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==VAPOR conversion tools== | ==VAPOR conversion tools== | ||
| + | Most likely, conversion of data from WRF-Fire can be achieved by a short script calling the following command line tools, supplied with VAPOR. | ||
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===WRF to VAPOR=== | ===WRF to VAPOR=== | ||
| − | The '''wrfvdfcreate'''/'''wrf2vdf''' convert '''wrfout''' files to '''.vdf''' format. These are executables not scripts, and controlled by command-line arguments. The conversion | + | The '''wrfvdfcreate'''/'''wrf2vdf''' convert '''wrfout''' files to '''.vdf''' format. These are executables not scripts, and controlled by command-line arguments. The conversion should involve computing node height from the [[Wikipedia:Geopotential|geopotential]] to node vertical cartesian coordinates (variable ELEVATION) and the interpolation from staggered wind mesh. |
Documentation: | Documentation: | ||
| − | * [http://www.vapor.ucar.edu/docs/reference/index.php?id=man/wrf2vdf man page] | + | * [http://www.vapor.ucar.edu/docs/reference/index.php?id=man/wrf2vdf wrf2vdf man page] |
| − | * [http://www.vapor.ucar.edu/docs/usage/wrfprep/WRFsupport.pdf | + | * [http://www.vapor.ucar.edu/docs/reference/index.php?id=man/wrfvdfcreate wrfvdfcreate man page] |
| + | * [http://www.vapor.ucar.edu/docs/usage/wrfstart/WRFGetStarted.pdf WRF getting started] | ||
| + | * [http://www.vapor.ucar.edu/docs/usage/wrfprep/WRFsupport.pdf WRF support manual]. Possibly fire image can be added on the ground just like terrain from geotiff files (Ch. 2) or user surface image (Sec 5.3). | ||
Examples: | Examples: | ||
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'''ncdf2vdf''' is a more general utility. | '''ncdf2vdf''' is a more general utility. | ||
| − | * Is | + | * Is it possible to convert and use data at different resolutions (fire mesh, atmospheric mesh? |
* What about staggering of the wind mesh? | * What about staggering of the wind mesh? | ||
* And conversion of geopotential to node height? | * And conversion of geopotential to node height? | ||
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* [http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/eulag/WORKSHOP08/S4-T2-Piotrowski/Munich_Piotrowski.pdf conversion of EULAG output] (page 11) | * [http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/eulag/WORKSHOP08/S4-T2-Piotrowski/Munich_Piotrowski.pdf conversion of EULAG output] (page 11) | ||
| + | ==NetCDF manipulation utilities== | ||
| + | We could use a command line tool to subset '''wrfout''' files to leave only variables of interest so that the smaller file can be transferred more easily. There are several packages of utilities that can be used to build a script to do this. However many are out of date. | ||
| − | + | * '''ncks''' program in [http://nco.sourceforge.net/ NCO] [http://nco.sourceforge.net/nco.html#index-ncks-1080 ncks man page] | |
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| + | ===See also=== | ||
| − | * [http:// | + | * [http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/support/help/MailArchives/netcdf/msg02935.html Unidata help archives about extracting variables from NetCDF files] |
Latest revision as of 03:48, 5 November 2011
VAPOR conversion tools
Most likely, conversion of data from WRF-Fire can be achieved by a short script calling the following command line tools, supplied with VAPOR.
WRF to VAPOR
The wrfvdfcreate/wrf2vdf convert wrfout files to .vdf format. These are executables not scripts, and controlled by command-line arguments. The conversion should involve computing node height from the geopotential to node vertical cartesian coordinates (variable ELEVATION) and the interpolation from staggered wind mesh.
Documentation:
- wrf2vdf man page
- wrfvdfcreate man page
- WRF getting started
- WRF support manual. Possibly fire image can be added on the ground just like terrain from geotiff files (Ch. 2) or user surface image (Sec 5.3).
Examples:
NetCDF to VAPOR
ncdf2vdf is a more general utility.
- Is it possible to convert and use data at different resolutions (fire mesh, atmospheric mesh?
- What about staggering of the wind mesh?
- And conversion of geopotential to node height?
Documentation:
Examples:
- conversion of EULAG output (page 11)
NetCDF manipulation utilities
We could use a command line tool to subset wrfout files to leave only variables of interest so that the smaller file can be transferred more easily. There are several packages of utilities that can be used to build a script to do this. However many are out of date.
- ncks program in NCO ncks man page