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[IDV #CQG-166832]: Volume Rendering NetCDF Files

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  • Subject: [IDV #CQG-166832]: Volume Rendering NetCDF Files
  • Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:14:54 -0700
> Dear Yuan,
> 
> Thanks a lot for your reply,
> 
> I am attaching the modifed wrf_to_cf.ncl script to include the CLDFRA data. 
> It seems to be a popular ncl script . However even the original wrf_to_cf.ncl 
> (https://sundowner.colorado.edu/wrfout_to_cf/wrfout_to_cf.ncl) script does 
> not do a volume render of the r_rain and r_could variable.
> 
> Here is a wetrasnfer link ( https://we.tl/t-X7ImJrxHpT ) to the generated 
> netcdf file using the modified script. It plots contours etc but fails on 
> volume plots
> 
> Thanks for your help and patience,
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Joseph
> 
> ________________________________
NCL is a 2D graphics library, no wonder it doesn't do well for the vertical 
coordinate. I think you should
try the UPP package to generate Grib2 file format:

https://dtcenter.org/sites/default/files/community-code/upp-users-guide.pdf

or ARW post:

https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/docs/user_guide_v4/v4.0/users_guide_chap9.html#_ARWpost_3

Yuan


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: CQG-166832
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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