converting multiple wrf output files to arl

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indumati_sp
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converting multiple wrf output files to arl

Post by indumati_sp »

How can I convert multiple WRF output files to ARL file using arw2arl.
Fantine
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Re: converting multiple wrf output files to arl

Post by Fantine »

Process WRF output files individually and then use "cat" to merge all the ARL formatted files together.
indumati_sp
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Re: converting multiple wrf output files to arl

Post by indumati_sp »

Thank you Fantine. It worked.
The next problem I am getting is while running the main hycs_std model. I am getting the following error .

" HYSPLIT4 - Initialization
USE: svn info | tail -n3
to fill in these three records
with the version information!
ERROR metset: meteorological data time interval varies. Check input meteo file.
Changed from 60 min to 1440 min
At day/hr 30 0
STOP 23 "



I checked the times in the WRF and the met input file and it is all hourly interval only.
Can't find the source of this error.
Please help.
Fantine
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Re: converting multiple wrf output files to arl

Post by Fantine »

When you merge ARL formatted files, make sure it was done orderly.
Use "chk_times" to check if all the time steps in the file are in a correct time sequence.
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Re: converting multiple wrf output files to arl

Post by sdhital »

Hello,

This is Saroj Dhital. I saw the post regarding the conversion of WRFOUT to ARL and I have a similar problem during conversion.

I am trying to convert 6-hr WRF output single file(1-hr output) to ARL format. When I tried to convert it, I got the following error:

Processing started ...

Starting to convert: C:/hysplit4/working/wrfout_d02_2008-10-08_06_00_00
Program directory : C:/hysplit4/exec

Using an existing decoding configuration: WRFDATA.CFG
C:/hysplit4/working/wrfout_d02_2008-10-08_06_00_00 : NetCDF: Unknown file format

Finished: C:/hysplit4/working/wrfout_d02_2008-10-08_06_00_00




I did the same process for the 6-hour output file (6-hr output) and worked well, however, did not work for 6hr output.

Do you have any idea regarding this issue? Do I need to specify the time in arw2arl.F file?
Thank you very much in advance.
Fantine
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Re: converting multiple wrf output files to arl

Post by Fantine »

Are you able to process the WRF file containing data for 6 hours now?
For running arw2arl for a multiple-time-step file, you need to specify the time period. The program will process all the time steps in the file.
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