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federica
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add_grid

Post by federica »

Hello,

I'm trying to use the add_grid routine to increase the resolution of my meteo data. I'm using a 1deg resolution file and I'd like to obtain a 0.5 deg file.

This is what I'm doing:

Enter meteorological directory ...
./
Enter meteorological file name ...
extract_26568.bin
Enter grid resolution divisor: 1
2
Add one i-coordinate (Y or N) ?
Y
NOTICE pakset:
Number of index records = 1
Number of records /time = 164
NOTICE pakini: start initialization rec = 1
NOTICE pakini: end initialization rec = 164
NOTICE pakini: start initialization rec = 165
NOTICE pakini: end initialization rec = 328
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NOTICE pakini: end initialization rec = 492
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NOTICE pakini: end initialization rec = 656
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NOTICE pakini: end initialization rec = 820
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NOTICE pakini: end initialization rec = 984
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NOTICE pakini: end initialization rec = 1148
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NOTICE pakini: end initialization rec = 1312
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NOTICE pakini: end initialization rec = 1640
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The output files are:

ADDGRID.CFG (attached)
MESSAGE (attached)
addgrid.bin

However, when I check the addgrid.bin file, all the variables are equal to 0 (attached a profile.txt obtained from addgrid.bin)

Thanks for your help
Regards
Federica
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MESSAGE.txt
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ADDGRID.txt
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profile.txt
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barbara.stunder
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Re: add_grid

Post by barbara.stunder »

It should have worked. Try running chk_file on addgrid.bin to see if the (1,1) values are non-zero given in the ASCII header are non-zero.

If they are zero, have you successfully run HYSPLIT with your 1-degree file? Or run chk_file on your 1-degree file to check it. Clearly your 1-degree file must be correct.

If the (1,1) values of addgrid.bin are not zero and your 1-deg file is alright, then can you put your 1-deg file on an ftpserver where I can get it and do a test run?
federica
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Re: add_grid

Post by federica »

I've tried again and it worked. I set 2 as resolution divisor and N in Add one i-coordinate.

Is there a threshold on the resolution divisor? I've tried with 10 but it did not work.

Attached the link to the gdas file that I'm using.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Mekup ... dJD2bJvdIs

Many thanks for your help
Federica
barbara.stunder
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Re: add_grid

Post by barbara.stunder »

I tried 10 on your dataset and it similarly failed. In looking at the code at a first glance it seems like a higher divisor number should work, but I do not have the time right now to spend on this. If you revise the code to handle what you are trying to do, we can put it in the repository.

Why are you doing this? The output finer resolution grid is not necessarily better because it is linearly interpolated, as is done in HYSPLIT.
federica
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Re: add_grid

Post by federica »

Thanks for the reply.

I'm trying to use the add_grid routine because I'd like to improve the spatial resolution of my meteo data.
Alternatively, I'm doing WRF simulations and they seems to work.

Regards
Federica
barbara.stunder
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Re: add_grid

Post by barbara.stunder »

Taking a 1-degree grid and changing it to be a 0.5 degree grid by interpolation will not show the small scale features that a WRF run will show. The small scale features in the atmosphere do not usually vary linearly in space (and time) as given by the output from add_grid.
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