Re: cape and max_dbz problem

From: Goran Gasparac <gorangas_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:14:38 +0100

Dear Mary and WRFHELP

Thanks for help,
I'm anxiously expecting a new release :)

BR
Goran

2008/11/25 Mary Haley <haley_at_ucar.edu>

> 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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Goran
Received on Wed Nov 26 2008 - 03:14:38 MST

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