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    <p>You are not defining the time correctly.  In this new script you
      define "thetae", and this is still only defined for a single
      time-step.  You need to put the "set t 1 81" before any variable
      you want to be a function of time.  Also, your statement "d
      a-a(t-1)" doesn't make sense since "a" (if defined properly) will
      be a function of time/lat/lon.  If you want to plot 81 contour
      plots, each one as a different between current time and time
      before, you'll have to script that like you did in your first
      example.</p>
    <p>Jim<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/8/21 12:52 PM, Evgeny Gavrilov
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      <div dir="ltr">this command: 'set t 1 81' before 'define' does not
        solve this problem<br>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 1:11 AM
          Jeff Duda <<a href="mailto:jeffduda319@gmail.com"
            moz-do-not-send="true">jeffduda319@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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            <div>What do you mean by "doesn't help"? We need specifics
              to be able to fully help you.</div>
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            <div>Jeff Duda<br>
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            <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 8, 2021 at
              1:53 PM Evgeny Gavrilov <<a
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                moz-do-not-send="true">eugen420@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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              <div dir="ltr">  still doesn't help 'set t 1 81' 
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                <div><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">'reinit'<br>
                    <br>
                    'sdfopen <a
href="https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/dods/gfs_0p25/gfs20210508/gfs_0p25_12z"
                      target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/dods/gfs_0p25/gfs20210508/gfs_0p25_12z</a>'<br>
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                    'set mpdset hires'<br>
                    'set lon 10 30'<br>
                    'set lat 40 50'<br>
                    <br>
                    'set display color white'<br>
                    <br>
                    'set gxout shaded'<br>
                  </span>'define tc = tmpprs(lev=850)'<br>
                  'define rh = rhprs(lev=850)'<br>
                  'define dewp850mb =
(tc-273.15)-((14.55+0.114*(tc-273.15))*(1-0.01*rh)+pow((2.5+0.007*(tc-273.15))*(1-0.01*rh),3)+(15.9+0.117*(tc-273.15))*pow((1-0.01*rh),14))'<br>
                  'define vapr850mb =
                  6.112*exp((17.67*dewp850mb)/(dewp850mb+243.5))'<br>
                  'define e850mb = vapr850mb*1.001+(850-100)/900*0.0034'<br>
                  'define w850mb = 0.62197*(e850mb/(850-e850mb))'<br>
                  'define te850mb = (tc+(2260000*w850mb/1004))'<br>
                  'define thetae =
                  (te850mb*pow((1000/850),(287/1004)))-273.16'<br>
                  <br>
                  'set t 1 81'<br>
                  'define a = thetae'<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br>
                    'd a-a(t-1)'<br>
                    'cbarm'<br>
                    <br>
                    'printim C:\Users\for\temp.png x800 y600'<br>
                    <br>
                    'clear'<br>
                    <br>
                    return</span></div>
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                <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 8, 2021 at
                  11:15 PM Evgeny Gavrilov <<a
                    href="mailto:eugen420@gmail.com" target="_blank"
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                  wrote:<br>
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                  <div dir="ltr">still doesn't help 'set t 1 81' 
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                    <div>'reinit'<br>
                      <br>
                      'sdfopen <a
href="https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/dods/gfs_0p25/gfs20210508/gfs_0p25_12z"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/dods/gfs_0p25/gfs20210508/gfs_0p25_12z</a>'<br>
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                      'set mpdset hires'<br>
                      'set lon 10 30'<br>
                      'set lat 40 50'<br>
                      <br>
                      'set display color white'<br>
                      <br>
                      'set gxout shaded'<br>
                      'define tc = tmpprs(lev=850)'<br>
                      'define rh = rhprs(lev=850)'<br>
                      'define dewp850mb =
(tc-273.15)-((14.55+0.114*(tc-273.15))*(1-0.01*rh)+pow((2.5+0.007*(tc-273.15))*(1-0.01*rh),3)+(15.9+0.117*(tc-273.15))*pow((1-0.01*rh),14))'<br>
                      'define vapr850mb =
                      6.112*exp((17.67*dewp850mb)/(dewp850mb+243.5))'<br>
                      'define e850mb =
                      vapr850mb*1.001+(850-100)/900*0.0034'<br>
                      'define w850mb = 0.62197*(e850mb/(850-e850mb))'<br>
                      'define te850mb = (tc+(2260000*w850mb/1004))'<br>
                      'define thetae =
                      (te850mb*pow((1000/850),(287/1004)))-273.16'<br>
                      <br>
                      'set t 1 81'<br>
                      'define a = thetae'<br>
                      'd a-a(t-1)'<br>
                      'cbarm'<br>
                      <br>
                      'printim C:\Users\for\temp.png x800 y600'<br>
                      <br>
                      'clear'<br>
                      <br>
                      return<br>
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                    <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 8,
                      2021 at 10:54 PM James T. Potemra <<a
                        href="mailto:jimp@hawaii.edu" target="_blank"
                        moz-do-not-send="true">jimp@hawaii.edu</a>>
                      wrote:<br>
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                        <p>You will have to set the time range before
                          defining variable 'a', otherwise it will only
                          be defined for a single time step.  Try add
                          'set t 1 81' before defining 'a'.</p>
                        <p>Jim<br>
                        </p>
                        <div>On 5/8/21 8:42 AM, Evgeny Gavrilov wrote:<br>
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                          <div dir="ltr">"i" from while.
                            <div><br>
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                            <div>maps = 20<br>
                                i = 1<br>
                                while ( i<maps )<br>
                              'set t ' i <br>
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                            <div><br>
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                            <div>2) a-a(t=1) also has a report about
                              constant field (value=0) </div>
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                            <div>'reinit'<br>
                              <br>
                              'sdfopen <a
href="https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/dods/gfs_0p25/gfs20210508/gfs_0p25_12z"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/dods/gfs_0p25/gfs20210508/gfs_0p25_12z</a>'<br>
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                              'set mpdset hires'<br>
                              'set lon 10 30'<br>
                              'set lat 40 50'<br>
                              <br>
                              'set display color white'<br>
                              <br>
                              'set gxout shaded'<br>
                              'define a = tmp2m'<br>
                              'd a-a(t-1)'<br>
                              'cbarm'<br>
                              <br>
                              'printim C:\Users\for\temp.png x800 y600'<br>
                              <br>
                              'clear'<br>
                              <br>
                              return<br>
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                            <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat,
                              May 8, 2021 at 10:11 PM Jeff Duda <<a
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                                <div>1a) How is 'i' set?</div>
                                <div>1b) I don't think the grads
                                  scripting language supports math in a
                                  command line command like that. You'd
                                  have to do something like</div>
                                <div>i = 1</div>
                                <div>i2 = i-1</div>
                                <div>'d a(t='i') - a(t='i2')'</div>
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                                <div>2) This command is equivalent and
                                  does not require a script variable
                                  (provided your dimension environment
                                  is set appropriately): 'd a - a(t-1)'</div>
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                                <div>Jeff Duda<br>
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                                <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On
                                  Sat, May 8, 2021 at 12:01 PM Evgeny
                                  Gavrilov <<a
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                                    target="_blank"
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                                  <div dir="ltr">why this method does
                                    not working? <br>
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                                    <div>'set gxout shaded'<br>
                                      'define a=tmp2m'<br>
                                      'd a(t='i') - a(t='i-1')' <br>
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                                    <div>report: constant field. value =
                                      0 </div>
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