Re: vertical plot

Thanks. CCSM3 outputs Z3 geopotential height so that helps.

On May 19, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Jamie Scott wrote:

> The height of the hybrid sigma-pressure levels varies with time and
> space because it's a function of surface pressure.
> To create the plot as you suggest, you will have to compute the
> geopotential height at each hybrid level, time, lat and lon.
> You can use the function "cz2ccm" . Now you will know the
> geopotential height at each temperature grid point. Next you
> will have to define a new height based vertical coordinate at the
> intervals you wish to display on your plot and interpolate
> the temperatures to the new height vertical coordinate. You can use a
> function line linint1 to do the vertical interpolation in each column.
>
> -Jamie
>
> On May 19, 2010, at 8:45 AM, ncl-talk-request@ucar.edu wrote:
>
>> I basically want to make the same plot as attached but with height
>> above the ground as the
>> y axis, not pressure. Right now I am showing hybrid sigma pressure
>> versus month.
>> I computed the average temperature in a region for each month and
>> each hybrid sigma pressure
>> level and plotted in the attached figure.
>>
>> I altered the land surface and so the strongest response is near the
>> ground. This is true
>> both for low and high elevation regions. That is why I want the y
>> axis to show height above the ground.
>>
>> Mike
>
> _______________________________________________
> ncl-talk mailing list
> List instructions, subscriber options, unsubscribe:
> http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/ncl-talk

_______________________________________________
ncl-talk mailing list
List instructions, subscriber options, unsubscribe:
http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/ncl-talk
Received on Wed May 19 09:26:23 2010