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[IDV #WHF-233807]: Coriolis Force Vectors

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  • Subject: [IDV #WHF-233807]: Coriolis Force Vectors
  • Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 12:15:13 -0600
> Full Name: Marty Baxter
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: Central Michigan University
> Package Version: 6.0u1
> Operating System: MacOS 11.4
> Hardware: 13" Macbook
> Description of problem: Hi Yuan,
> 
> I am trying to calculate and plot coriolis force vectors from model data, and 
> I can't get it to go. I get an error message in the lower right of the view 
> window, but nothing in the terminal. The error says 
> "RealType_Generic_1_m_s-2_0 occurs more than once: ShadowType.testIndices"
> 
> My formula within "make a grid diagnostic is":
> vecr((corl(v)*v),(-1*corl(u)*u)).
> 
> This worked in GEMPAK as:
> VECR(MUL(CORL,VREL),MUL(-1,MUL(CORL,UREL)))
> 
> I can plot the components as scalars, but can't make a vector out of them. 
> Can you help me figure out what I need to do to plot these in IDV?
> 
> Thanks,
> Marty
> 
> 
Hi Marty,

This is the unit compatibility problem. You can try the following:

vecr(newUnit(corl(v)*v, "vwind", "m/s"),   (-1)*newUnit(corl(u)*u, "uwind", 
"m/s"))

Let me know if this one does not work out for you.

Yuan

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: WHF-233807
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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