Re: Function wrf_contour.

I speculate that you do not have the recommended .hluresfile
in your *home* directory. Please see:

http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/hlures.shtml

Good luck

Yann MICHEL wrote:
> Hi dear WRF Help,
>
> I am currently encountering a problem while trying to use the function
> wrf_contour.
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/WRF_arw/wrf_contour.shtml
> Using it as in the script example, I found a strange output such as
> PLCHHQ - CHARACTER NUMBER 33 (t) IS NOT A LEGAL FUNCTION CODE
> PLCHHQ - CHARACTER NUMBER 34 (o) IS NOT A LEGAL FUNCTION CODE
> PLCHHQ - CHARACTER NUMBER 41 (b) IS NOT A LEGAL FUNCTION CODE
> PLCHHQ - CHARACTER NUMBER 42 (y) IS NOT A LEGAL FUNCTION CODE
> PLCHHQ - CHARACTER NUMBER 13 (9) IS NOT A LEGAL FUNCTION CODE
> PLCHHQ - CHARACTER NUMBER 14 (-) IS NOT A LEGAL FUNCTION CODE
> PLCHHQ - CHARACTER NUMBER 17 (-) IS NOT A LEGAL FUNCTION CODE
> PLCHHQ - CHARACTER NUMBER 20 (_) IS NOT A LEGAL FUNCTION CODE
>
> The only thing that may be of concern is that the projection of the
> netcdf file is polar (AMP domain)
> Here is the script
>
> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl" load
> "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/wrf/WRFUserARW.ncl"
> ;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------;
>
> begin
>
> ;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------;
>
> ; open file and read in data
>
> ;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------;
>
> works="ps" ; open a ps file
> region = "ampsrt"
> ;
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> res = True
> res_at_gsnDraw = True ; Forces the plot to be drawn
> res_at_gsnFrame = True ; Frame advance
> res_at_cnFillOn = True
>
> filename_inc = "/ptmp/yann/data/ampsrt/rc/2009052400/wrfinput_d01.nc"
> ff1 = addfile(filename_inc,"r")
> hgt1 = wrf_user_getvar(ff1,"HGT",0) ; Get terrain height for time 0
>
> wks = gsn_open_wks("ps","height_"+region) ; open a ps file
> plts = wrf_contour(ff1,wks,hgt1,res)
>
> end
>
> NCARG_ROOT is /users/local on bluefire
> Many thanks for your help!
>
> Yann MICHEL
>
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