Script templates for NCL regridding and graphics

This page contains some NCL scripts that you can download for doing creating visualizations of your data or doing ESMF regridding. Most of these are short scripts with a minimal number of resources set.

For more "real world" scripts with lots of graphics, visit the Examples page.

Plots over maps:

contour_map_nores_template.ncl - template for creating contours over a map, no resources are set
contour_map_template.ncl - template for creating contours over a map
contour_map_lc_template.ncl - template for creating contours over a Lambert Conformal map
vector_map_template.ncl - template for creating vectors over a map
wrf_contour_map_template.ncl - template for using gsn_csm_xxx scripts to plot WRF output data

Plots (not over maps)

xy_template.ncl - template for creating XY plots
scatter_template.ncl - template for creating scatter plots
contour_template.ncl - template for creating contour plots
vector_template.ncl - template for creating vectors

Attaching primitives (lines, markers, polygons)

adding_polylines_template.ncl - template for attaching polylines to a map plot
adding_polymarkers_template.ncl - template for attaching polymarkers to a map li
adding_polygons_template.ncl - template for attaching polygons to a map plot

ESMF regridding templates

Note: If you are using NCL version 6.1.0-beta and not 6.1.0, then please consider upgrading to version 6.1.0. Otherwise, be sure to download the latest ESMF_regridding.ncl script before using these templates. This file should be used in place of the "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/esmf/ESMF_regridding.ncl" one provided in V6.1.0-beta.

For more ESMF regridding examples, you can visit the the ESMF Regridding examples page.

rectilinear ---> 5 degree grid (ESMF_rect_to_5deg.ncl)
rectilinear ---> curvilinear (ESMF_rect_to_curv.ncl)
rectilinear ---> unstructured (ESMF_rect_to_unstruct.ncl)
curvilinear ---> 1 degree grid (ESMF_curv_to_1deg.ncl)
curvilinear ---> curvilinear (ESMF_curv_to_curv.ncl)
curvilinear ---> unstructured (ESMF_curv_to_unstruct.ncl)
curvilinear ---> WRF (ESMF_curv_to_WRF.ncl)
unstructured ---> 0.25 degree grid (ESMF_unstruct_to_0.25deg.ncl)
unstructured ---> rectilinear (ESMF_unstruct_to_rect.ncl)
unstructured ---> curvilinear (ESMF_unstruct_to_curv.ncl)
WRF ---> rectilinear (ESMF_WRF_to_rect.ncl)
WRF ---> curvilinear (ESMF_WRF_to_curv.ncl)
generic template (ESMF_regrid_template.ncl) - uses the single ESMF_regrid function
generic template (ESMF_regrid_with_weights_template.ncl) - uses the ESMF_regrid_with_weights function to do the regridding. You must already have the weights file to use this.
generic template (ESMF_template.ncl) - does the regridding in several steps