Hi Hyancinth<br><br>This is the link for download GrADS 2.0.a9 oga: <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengrads/files/grads2/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengrads/files/grads2/</a><br><br>you can download latest version of GrADS and use it in your system<br>
1- tar -xvf grads.tar.gz(your downloaded file will in tar.gz format)<br>2- copy the Content folder to out GrADS flder.<br>3- type this Command in your terminal for load GrADS: /your GrADS path/Content/opengrads------> enter<br>
<br>best wishes<br><br>Saeed Bayat<br>M.A Student of Climatology<br>Department of Geography<br>Ferdowsi University of Mashhad(Iran)<br><a href="mailto:saeedbayat7276@gmail.com">saeedbayat7276@gmail.com</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
2011/6/13 Hyacinth Nnamchi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hyacinth.1@hotmail.com">hyacinth.1@hotmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Pls can anyone offer my a step-by-step guide to install grads on my laptop (ubuntu linux). <div>I have tried all possible options including the opengrads/COLA and "sudo apt-get install grads". </div><div>The latter is able to have grads installed but am unable to read any files after grads is installed this way.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance,</div><div><br></div><div>Hyacinth</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br>> From: <a href="mailto:gradsusr-request@gradsusr.org" target="_blank">gradsusr-request@gradsusr.org</a><br>
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> 3. Make a Skew-T diagram from WRF output (Ryan Meiszberg)<br>> 4. Re: Make a Skew-T diagram from WRF output (Jeffrey Duda)<br>> 5. Re: make a vector wind NCEP data (saeed bayat)<br>> 6. Re: make a vector wind NCEP data (Rusmawan Suwarman)<br>
> <br>> <br>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 1<br>> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:13:27 +0100 (BST)<br>> From: Rusmawan Suwarman <<a href="mailto:rusmedong@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">rusmedong@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br>
> Subject: [gradsusr] make a vector wind NCEP data<br>> To: grads <gradsusr@gradsu!
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<a href="http://ahoo.com" target="_blank">ahoo.com</a>><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br>> <br>> Dear group,<br>> <br>> I aim to make a wind vector from NCEP netCDF file. The problem is zonal and <br>
> meridional wind are divided as uwnd and vwnd nc file. Do you know how to make <br>> it. Is it necessary to make those to be one file? How is it?<br>> Thank you in advance<br>> <br>> Best regards <br>> Rusmawan Suwarman<br>
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> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 2<br>> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:24:53 -0400<br>> From: Minghua zheng &l!
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> Try the following commands:<br>> d uwnd;vwnd<br>> or<br>> d skip(uwnd,2,2);vwnd<br>> Good luck.<br>> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Rusmawan Suwarman <<a href="mailto:rusmedong@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">rusmedong@yahoo.co.uk</a>>wrote:<br>
> <br>> > Dear group,<br>> ><br>> > I aim to make a wind vector from NCEP netCDF file. The problem is zonal and<br>> > meridional wind are divided as uwnd and vwnd nc file. Do you know how to<br>
> > make it. Is it necessary to make those to be one file? How is it?<br>> > Thank you in advance<br>> ><br>> > Best regards<br>> ><br>> > Rusmawan Suwarman<br>> > ---------------------------------------------<br>
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t; > Doctoral Students<br>> > Department of Life and Environm
ental Sciences<br>> > Graduate School of Sciences and Technology<br>> > Kumamoto University<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > gradsusr mailing list<br>
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> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 3<br>> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:01:39 -0400 (EDT)<br>> From: Ryan Meiszberg <<a href="mailto:rmeiszbe@purdue.edu" target="_blank">rmeiszbe@purdue.edu</a>><br>
> Subject: [gradsusr] Make a Skew-T diagram from WRF output<br>> To: <a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org" target="_blank">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a><br>> Message-ID:<br>> <<a href="mailto:573195859.62825.1307728899246.JavaMail.root@mailhub017.itcs.purdue.edu" target="_blank">573195859.62825.1307728899246.JavaMail.root@mailhub017.itcs.purdue.edu</a>><br>
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-8<br>> <br>> Hello,<br>> <br>> I'm trying to create a Skew-T diagrams using....<br>> <br>> "reinit"^M<br>> "open WRFPRS_2011031712_00.ctl"^M<br>> "set t 2"^M<br>
> "set lat 18.275"^M<br>> "set lon -67.189"^M<br>> "set lev 1000 200"^M<br>> "define tt=TMPprs-273"^M<br>> "define qq=SPFHprs*1000"^M<br>> "define vel=mag(UGRDprs,VGRDprs)"^M<br>
> "define dir=atan2(VGRDprs,UGRDprs)"^M<br>> *rc=plotskew(tt,qq,vel,dir)^M<br>> rc=plotskew(tt,qq,-1,-1)<br>> <br>> this is followed by <a href="http://moe.met.fsu.edu/%7Erhart/plotskew.gs" target="_blank">http://moe.met.fsu.edu/~rhart/plotskew.gs</a><br>
> <br>> The script seems to run properly for the first half and does plot temperature, but somewhere it is changing the Z dimensions and causes undefined regions for dewpoint and wind. (see output below)<br>> <br>
> Data Request Warning: Request beyond file limits<br>> Data Request Warning: Request beyond file limits<br>> Data Request Warning: Request beyond file limits<br>> Data Requ!
est Warning: Request beyond file limits<br>> Data Request Warning:
Request beyond file limits<br>> Data Request Warning: Request beyond file limits<br>> Data Request Warning: Request beyond file limits<br>> Data Request Warning: Request beyond file limits<br>> Data Request Warning: Request beyond file limits<br>
> Data Request Warning: Request beyond file limits<br>> Cannot contour grid - all undefined values <br>> Drawing temperature sounding.<br>> Drawing dewpoint sounding.<br>> Non-numeric args to numeric operation<br>
> Error occurred on line 2237<br>> In file <a href="http://plotskew2_new.gs" target="_blank">plotskew2_new.gs</a><br>> Error occurred on line 2252<br>> In file <a href="http://plotskew2_new.gs" target="_blank">plotskew2_new.gs</a><br>
> Error occurred on line 1058<br>> In file <a href="http://plotskew2_new.gs" target="_blank">plotskew2_new.gs</a><br>> Error occurred on line 12<br>> In file <a href="http://plotskew2_new.gs" target="_blank">plotskew2_new.gs</a><br>
> <br>> <br>> ga-> q dims<br>> Default file number is: 1 <br>> X is fixed Lon = -67.1913 X = 95.0002<br>> Y is fixed Lat = 18.2755 Y = 138<br>> Z is fixed Lev = -9.99e+!
33 Z = 3.33e+33<br>> T is fixed Time = 13Z17MAR2011 T = 2<br>> <br>> Thanks, <br>> <br>> Ryan Meiszberg<br>> Senoir/Atmospheric Science<br>> Purdue University<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>
> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 4<br>> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:22:05 -0500<br>> From: Jeffrey Duda <<a href="mailto:jdduda@iastate.edu" target="_blank">jdduda@iastate.edu</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [gradsusr] Make a Skew-T diagram from WRF output<br>> To: GrADS Users Forum <<a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org" target="_blank">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a>><br>> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:BANLkTiksRtJG9apxcYd5wqwozWxC1L1z2g@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">BANLkTiksRtJG9apxcYd5wqwozWxC1L1z2g@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br>> <br>> Ryan,<br>> I'm not sure what the ^M is at the end of each line of your script, but<br>> check to make sure that is not affecting how it runs. Also, note that the<br>
> program asks for snddewp in the form of dewpoint in degrees C. Based on<br>> your variable SPFHprs, which I'm guessing is specific humidi!
ty at pressure<br>> levels, will not suffice. You'll have to conve
rt that to degrees Celsius.<br>> If you make these changes and still get errors, note the line numbers of the<br>> script that are mentioned in the errors and send them to me. They will<br>> probably tell you what is going wrong.<br>
> <br>> Jeff Duda<br>> <br>> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Ryan Meiszberg <<a href="mailto:rmeiszbe@purdue.edu" target="_blank">rmeiszbe@purdue.edu</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>> > Hello,<br>> ><br>
> > I'm trying to create a Skew-T diagrams using....<br>> ><br>> > "reinit"^M<br>> > "open WRFPRS_2011031712_00.ctl"^M<br>> > "set t 2"^M<br>> > "set lat 18.275"^M<br>
> > "set lon -67.189"^M<br>> > "set lev 1000 200"^M<br>> > "define tt=TMPprs-273"^M<br>> > "define qq=SPFHprs*1000"^M<br>> > "define vel=mag(UGRDprs,VGRDprs)"^M<br>
> > "define dir=atan2(VGRDprs,UGRDprs)"^M<br>> > *rc=plotskew(tt,qq,vel,dir)^M<br>> > rc=plotskew(tt,qq,-1,-1)<br>> ><br>> > this is followed by http:!
//<a href="http://moe.met.fsu.edu/%7Erhart/plotskew.gs" target="_blank">moe.met.fsu.edu/~rhart/plotskew.gs</a><br>> ><br>> > The script seems to run properly for the first half and does plot<br>> > temperature, but somewhere it is changing the Z dimensions and causes<br>
> > undefined regions for dewpoint and wind. (see output below)<br>> ><br>> > Data Request Warning: Request beyond file limits<br>> > Data Request Warning: Request beyond file limits<br>> > Data Request Warning: Request beyond file limits<br>
> > Data Request Warning: Request beyond file limits<br>> > Data Request Warning: Request beyond file limits<br>> > Data Request Warning: Request beyond file limits<br>> > Data Request Warning: Request beyond file limits<br>
> > Data Request Warning: Request beyond file limits<br>> > Data Request Warning: Request beyond file limits<br>> > Data Request Warning: Request beyond file limits<br>> > Cannot contour grid - all undefined values<br>
&!
gt; > Drawing temperature sounding.<br>> > Drawing dewpoint s
ounding.<br>> > Non-numeric args to numeric operation<br>> > Error occurred on line 2237<br>> > In file <a href="http://plotskew2_new.gs" target="_blank">plotskew2_new.gs</a><br>> > Error occurred on line 2252<br>
> > In file <a href="http://plotskew2_new.gs" target="_blank">plotskew2_new.gs</a><br>> > Error occurred on line 1058<br>> > In file <a href="http://plotskew2_new.gs" target="_blank">plotskew2_new.gs</a><br>
> > Error occurred on line 12<br>> > In file <a href="http://plotskew2_new.gs" target="_blank">plotskew2_new.gs</a><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > ga-> q dims<br>> > Default file number is: 1<br>
> > X is fixed Lon = -67.1913 X = 95.0002<br>> > Y is fixed Lat = 18.2755 Y = 138<br>> > Z is fixed Lev = -9.99e+33 Z = 3.33e+33<br>> > T is fixed Time = 13Z17MAR2011 T = 2<br>> ><br>
> > Thanks,<br>> ><br>> > Ryan Meiszberg<br>> > Senoir/Atmospheric Science<br>> > Purdue University<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > gradsusr mailing list<br>
> > gradsusr@grad!
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> <br>> -- <br>> Jeff Duda<br>> Iowa State University<br>> Meteorology Graduate Student<br>> 3134 Agronomy Hall<br>> <a href="http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/%7Ejdduda" target="_blank">www.meteor.iastate.edu/~jdduda</a><br>
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> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 5<br>> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:59:57 +0430<br>> From: saeed bayat <<a href="mailto:saeedbayat7276@gmail.com" target="_blank">saeedbayat7276@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [gradsusr] make a vector wind NCEP data<br>> To: GrADS Users Forum <<a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org" target="_blank">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a>><br>> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:BANLkTintip-Oi1%2B_JjiBuYRuWDC2hGoq2Q@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">BANLkTintip-Oi1+_JjiBuYRuWDC2hGoq2Q@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br>> <br>> Hi Rusmawan<br>> <br>> First: Open your Uwind data, then define!
it as a axpression(for instance:<br>> define u=uwnd), then open yo
ur Vwind data as second file and define it like<br>> uwind(define u=uwnd). note that second file should define as second file by<br>> typing: set dfile 2<br>> then: set gxout vector<br>> d or display u;v<br>> <br>
> Regards<br>> <br>> Saeed Bayat<br>> M.Sc Student of Climatology<br>> Ferdowsi University of Mashhad(Iran)<br>> <a href="mailto:saeedbayat7276@gmail.com" target="_blank">saeedbayat7276@gmail.com</a><br>
> <br>> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Rusmawan Suwarman <<a href="mailto:rusmedong@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">rusmedong@yahoo.co.uk</a>>wrote:<br>> <br>> > Dear group,<br>> ><br>> > I aim to make a wind vector from NCEP netCDF file. The problem is zonal and<br>
> > meridional wind are divided as uwnd and vwnd nc file. Do you know how to<br>> > make it. Is it necessary to make those to be one file? How is it?<br>> > Thank you in advance<br>> ><br>> > Best regards<br>
> ><br>> > Rusmawan Suwarman<br>> > ---------------------------------------------<br>> > Doctoral St!
udents<br>> > Department of Life and Environmental Sciences<br>> > Graduate School of Sciences and Technology<br>> > Kumamoto University<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>
> > gradsusr mailing list<br>> > <a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org" target="_blank">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a><br>> > <a href="http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr" target="_blank">http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr</a><br>
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> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 6<br>> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:06:04 +0100 (BST)<br>> From: Rusmawan Suwarman <<a href="mailto:rusmedong@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">rusmedong@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [gradsusr] make a vector wind NCEP data<br>> To: GrADS Users Forum <<a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org" target="_blank">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a>><br>> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:743815.6312.qm@web24606.mail.ird.yahoo.com" target="_blank">743815.6312.qm@web24606.mail.ird.yahoo.com</a>><br>
> Conten!
t-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br>> <br>> Hi Saeed and Zhen
g<br>> It is work, thank you very much :)<br>> <br>> best regardsRusmawan Suwarman<br>> ---------------------------------------------<br>> Doctoral Students<br>> Department of Life and Environmental Sciences<br>
> Graduate School of Sciences and Technology<br>> Kumamoto University<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ________________________________<br>> From: saeed bayat <<a href="mailto:saeedbayat7276@gmail.com" target="_blank">saeedbayat7276@gmail.com</a>><br>
> To: GrADS Users Forum <<a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org" target="_blank">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a>><br>> Sent: Sat, 11 June, 2011 3:29:57<br>> Subject: Re: [gradsusr] make a vector wind NCEP data<br>
> <br>> Hi Rusmawan<br>> <br>> First: Open your Uwind data, then define it as a axpression(for instance: define <br>> u=uwnd), then open your Vwind data as second file and define it like <br>> uwind(define u=uwnd). note that second file should define as second file by <br>
> typing: set dfile 2<br>> then: set gxout vector<br>> d or display u;v<br>> > Regards<br>> <br>> Saeed Bayat<br>> M.Sc Student of Climatology<br>> Ferdowsi University of Mashhad(Iran)<br>> <a href="mailto:saeedbayat7276@gmail.com" target="_blank">saeedbayat7276@gmail.com</a><br>
> <br>> <br>> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Rusmawan Suwarman <<a href="mailto:rusmedong@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">rusmedong@yahoo.co.uk</a>> <br>> wrote:<br>> <br>> Dear group,<br>> ><br>
> ><br>> >I aim to make a wind vector from NCEP netCDF file. The problem is zonal and <br>> >meridional wind are divided as uwnd and vwnd nc file. Do you know how to make <br>> >it. Is it necessary to make those to be one file? How is it?<br>
> >Thank you in advance<br>> ><br>> ><br>> >Best regards <br>> > Rusmawan Suwarman<br>> >---------------------------------------------<br>> >Doctoral Students<br>> >Department of Life and Environmental Sciences<br>
> >Graduate School of Sciences and Technology<br>> >Kumamoto University<br>> ><br>> ><br>> >___________!
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