Re: WRF U V true winds

From: Saji Hameed <saji.nh_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Mon Aug 02 2010 - 16:43:59 MDT

Hi,

Use special NCL functions to get data from WRF output (I have tried it only
on WRF-ARW).

http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/OnLineTutorial/Graphics/NCL/NCL_functions.htm#getvar

After that two approaches.
 1. Use special functions designed for use with WRF

http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/OnLineTutorial/Graphics/NCL/NCL_examples.htm

  2. Interpolate your data to regular grid using rcm2grid and use
gsm_csm_****

saji

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 5:21 AM, Brandon Fisel <bjfisel@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am wanting the wind vectors from WRF 10-m and upper air winds
> (U10/V10/U/V). I am using gsn_csm_vector_map to plot the wind from the u/v
> components. However, these is something suspicious in that they all seem to
> be pointing toward rotational or divergent flow centered at the pole? How
> would I attain the true u and v wind components so as to correct for the map
> projection effects?
>
>
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