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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

wks

An NCL Workstation identifier. The identifier is one returned either from calling gsn_open_wks or calling create to create a Workstation object.

plots

Plots to overlay, possibly created by calls to wrf_contour and/or wrf_vector.

res

A 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/

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