Hi Brian:
IDV should be able to read WRF output without conversion to CF. If not,
send me the problem file and ill see why.
John
On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 6:21 PM, David Brown <dbrown@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The NCL error messages all stem from the fact that NCL cannot find the
> internal data files it needs to run. What you need to do depends on
> where these auxiliary files were installed. Normally the are installed
> in a subdirectory of the 'lib' directory.
> Based on the path to your NCL executable, /usr/local/bin/NCL/bin/ncl,
> look in /usr/local/bin/NCL/.
> If you find a 'lib' directory there, it should have a subdirectory
> called 'ncarg'. Set the environment variable NCARG_ROOT to
> /usr/local/bin/NCL/
> and you should be good to go.
>
> If instead you find the 'ncarg' directory somewhere else, say
> /usr/local/lib/ncarg or /usr/local/lib/NCL/ncarg, try setting
> NCARG_NCARG
> to that path. If that doesn't work, let us know, and we can definitely
> help you figure it out.
> -Dave Brown
> NCL Development team
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Tyle, Kevin R <ktyle@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Brian,
> >
> > Have you tried using GEMPAK as an interim format?
> >
> > I've had good results using the venerable wrf2gem postprocessor that
> Steve Decker developed several years ago. The netcdf-java library handles
> the GEMPAK to NetCDF conversion fine and I have a couple bundles that
> display fields from our regional runs.
> >
> > I believe that if you build NCEP's WRF post processor and choose GEMPAK
> output, that will work too.
> >
> > --Kevin
> >
> > _____________________________________________
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> > University at Albany
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> > ________________________________________
> > From: idvusers-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <
> idvusers-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Brian Mapes <
> bmapes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2015 6:04 PM
> > To: idvusers
> > Subject: [idvusers] making WRF output CF compliant
> >
> > Does anyone have some one-line templates for converting wrf output to
> IDV-friendly netCDF files?
> > Preferably with a set of basic weather variables but not a zillion
> internal model fields.
> >
> > Such an old question, so much on the Web, yet every solution seems to
> require a bunch of time and effort.
> >
> > This looked promising
> > http://foehn.colorado.edu/wrfout_to_cf
> > But for me it creates the inscrutable errors below and no results.
> > No idea what to do next, no hours and hours available to study it.
> >
> > Anyone have a workable solution?
> > Thanks for any tips!
> >
> > Brian Mapes
> >
> >
> >
> > $ sudo /usr/local/bin/NCL/bin/ncl
> 'file_in="1hr_Out/wrfout_d02_2009-08-08_08"' 'file_out="wrfpost.nc"'
> wrfout_to_cf.ncl
> > Copyright (C) 1995-2013 - All Rights Reserved
> > University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
> > NCAR Command Language Version 6.1.2
> > The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.
> > See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details.
> > warning:Unable to Get System Resource File Name?
> > warning:Unable to load System Resource File (null)
> > fatal:GetSysAppDir:Unable to get a default value for the system App
> Resource directory
> > warning:["Resources.c":734]:Unable to set appSysDir to default value -
> Using NULL
> > fatal:GetSysAppDir:Unable to get a default value for the system App
> Resource directory
> > warning:["Resources.c":734]:Unable to set appSysDir to default value -
> Using NULL
> > warning:Unable to Get System Resource File Name?
> > warning:WorkstationClassInitialize:Unable to access rgb color database -
> named colors unsupported:[errno=2]
> > NDV_COLORMAP_PATH environment variable not set:
> > defaulting to .:$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/colormaps
> > warning:["Palette.c":1844]:NhlLoadColormapFiles: Invalid directory
> encountered in colormap path specification
> >
> >
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