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19990809: GEMPAK GDCROSS Question



>From: "John H. E. Clark" <address@hidden>
>Organization: .
>Keywords: 199908091531.JAA18398

>Steve,
>
>I have a question for you. I have been trying to contour the difference
>between potential vorticity, pvor(thte,geo), at two times in GDCROSS. There
>is no problem in contouring it at one time.
>
>I have tried every combination I can think of, for instance setting
>GFUNC=sub(pvor(thte^f14,geo^f14),pvor(thte^f12,geo^f12)) without success.
>
>Do you have a solution?
>
>Thanks
>John
>
>
>
>

John,

if thte and geo are having to be computed, then you may be getting an error
about number of grids exceeding space. This is because thte(pres,tmpc,dwpc)
and geo(hght) for the 2 times requested would require 8 input grids
for each level plus the output grid. The maximum number of grids you
will have room for is dependent upon the number of grid points you have.

If your gridded data already has thte and geo computed, then the problem may
be that you need to use lav() for the computation.

At any rate, here is one solution:

1) use gddiag to compute your delta equivalent potential vorticity
Here is a script that computes this for today's eta file with data
at 50mb pressure intervals:

#!/bin/csh -f

set GDFILE=$HDS/1999080912_eta_grid211.gem

@ GLEV1 = 1000
while($GLEV1 > 100)
  @ GLEV2 = $GLEV1 - 50
  @ GLEVA = $GLEV1 + $GLEV2
  @ GLEVA = $GLEVA / 2
  gddiag << EOF1
  gdfile  = $GDFILE
  gdoutf  = testpvor.gem
  gfunc   = pvor(thte,geo)
  gdattim = f000
  glevel  = ${GLEV1}:${GLEV2}
  gvcord  = pres
  grdnam  = epvor@${GLEVA}
  gpack   =
  r

  gdattim = f012
  r

  gdfile = testpvor.gem
  grdnam = delpvor
  gdattim = f012:f000
  gfunc = tdf(epvor@${GLEVA})
  r

  e
EOF1
  @ GLEV1 = $GLEV1 - 50

end   #end while GLEV

gpend

----------------------------------------------------------------

I created the testpvor.gem output grid file using gdcfil- but
you could use the same file as the input. As a result I get:
  NUM       TIME1              TIME2           LEVL1 LEVL2  VCORD PARM
    1     990809/1200F000                        975         PRES EPVOR       
    2     990809/1200F000                        925         PRES EPVOR       
    3     990809/1200F000                        875         PRES EPVOR       
    4     990809/1200F000                        825         PRES EPVOR       
    5     990809/1200F000                        775         PRES EPVOR       
    6     990809/1200F000                        725         PRES EPVOR       
    7     990809/1200F000                        675         PRES EPVOR       
    8     990809/1200F000                        625         PRES EPVOR       
    9     990809/1200F000                        575         PRES EPVOR       
   10     990809/1200F000                        525         PRES EPVOR       
   11     990809/1200F000                        475         PRES EPVOR       
   12     990809/1200F000                        425         PRES EPVOR       
   13     990809/1200F000                        375         PRES EPVOR       
   14     990809/1200F000                        325         PRES EPVOR       
   15     990809/1200F000                        275         PRES EPVOR       
   16     990809/1200F000                        225         PRES EPVOR       
   17     990809/1200F000                        175         PRES EPVOR       
   18     990809/1200F000                        125         PRES EPVOR       
   19     990809/1200F012                        975         PRES EPVOR       
   20     990809/1200F012   990809/1200F000      975         PRES DELPVOR     
   21     990809/1200F012                        925         PRES EPVOR       
   22     990809/1200F012   990809/1200F000      925         PRES DELPVOR     
   23     990809/1200F012                        875         PRES EPVOR       
   24     990809/1200F012   990809/1200F000      875         PRES DELPVOR     
   25     990809/1200F012                        825         PRES EPVOR       
   26     990809/1200F012   990809/1200F000      825         PRES DELPVOR     
   27     990809/1200F012                        775         PRES EPVOR       
   28     990809/1200F012   990809/1200F000      775         PRES DELPVOR     
   29     990809/1200F012                        725         PRES EPVOR       
   30     990809/1200F012   990809/1200F000      725         PRES DELPVOR     
   31     990809/1200F012                        675         PRES EPVOR       
   32     990809/1200F012   990809/1200F000      675         PRES DELPVOR     
   33     990809/1200F012                        625         PRES EPVOR
   34     990809/1200F012   990809/1200F000      625         PRES DELPVOR     
   35     990809/1200F012                        575         PRES EPVOR       
   36     990809/1200F012   990809/1200F000      575         PRES DELPVOR     
   37     990809/1200F012                        525         PRES EPVOR       
   38     990809/1200F012   990809/1200F000      525         PRES DELPVOR     
   39     990809/1200F012                        475         PRES EPVOR       
   40     990809/1200F012   990809/1200F000      475         PRES DELPVOR     
   41     990809/1200F012                        425         PRES EPVOR       
   42     990809/1200F012   990809/1200F000      425         PRES DELPVOR     
   43     990809/1200F012                        375         PRES EPVOR       
   44     990809/1200F012   990809/1200F000      375         PRES DELPVOR     
   45     990809/1200F012                        325         PRES EPVOR       
   46     990809/1200F012   990809/1200F000      325         PRES DELPVOR     
   47     990809/1200F012                        275         PRES EPVOR       
   48     990809/1200F012   990809/1200F000      275         PRES DELPVOR     
   49     990809/1200F012                        225         PRES EPVOR       
   50     990809/1200F012   990809/1200F000      225         PRES DELPVOR     
   51     990809/1200F012                        175         PRES EPVOR       
   52     990809/1200F012   990809/1200F000      175         PRES DELPVOR     
   53     990809/1200F012                        125         PRES EPVOR       
   54     990809/1200F012   990809/1200F000      125         PRES DELPVOR

2) Now I can use delpvor in gdcross like:
 GDATTIM  = f012:f000
 GVCORD   = pres
 GFUNC    = lav(delpvor)




If your model output has geo and thte so that you don't exceed the maximum
internal space, then you may need to use lav() for your quantity
since the internal grid naming after computing pvor will be a layer quantity.

Steve Chiswell