NCL Workshop hosted by ResClim/CHESS

This is a community web page for students attending the NCL workshop hosted by ResClim / CHESS (Norwegian Research School on Changing Climate in the coupled Earth System), 8-12 August 2016.

We will use this site to update you with schedule changes, provide sample scripts and data files as needed, and possibly showcase scripts created during the lab sessions.

For more details and registration information, see the ResClim NCL Workshop Page.



Workshop location

Høyteknologisenteret / Science Center (Thormølensgate 55)
Computer Lab FLAB3
See attached map
Lunch will be served in the canteen at Høyteknologisenteret Tuesday to Friday.



Workshop schedule

Note: schedule may change slightly to accommodate instructors' and/or students' schedules. We will update this schedule immediately if there are any changes.

Monday, 8 August 2016
Hours not yet determined Instructors will be on hand to help with installation and related questions
Tuesday, 9 August 2016
08:30-08:45 Check in for the workshop
09:00-10:30 Lecture: NCL Language Basics
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:15 Lecture: NCL Language Basics (continued)
11:15-12:00 Lecture: NCL File Input/Output
12:00-13:00 Lunch break
13:15-14:00 Interactive demo
14:00-17:00 Hands-on lab
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
09:00-10:15 Lecture: NCL Graphics
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Lecture: NCL Graphics (continued)
12:00-13:00 Lunch break
13:15-14:00 NCL website tour
14:00-17:00 Hands-on lab
Thursday, 11 August 2016
09:00-10:15 Lecture: NCL Data Analysis
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Lecture: NCL Data Analysis (continued)
12:00-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-17:00 Hands-on lab
Friday, 12 August 2016
09:00-12:00 Optional hands-on lab
12:00-13:00 Lunch break
01:00-5:00 To Be Determined

Depending on the students' needs, the instructors may have office hours or leave this time open for extra lectures or lab time.



Ubuntu fix

If you are having an issue where NCL graphics are not being fully displayed when executed from an Ubuntu system, then try this fix.

Note that "ncl.xq.fix" is just a sample name. You can rename it to whatever you like (but keep the original "ncl" just in case):

  wget ftp.ucar.edu:/pub/scd/haley/ncl.redhat.gnu472.xq.fix
  chmod gou+x ncl.redhat.gnu472.xq.fix
  mv ncl.redhat.gnu472.xq.fix $NCARG_ROOT/bin/ncl.xq.fix
  [log out and log back in]
  ncl.xq.fix myscript.ncl



Sample NCL scripts



How to provide us with sample data files

The instructors' main goal for the NCL workshop is to work with students during the hands on labs to help them create NCL scripts that analyze their own data files of interest.

We are happy to provide sample data files for students that don't have any, but find that people get much more out of the workshop if they work with their own data files.

If you would like to share some of your data files with us before or during the workshop, then we can help you by providing some simple NCL scripts that analyze your data. We may also ask if we can use your data files in one or more interactive class demos.

If you have some sample data files to share, either put them somewhere that we can download them, or use our ftp site to upload your data. Then email Mary and Dennis <haley@ucar.edu,shea@ucar.edu> with the name of the files, where they are, and what you'd like to accomplish during the labs.

FTP instructions (do not ftp really large data files):

    ftp ftp.cgd.ucar.edu
    <log in as "anonymous">
    <Use email address as password>
    cd incoming
    put file1
    put file2
    . . .
    quit



Acknowledgments

We would like to acknowledge the follow people for their excellent help in putting this workshop together:

Ragna Breines
ResClim coordinator
Geophysical Institute
University of Bergen

Dr. Hanna Lee
Senior Researcher
UNI Research Climate
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research

Detelina Ivanova
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center