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[IDV #LCA-261543]: GrADS .ctl files

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  • Subject: [IDV #LCA-261543]: GrADS .ctl files
  • Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:15:05 -0600
Hi Stefan-

I'm not reading the IDV support regularly now, but happened to notice this.  
Could you send the .ctl file for the WRFPost output?

Don Murray

> Full Name: Stefan Cecelski
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: University of Maryland
> Package Version:
> Operating System:
> Hardware:
> Description of problem:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I know you aren't fully supporting GrADS files in your nightly build,
> but I'd thought I'd give you some feedback on my experiences thus far. I
> create .dat/.ctl pairs of my WRF output using ARWpost processing. When
> opening the .ctl file, I see all the variables created by ARWpost and
> the derived variables that can be calculated by IDV in the field selector
> window. However, plotting derived variables by IDV results in an error,
> and variables processed through ARWpost have values that range between
> -2E39 and 2E39 and look like just 'noise' when plotted. The error
> for the IDV derived variables comes from IDV not being able to find
> variables needed for calculation. I think this is because ARWpost(or
> other post processing software) changes the variable name to some other
> convention. I have tried plotting many ARWpost generated variables,
> and all just look like noise with extremely large(or small) values on
> the order of E39 to E42(or E-39 ect).
> 
> I would attach my .dat/.ctl pairs, but my files are all well over
> 1GB. I can try to create a small subset of data if you all would be
> interested. Attached is a text file showing the error from trying to
> create Theta-E using IDV from the data.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> V/R,
> 
> Stefan
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: LCA-261543
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open