Re: cape and max_dbz problem

Goran,

Yes, the functions you are looking for are not yet available.
rip_reflectivity, will not be released but we are going to release
wrf_dbz.
You will also be able to get mdbz though the wrf_user_getvar function.
I will also suggest waiting for the new cape functions which will be
released with version 5.0.1

wrfhelp

On Nov 25, 2008, at 8:57 AM, Mary Haley wrote:

> Goran,
>
> I think you may have some code that was never released. The
> "rip_reflectivity" function doesn't exist, but there's one called
> "wrf_dbz" that will be released in the next version.
>
> Also, I'm not sure what "max_dbz" is, as this is not in our version
> of wrf_user_getvar in WRFUserARW.ncl. I'm CC'ing wrfhelp_at_ucar.edu in
> case they know what "max_dbz" is supposed to be.
>
> We are getting ready to release a new set of wrf functions,
> including wrf_cape_2d, wrf_cape_3d, wrf_dbz, among others. This will
> be in V5.0.1 of NCL.
>
> --Mary
>
>
> On Nov 25, 2008, at 3:21 AM, Goran Gasparac wrote:
>
>> Dear users,
>>
>> I'm trying to plot max_dbz from wrfout file, but i'm getting this
>> kind of error:
>>
>> fatal:Either file (nc_file) isn't defined or variable (mcape) is
>> not a variable in the file
>> fatal:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 596 in file ./
>> WRFUserARW.ncl
>> fatal:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 54 in file
>> wrf_RADAR.ncl
>>
>> wrf_RADAR.ncl - is script in which are defined all necessary
>> variables:
>> dbz = wrf_user_getvar(a,"max_dbz",it)
>> pres = wrf_user_getvar(a,"pressure",it)
>> tk = wrf_user_getvar(a,"tk",it)
>> qv = wrf_user_getvar(a,"QVAPOR",it)
>> qr = wrf_user_getvar(a,"QRAIN",it)
>> qs = wrf_user_getvar(a,"QSNOW",it)
>> qg = qs
>> qg = 0.0 ; set to 0.0 [array operation]
>> mdbz = rip_reflectivity(dbz, pres, tk, qv, qr, qs, qg, False)
>>
>> When i'm trying to plot something else, e.g. temperature,
>> pressure...everything is OK, so i suppose that problem is not in
>> defining input nc_file..
>>
>> Same thing is happening when i try to plot CAPE (mcape)..
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Goran
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