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[IDV #ZKB-937399]: z to pressure in wrf

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  • Subject: [IDV #ZKB-937399]: z to pressure in wrf
  • Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 14:02:12 -0600
> Thank you Yuan for the swift reply!
> OK, we have partial success. Your recommendation if using Transect display 
> does yield  a vertical scale in both height and pressure. But I do not see 
> how to extract that cross section to netcdf as in the vertical cross section 
> plot (dashboard then calculate vertical cross section then displays then file 
> then save displayed data as netcdf). Can you help with that? Thanks!
> 
> Shannon

If you want to save a netcdf file with pressure as its vertical coordinate, you 
need to use the formula to do the calculation before the exporting and saving 
data.


Yuan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [IDV #ZKB-937399]: z to pressure in wrf
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > My name is Shannon Davis and I am a researcher at Woods Hole
> > Oceanographic, and an atmospheric scientist who uses IDV. First, big
> > fan of the software, and want to pass on my appreciation for a great
> > job. Second, I have a technical problem I wondered if anybody could
> > help with. The issue is with some WRF output files (ncdf). Thus far I
> > have been able to process them, slice and dice the data as I wished
> > but all in z coordinates. I would like to transform to pressure
> > coordinates. Specifically, I would like to extract some vertical cross
> > sections and save them as smaller netcdf. I have done this already
> > with z vertical coordinates which seem to load by default in IDV. Any
> > way to do it using pressure as the vertical coordinate? Thanks for any help!
> >
> >
> >
> > Shannon
> >
> >
> >
> Hi Shannon,
> Thanks for your comment on the IDV, it would be nice if you can provide your 
> successful story of using the IDV in your research and share with the 
> community.
> 
> For the vertical coordinates, you might try using the Transect display which 
> has the vertical scale in both height and pressure.  See the section of the 
> workshop on this at:
> 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/workshop/page_transectviews.html
> 
> Yuan
> 
> Ticket Details
> ===================
> Ticket ID: ZKB-937399
> Department: Support IDV
> Priority: Normal
> Status: Open
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: ZKB-937399
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open