc/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>wrfout_d02_2011_03_04.nc</A></DIV>
<DIV>dtype netcdf</DIV>
<DIV>undef -888</DIV>
<DIV>TITLE WRF Output Grid: Time, bottom_top, south_north, west_east</DIV>
<DIV>xdef 183 levels</DIV>
<DIV> -85.52089</DIV>
<DIV> -85.41256</DIV>
<DIV> -85.30423</DIV>
<DIV>...</DIV>
<DIV> -65.91290</DIV>
<DIV> -65.80457</DIV>
<DIV>ydef 105 levels</DIV>
<DIV> -7.430855</DIV>
<DIV> -7.323425</DIV>
<DIV> -7.215965</DIV>
<DIV>...</DIV>
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<DIV> 3.595665</DIV>
<DIV> 3.703773</DIV>
<DIV> 3.811874</DIV></DIV>
<DIV>zdef 29 linear 1 1</DIV>
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<DIV>tdef 27 linear 04mar2011 3hr</DIV>
<DIV>vars 8</DIV>
<DIV>U=>u 27 t,z,y,x x-wind component (m s-1)</DIV>
<DIV>V=>v 27 t,z,y,x y-wind component (m s-1)</DIV>
<DIV>RAINC=>rainc 1 t,y,x accumulated total cumulus precipitation (mm)</DIV>
<DIV>RAINNC=>rainnc 1 t,y,x accumulated total grid scale precipitation (mm)</DIV>
<DIV>P=>p 27 t,z,y,x Pressure</DIV>
<DIV>T=>t 27 t,z,y,x perturbation potential temperature (theta-t0)</DIV>
<DIV>HGT=>hgt 0 t,y,x terrain height</DIV>
<DIV>T2=>t2 0 t,y,x temperature at 2m</DIV>
<DIV>endvars</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Dr.Gamal El Afandi <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:gamalafandy@yahoo.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:gamalafandy@yahoo.com">gamalafandy@yahoo.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>Hi All,</DIV>
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<DIV>Could you please let me know if anyone knows a suitable method to use WRF output directly with GrADS.<BR> </DIV>
<P><FONT face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">With my kind regards</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Gamal</FONT></P>
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