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[IDV #ZFS-127838]: Plotting any data from wrfout file

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  • Subject: [IDV #ZFS-127838]: Plotting any data from wrfout file
  • Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:01:57 -0600
> Full Name: Gary Lackmann
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: NC State University
> Package Version: 5.1u1 build date:2015-04-02 16:45 UTC
> Operating System: Windows 7
> Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_5.1u1\jre version: 1.7.0_51 
> j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily
> Description of problem: Dear IDV support,
> 
> With older versions of IDV, I could directly plot data from wrfout files.  It 
> doesn't seem to work any more, even for simple 2-D quantities.
> No matter what I try, it gives the error:
> Couldn't get data
> must be 2D
> 
> I know that it is recommended to post-process and de-stagger the grid first, 
> but some of the variables are not converted, and so its
> useful to be able to have a quick look using IDV for such quantities.
> 
> Thank you for any assistance,
> Gary
> 

Hi Gary,
      I assumed you were doing aggregated wrf netcdf, it should be working. 
But, the aggregation doesn't work any more for
grid1/2 when there are more than one time dimensions.

Please upload a couple sample files here:

https://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload

Yuan
> ******************
> 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
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Ticket ID: ZFS-127838
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open