GrADSforBeginners.pptVIP

GrADS for Beginners;Outline;What is GrADS?;How do I Get GrADS?;GrADS Essentials: Getting Started;Gridded Data Sets: File Specs;Gridded Data Sets: Grid Specs;Gridded Data Sets: Data Specs;Displaying Data: Default Display;We can also modify the area of interest: clear set lon -180 0 set lat 40 set lev 500 set t 1 d z;We can also display multiple variables on a field: clear set lon -90 set lat -90 90 set lev 1000 100 set t 1 d t d u;GrADS can produce numerous types of file displays using gridded data using set gxout:;Example of plotting wind vectors: clear set gxout vector d u;v;Example of plotting actual grid point values: clear set gxout grid d u;We can also display the data in other projections using the set mproj command: Default is latlon set mproj off turns off the map projection ;Example of plotting in polar stereo: clear Set lon -140 -40 Set lat 15 80 set mpvals -120 -75 25 65 set mproj nps set gxout contour set cint 30 d z;The script language has all the basics you would expect from a programming language: Variables Assignments Operators Functions File input / Output Screen input / Output If-then structures Loops Comments Note that multiple GrADS commands can be placed on the same line if separated by a semicolon.;Script variables are always treated like strings but can be operated on like numbers Arithmetic operations are done in floating point but are expressed as integers if the result is integral Variable names can be 1-8 characters long Alphanumeric characters ONLY Must start with a letter Case sensitive No variable declaration statements GrADS allows for arrays using the syntax varname.i.j (e.g., for a 2-D array), where i and j must be integers.;It’s as easy as: variable=expression Where expression can be a number, variable, or a combination of both with appropriate operators;GrADS uses most standard operators: Operations follow a fairly standard precedence level, and parentheses are available when in doubt…;GrADS has a number