[IDV #DPX-797087]: Plotting global WRF output with IDV

Gary,

We have been looking into this issue today. The GRIB output from WPP cannot
currently be read into the IDV though John Caron has been making changes to some
internal code that will hopefully allow us to read this file soon.

In the meantime, I think the UPP may also be a good avenue if you can get your
hands on one that works. Do you perhaps have an account on Yellowstone that
would give you access to a working UPP?

Best,

Unidata IDV Support


> I've uploaded a WRFPRS file, post-processed, that IDV also would not
> read.  If you would, please give this GRIB1 file a try with the IDV.
> Thanks much,
> Gary
> 
> On 6/2/2015 5:19 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> > Gary,
> >
> > I did not have my thinking cap on. Before I made you go through all the 
> > trouble
> > of uploading the file, I should have told you to post-process the WRF output
> > through the Unified Post Processor (UPP) Software Package. Do you have the
> > ability to post-process the data through the UPP? It is usually in doing 
> > this step
> > that we have the best results in the IDV.
> >
> > Please keep us up-to-date on your progress.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Unidata IDV Support
> >
> >> Great, thanks for any solutions you can offer.
> >>
> >> I've tried it with several different IDV builds... on my Linux computer,
> >> it slightly works (can do a contour plot of mixing ratio), but it
> >> crashes and dumps a core if I plot or shade anything (even though it
> >> doesn't get close to using the RAM allocation I provided to IDV).  On my
> >> PC, it won't open the file at all, with the error I sent before.
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> Gary
> >>
> >> On 6/2/2015 5:09 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> >>> Gary,
> >>>
> >>> No worries. I have the file.
> >>>
> >>>> Hi again,
> >>>>
> >>>> It made it to 100%, but now I don't see the file in the Support Uploads
> >>>> directory.  May have to try again.
> >>>>
> >>>> In other news, I just figured out how to convert the global wrf output
> >>>> to gempak format, so that may be more readable by IDV.
> >>>>
> >>>> -Gary
> >>>>
> >>>> On 6/2/2015 4:15 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> >>>>> Gary,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Are you sure it times out? For big files, sometimes the browser will 
> >>>>> appear stuck
> >>>>> but is in fact cranking away. Alternatively, is there a place on the 
> >>>>> web I can
> >>>>> grab the data?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Best,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Unidata IDV Support
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>> No problem - I am trying to upload to motherlode, but the file is 
> >>>>>> large,
> >>>>>> and it timed out.   Even for a single time, the file size is 2 Gb.
> >>>>>> I'll let you know if I succeed in uploading it, but we may have to try 
> >>>>>> a
> >>>>>> different means of transferring the file.
> >>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>> Gary
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 6/2/2015 3:32 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> >>>>>>> I meant Gary, not Chris. Sorry about that.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Chris,
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Would it be possible to get some sample data uploaded here?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> And let us know when it uploaded.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Best,
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Unidata IDV Support
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Full Name: Gary Lackmann
> >>>>>>>>> Email Address: address@hidden
> >>>>>>>>> Organization: NC State University
> >>>>>>>>> Package Version: 5.1u2 build date:2015-04-27 16:07 UTC
> >>>>>>>>> Operating System: Windows 7
> >>>>>>>>> Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_5.1u2\jre version: 
> >>>>>>>>> 1.7.0_51 j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily
> >>>>>>>>> Description of problem: Couldn't get data
> >>>>>>>>> must be 2D
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> The Globe IDV would seem perfectly matched with global WRF output, 
> >>>>>>>>> but I almost invariably get errors when I try to
> >>>>>>>>> plot a global WRF dataset with IDV.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Please let me know if there is a fundamental incompatibility.
> >>>>>>>>> Thanks,Gary
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> ******************
> >>>>>>>>> Stack trace:
> >>>>>>>>> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: must be 2D
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.nc2.dataset.CoordinateAxis2D.doRead(CoordinateAxis2D.java:98)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.nc2.dataset.CoordinateAxis2D.getCoordValue(CoordinateAxis2D.java:83)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.getInitialSpatialDomain(GeoGridAdapter.java:875)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.getSpatialDomainSetInner(GeoGridAdapter.java:408)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.getSpatialDomainSet(GeoGridAdapter.java:353)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.getFlatField(GeoGridAdapter.java:1233)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.readTimeStep(GeoGridAdapter.java:1560)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.access$100(GeoGridAdapter.java:113)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter$1.run(GeoGridAdapter.java:1455)
> >>>>>>>>> at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:273)
> >>>>>>>>> at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:245)
> >>>>>>>>> at visad.util.ThreadManager.runSequentially(ThreadManager.java:223)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.makeSequence(GeoGridAdapter.java:1470)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.getSequence(GeoGridAdapter.java:1140)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.makeFieldImpl(GeoGridDataSource.java:2099)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataInner(GeoGridDataSource.java:1398)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getData(DataSourceImpl.java:2390)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.data.DirectDataChoice.getData(DirectDataChoice.java:332)
> >>>>>>>>> at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:637)
> >>>>>>>>> at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:243)
> >>>>>>>>> at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:207)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.init(GridDataInstance.java:206)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:163)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:144)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.GridDisplayControl.doMakeDataInstance(GridDisplayControl.java:299)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:3278)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:3234)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.setData(PlanViewControl.java:664)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.ContourPlanViewControl.setData(ContourPlanViewControl.java:195)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.init(PlanViewControl.java:489)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1402)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1085)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:986)
> >>>>>>>>> at 
> >>>>>>>>> ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:911)
> >>>>>>>>> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243)
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Ticket Details
> >>>>>>> ===================
> >>>>>>> Ticket ID: DPX-797087
> >>>>>>> Department: Support IDV
> >>>>>>> Priority: Normal
> >>>>>>> Status: Closed
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Dr. Gary M. Lackmann
> >>>>>> Professor and Co-Director of Graduate Programs
> >>>>>> Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
> >>>>>> North Carolina State University
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Ticket Details
> >>>>> ===================
> >>>>> Ticket ID: DPX-797087
> >>>>> Department: Support IDV
> >>>>> Priority: Normal
> >>>>> Status: Closed
> >>>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Dr. Gary M. Lackmann
> >>>> Professor and Co-Director of Graduate Programs
> >>>> Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
> >>>> North Carolina State University
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Ticket Details
> >>> ===================
> >>> Ticket ID: DPX-797087
> >>> Department: Support IDV
> >>> Priority: Normal
> >>> Status: Open
> >>>
> >> --
> >> Dr. Gary M. Lackmann
> >> Professor and Co-Director of Graduate Programs
> >> Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
> >> North Carolina State University
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: DPX-797087
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> >
> 
> --
> Dr. Gary M. Lackmann
> Professor and Co-Director of Graduate Programs
> Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
> North Carolina State University
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: DPX-797087
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open