NCL scripts for plotting ALADIN data

Click here for some examples of regridding data from a satellite grid to an ALADIN grid.

Note: the scripts on this page were meant to be used as a set of step-by-step examples for the NCL Workshops held in Toulouse, October 2012. Some of these scripts are very basic and not appropriate for real-world use. If you want to use the scripts on this page, we recommend using the ones with the higher numbers; for example, "ALADIN_tsur_4.ncl" rather than "ALADIN_tsur_1.ncl". Please also visit the Toulouse models applications page.

[Click on any image to see a larger version.]

NetCDF file used for these plots is "PLPNM50-1.75.M2006.nc", provided by Pierre Nabat, Météo-France. Pierre contributed an XY plot script that he created during the workshop. See below.
ALADIN_tsur_1.ncl	ALADIN_tsur_2.ncl	ALADIN_tsur_3.ncl
ALADIN_tsur_4.ncl	ALADIN_tsur_5.ncl	ALADIN_tsur_6.ncl

NetCDF file used for these plots is "PLPNM50-1.75.M2006.nc", provided by Pierre Nabat, Météo-France.
ALADIN_tsur_avg_1.ncl	ALADIN_tsur_avg_2.ncl	ALADIN_tsur_avg_3.ncl
ALADIN_tsur_avg_4.ncl	ALADIN_tsur_avg_5.ncl	ALADIN_tsur_avg_6.ncl
ALADIN_tsur_avg_7.ncl

NetCDF file used for these plots is "tas_MED-44_ERAINT_evaluation_r1i1p1_CNRM-ALADIN52_v1_mon_197901-201012.nc" provided by Samuel Somot, Météo-France. The script is based on the ALADIN_tsur_5.ncl above.
ALADIN_tas_5.ncl	To create a animated GIF file, run ALADIN_tas_anim.ncl. You must have the "convert" tool installed. A file called "ALADIN_tas_anim.gif" will be created, which you can open with your web browser to see the animation. In the script, every 10th timestep is plotted. This was to keep the GIF file small. To change, simply remove the ",10" from the do loop.

ALADIN_tsur_znew_1.ncl

ALADIN_tsur_znew_2.ncl

ALADIN_tsur_znew_3.ncl

Pierre Nabat of Météo-France created this script during an NCL workshop. It creates an XY plot of an average of temperature and pressure on the same axes.

multiaxes2.ncl