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wrf_user_list_times

Extracts the list of available times in the ARW WRF model output.

Available in version 4.3.1 or later.

Prototype

load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/wrf/WRFUserARW.ncl"

	function wrf_user_list_times (
		nc_file  : file   
	)

	return_val [*] :  string

Arguments

nc_file

Reference to an input netCDF file opened with addfile.

Return value

A list of available times in the input file.

Description

Extract the times in the input file.

wrf_user_list_times is part of a library of functions and procedures in WRFUserARW.ncl written to help users plot ARW WRF model data.

WRF-related questions should be sent to wrfhelp@ucar.edu.

Examples

Example 1

  load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
  load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/wrf/WRFUserARW.ncl"

  a = addfile("wrfout_d01_2000-01-24_12:00:00.nc","r")

  times  = wrf_user_list_times(a)  ; get times in the file
  ntimes = dimsizes(times)         ; number of times in the file

  print("There are " +ntimes+ " times in this file")
  print( times )

You can see some other example scripts and their resultant images at: