Re: Error while accessing RANGS, please respond

From: Karin Meier-Fleischer <meier-fleischer_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Sat Dec 14 2013 - 15:04:56 MST

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
>> ​
>>
>> ​
>> 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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Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum GmbH
Application Support
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