Re: Error while accessing RANGS, please respond

Hello all,

while I trying to use the RANGS I still have the same problem. The error
message is the following:

fatal:MapRGDHDrawMapList: MDRGOL/MDRGOF - ERROR OPENING RANGS/GSHHS CAT FILE
fatal:PlotManagerPostDraw: error in plot post-draw
fatal:_NhlPlotManagerDraw: PostDraw error

Accoding to the FAQ this is due the program not locating the RANGS files
but I Have made sure to download again and saving them all in the same
folder as $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/datasabe/rangs

I am using LInux MInt which runs based on Ubuntu. I used the binaries from
the 64 bit Debian. My machine is 64 bit. My gcc version of 4.7
But the NCL works fine so I dont think it is related to the compiler at
all...

I have also tried setting the NCAR_RANGS environment variable to see if
that would help, but I had the same error. If I

Alberto M. Striedinger. P.
Student Intern Researcher at MeteoConsult .NL.
MSc. Sustainable Energy Technology
Eindhoven University of Technology
BSc.Mechanical Engineering
Universidad del Norte & USF
+31

On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 11:17 PM, Alberto Mario Striedinger Pinilla <
astriedinger@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello to all,
>
> sorry to disturb again. I already tried that, and again now, with no good
> results. I will try reinstalling the binary libraries just in case. =/
>
>
> Alberto M. Striedinger. P.
> Student Intern Researcher at MeteoConsult .NL.
> MSc. Sustainable Energy Technology
> Eindhoven University of Technology
> BSc.Mechanical Engineering
> Universidad del Norte & USF
> +31
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Karin Meier-Fleischer <
> meier-fleischer@dkrz.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi Alberto,
>>
>> I think you must unset the NCARG_RANGS environment variable if you have
>> all the ranges files
>> in the recommended directory.
>>
>> Bye,
>> Karin
>>
>>
>> Am 14.12.2013 um 22:24 schrieb Alberto Mario Striedinger Pinilla <
>> astriedinger@gmail.com>:
>>
>> Hello Karin, and all
>>
>>
>> Thank you very much for the fast response XD. As you show in you
>> directory. I do have the same. My rangs are located in the same directory,
>> and I have even set en environment variable NCARG_RANGS to the location.
>>
>> My environment variables in my .bashrc are :
>> export NCARG_ROOT=/usr/local/ncl-6.1.2
>> export NCARG_RANGS=/usr/local/ncl-6.1.2/lib/ncarg/database/rangs
>>
>> And doing ll in my rangs directory I have the same:
>> alberto@alberto-ThinkPad-W520/usr/local/ncl-6.1.2/lib/ncarg/database/rangs $ ll
>> total 137644
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 alberto alberto 89496428 mei 13 1997 gshhs(0).rim
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 alberto alberto 20775224 mei 13 1997 gshhs(1).rim
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 alberto alberto 5099196 mei 13 1997 gshhs(2).rim
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 alberto alberto 1109192 mei 13 1997 gshhs(3).rim
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 alberto alberto 170948 mei 13 1997 gshhs(4).rim
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 alberto alberto 259200 mei 6 1997 rangs(0).cat
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 alberto alberto 6518664 feb 1 1999 rangs(0).cel
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 alberto alberto 259200 mei 6 1997 rangs(1).cat
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 alberto alberto 5945492 feb 1 1999 rangs(1).cel
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 alberto alberto 259200 mei 6 1997 rangs(2).cat
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 alberto alberto 4062215 feb 1 1999 rangs(2).cel
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 alberto alberto 259200 mei 5 1997 rangs(3).cat
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 alberto alberto 3398642 feb 1 1999 rangs(3).cel
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 alberto alberto 259200 mei 5 1997 rangs(4).cat
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 alberto alberto 3045848 jan 29 1999 rangs(4).cel
>>
>>
>> As you can see , the only difference is the permission in the files, they
>> are read for all the other users. But since I am the only one as this is my
>> personal pc.
>>
>> Thanks again for your response and the colour set up work this time XD.
>> HAve a nice evening
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Alberto M. Striedinger. P.
>> Student Intern Researcher at MeteoConsult .NL.
>> MSc. Sustainable Energy Technology
>> Eindhoven University of Technology
>> BSc.Mechanical Engineering
>> Universidad del Norte & USF
>> +31
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 9:45 PM, Karin Meier-Fleischer <
>> meier-fleischer@dkrz.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Alberto,
>>>
>>> *Problem 1*: the RANGS/GSHHS files should be stored in
>>> $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/database/rangs directory.
>>>
>>> >> ls -la $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/database/rangs
>>> total 275296
>>> drwxr-xr-x 18 k204045 staff 612 14 Okt 16:44 .
>>> drwxr-xr-x@ 33 k204045 staff 1122 14 Okt 16:44 ..
>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 k204045 staff 89496428 14 Okt 16:44 gshhs(0).rim
>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 k204045 staff 20775224 14 Okt 16:44 gshhs(1).rim
>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 k204045 staff 5099196 14 Okt 16:44 gshhs(2).rim
>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 k204045 staff 1109192 14 Okt 16:44 gshhs(3).rim
>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 k204045 staff 170948 14 Okt 16:44 gshhs(4).rim
>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 k204045 staff 259200 14 Okt 16:44 rangs(0).cat
>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 k204045 staff 6518664 14 Okt 16:44 rangs(0).cel
>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 k204045 staff 259200 14 Okt 16:44 rangs(1).cat
>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 k204045 staff 5945492 14 Okt 16:44 rangs(1).cel
>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 k204045 staff 259200 14 Okt 16:44 rangs(2).cat
>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 k204045 staff 4062215 14 Okt 16:44 rangs(2).cel
>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 k204045 staff 259200 14 Okt 16:44 rangs(3).cat
>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 k204045 staff 3398642 14 Okt 16:44 rangs(3).cel
>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 k204045 staff 259200 14 Okt 16:44 rangs(4).cat
>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 k204045 staff 3045848 14 Okt 16:44 rangs(4).cel
>>>
>>> If you don't want to install the RANGS files in the recommended
>>> directory, you can set the environment variable
>>> NCARG_RANGS to the directory containing the files.
>>>
>>>
>>> *Problem 2*: You generate the contour plot before you have defined a
>>> colormap, so NCL will take the default
>>> colormap.
>>>
>>> To use the colormap with gsn_define_colormap move the call upward to
>>> the line below line 298.
>>>
>>> wks = gsn_open_wks(type,psoutfilename)
>>> gsn_define_colormap(wks,"WhViBlGrYeOrReWh")
>>>
>>> Bye,
>>> Karin
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 14.12.2013 um 21:14 schrieb Alberto Mario Striedinger Pinilla <
>>> astriedinger@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> ​Dear all,
>>>
>>> I am having 2 problems when plotting contour maps of a variable with ncl
>>> 6.1.2. Please let me know what could be causing these to happen:
>>>
>>> Problem 1:
>>> I am plotting while accessing RANGS. I have no problem if I use the
>>> medium or low resolutions. But once I try to use RANGS I get these errors:
>>>
>>> fatal:MapRGDHDrawMapList: MDRGOL/MDRGOF - ERROR OPENING RANGS/GSHHS CAT
>>> FILE
>>> fatal:PlotManagerPostDraw: error in plot post-draw
>>> fatal:_NhlPlotManagerDraw: PostDraw error
>>>
>>>
>>> I thought the problem was permissions and ownership, but all folders and
>>> files (including .nc files) are not restricted.
>>> At the end I do get the plot I want but, the coast lines do not appear,
>>> and the labels, titles, and other texts in the plot do not appear either.
>>>
>>> Problem 2:
>>> This may be a trivial problem, but I Say it anyway​
>>> ​My colour scale is nit working properly, I am using the colour name :
>>> gsn_define_colormap(wks,"
>>> WhViBlGrYeOrReWh") --line : 347 in the code
>>> But the colours appearing are not those set in the NCL website. THe NCL
>>> default colours do work though.
>>> ------
>>>
>>> The RANGS in my directory are all in the same folder rangs, and where
>>> recently replaced yesterday just in case I happened to have bad files, but
>>> that did not help either.
>>>
>>> I am providing two plot files, one that works under the lower
>>> resolutions, and the one using RANGS.
>>> I am providing the code I used, the file from the variable comes from,
>>> and this is the code line I used when executing the commands on bash:
>>>
>>> ./contour_var_thanet.sh
>>> ~/Documents/thanet/test/wrfout_d03_2010-03-19_00\:00\:00 y y 51.27 1.27
>>> 51.67 1.8333 HFX 0 nc -62 -45 2
>>>
>>> where : ~/Documents/thanet/test/wrfout_d03_2010-03-19_00\:00\:00 is the
>>> file location
>>> where: y y 51.27 1.27 51.67 1.8333 HFX 0 nc -62 -45 2 is the input to
>>> my code.
>>> The code line wehre I use the map resources for the RANGS is : --line 282
>>>
>>> I thank you in advance, and look for your response.
>>>
>>> ​
>>> wrfout_d03_2010-03-19_00:00:00<https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwvkUSU9qTmzZ045NWF3LW1DNUU/edit?usp=drive_web>
>>> ​
>>>
>>> ​
>>> Alberto M. Striedinger. P.
>>> Student Intern Researcher at MeteoConsult .NL.
>>> MSc. Sustainable Energy Technology
>>> Eindhoven University of Technology
>>> BSc.Mechanical Engineering
>>> Universidad del Norte & USF
>>> +31
>>>
>>>
>>> ​
>>> <contour_var_thanet.sh><wrfout_d03_2010-03-19_00_00_00_contour_HFX_0.ps>
>>> <wrfout_d03_2010-03-19_00_00_00_contour_HFX_0_RANGS.ps>
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>>>
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>>>
>>
>> _________________________________
>> Karin Meier-Fleischer
>>
>> Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum GmbH
>>
>> Application Support
>> Visualization
>>
>> Bundesstrasse 45a
>> D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
>>
>> E-Mail: meier-fleischer@dkrz.de
>> Internet: http://www.dkrz.de/
>> Phone: +49 40 460094 126
>> Fax: +49 40 460094 270
>>
>>
>>
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