Re: Error while accessing RANGS, please respond

Dear all,

I am trying to use the RANGS for making a high resolution contour with some
coast lines and I get the following error:

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

At the end I do get my plot but the coast lines are not there, and all the
text, labels, colour bar, and headings disappear. Nevertheless, I do not
get this error if I use the lower resolutions.

I look into FAQ and the error correspond to the program not finding the
RANGS. I made sure to downloaded them several times again just in case they
were corrupted, and they are located in:
$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/database/rangs

All of them are in the same folder, and have read and write permissions.

In addition, I also tried using the $NCARG_RANGS environment variables but
that did not help either.
In case my binaries were corrupted, I downloaded them again from the ncl
6.1.2 gcc4.4.5 - 64 bit Debian tar file. My machine is 64 bit and runs
LInux MInt 15 OLivia, which is based on Ubuntu. My gcc is 4.7 though, but I
don’t think that is a problem other wise other plots wouldn’t come out.

If any of you have an idea on what could be happening, I would appreciate
the collaboration.
Have a nice day or evening depending on your time zone.

Sincerely,
ALberto

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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>>
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>>
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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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