Graphics: NCL - Example Scripts

Below are a few sample scripts that illustrate how to use NCL for plotting ARW WRF data:

Basic Plots

Basic Plot Setup
(This series of examples takes
users though same basic steps
in generating plotting scripts.
)
Get and plot a single field
Multiple input files

Basic Surface Plots  

Surface 1
Surface 3
Surface 2

Plots on Model Levels

Clouds
Levels from wrfout files
Levels from metgrid files

Plots on Interpolated Levels

Height Levels
Pressure Levels

Plotting Precipitation 

Precipitation

Diagnostics  

CAPE
dBZ
PW
Vorticity
(More diagnostics are available,
shown are only some
newer/special diagnostics)

Cross-section Plots

Height - Through a Pivot Point
Height - Point A to Point B
Pressure
Limited Vertical Extent
For 2D fields

Skew_T Plots

Skew_T

Specialty Plots

Overlay
Zoom
Overlay & Zoom
Panel 1
Panel 2
Meteograms
WRF Time Series data
All fields in a file
Track Cyclone Vortex

Preview Domain

Preview

Global WRF
 

gWRF_merc

Idealized cases

wrf_Grav2x
wrf_Hill2d
wrf_Squall_2d_x
wrf_Squall_2d_y
wrf_Seabreeze2x
wrf_BWave
wrf_QSS



Experimental scripts

Preview Domain

Preview
Note: This example script makes use to the WPS namelist directly

Split files

Use split files as one

Overlay Domains

Overlay 2 domains

Moving Nest

Moving Nest
Keeping a fixed background for moving nest domain

Moving Nest

Precip Tendencies for a Moving Nest
Keeping a fixed background for moving nest domain, and plotting rainfall tendencies in the overlapping regions
Domain 1 and 2 Precip Tendencies on a single plot (domain 2 is a moving nest)

Wind Roses

Create a wind rose