
wrf_overlay
Overlays multiple plots created from other WRF-ARW plot functions (deprecated).
Prototype
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl" ; These two libraries are automatically load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/wrf/WRFUserARW.ncl" ; loaded from NCL V6.4.0 onward. ; No need for user to explicitly load. procedure wrf_overlay ( wks : graphic, plots [*] : graphic, res [1] : logical )
Arguments
wksAn NCL Workstation identifier. The identifier is one returned either from calling gsn_open_wks or calling create to create a Workstation object.
plotsPlots to overlay, possibly created by calls to wrf_contour and/or wrf_vector.
resA plot resource. Set to True if you want to advance the frame before creating the next frame. Set to False if you do not want to advance the frame. Use False only if you plan on adding additional text/lines/symbols to the frame before advancing it.
Description
This procedure was deprecated in version 5.1.0. Use the much more versatile function wrf_overlays instead.
This procedure overlays a number of graphical plots. This is typically used for idealized ARW WRF model runs.
wrf_overlay is part of a library of functions and procedures in WRFUserARW.ncl written to help users plot ARW WRF model data.
See Also
wrf_contour, wrf_vector, wrf_map, wrf_map_overlay
Examples
Example 1
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl" load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/wrf/WRFUserARW.ncl" ; Open ARW WRF output for the quater supercell idealized case a = addfile("wrfout_qss.nc","r") wks = gsn_open_wks("x11","test") time = 1 tc2 = wrf_user_getvar(a,"T2",time) ; T2 in Kelvin u10 = wrf_user_getvar(a,"U10",time) ; u at 10 m v10 = wrf_user_getvar(a,"V10",time) ; v at 10 m rest = True rest@cnFillOn = True contour = wrf_contour(a,wks,tc2,rest) resw = True vector = wrf_vector(a,wks,u10,v10,resw) wrf_overlay(wks,(/contour,vector/),True)You can see some other example scripts and their resultant images at:
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/OnLineTutorial/Graphics/NCL/