Download data from DARWINRUN01_pf_stats%2Enc

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Global attributes

NC_GLOBAL
_FillValue
nan
total_radar_area_km2
65981.2
contact
Zhe Feng: zhe.feng@pnnl.gov
created_on
Thu Jun 15 12:21:55 2017
title
WRF virtual radar feature statistics

Downloading data

In the form below you can specify desired variables and their dimensions, and have the data downloaded in different formats depending on the server configuration.

julian_date

:

units
Julian number after October 4, 1582-10-4 12:00:00
long_name
Julian Date Number
comment
To convert to calendar date in IDL: CALDAT, julian_day, Month [, Day [, Year [, Hour [, Minute [, Second]]]]]

year

:

long_name
Year

month

:

long_name
Month

day

:

long_name
Day

hour

:

long_name
Hour

minute

:

long_name
Minute

filecheck

:

comment
0:missing, 1:exists
long_name
File existence check flag

vradar_lon

:

long_name
Virtual radar center longitude

vradar_lat

:

long_name
Virtual radar center latitude

ncell

:

:

units
unitless
long_name
Number of convective cells
_FillValue
0

conv_area

:

:

:

units
km^2
long_name
Convective cell area
_FillValue
nan

conv_dbz0

:

:

:

units
km
long_name
Convective cell mean 0 dBZ echo-top height
_FillValue
nan

conv_dbz10

:

:

:

units
km
long_name
Convective cell mean 10 dBZ echo-top height
_FillValue
nan

conv_dbz20

:

:

:

units
km
long_name
Convective cell mean 20 dBZ echo-top height
_FillValue
nan

conv_dbz30

:

:

:

units
km
long_name
Convective cell mean 30 dBZ echo-top height
_FillValue
nan

conv_dbz40

:

:

:

units
km
long_name
Convective cell mean 40 dBZ echo-top height
_FillValue
nan

conv_cbmassflx

:

:

:

units
kg/m2s
long_name
Convective cell mean cloud-base mass flux
_FillValue
nan

conv_cbmassflx_domainmean

:

:

units
kg/m2s
long_name
Domain mean Convective cell cloud-base mass flux
_FillValue
nan

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Downloading data with Ferret

To access this dataset with the Ferret visualization and analysis environment from PMEL:

$ ferret
yes? use "https://sgn-pub-01.nersc.gov/pydap/cpmmjo/STOMP/DARWINRUN01_pf_stats.nc"
yes? show data

Downloading data with GrADS

To access this dataset with the GrADS data analysis and visualization software developed by COLA:

$ grads
ga-> sdfopen https://sgn-pub-01.nersc.gov/pydap/cpmmjo/STOMP/DARWINRUN01_pf_stats.nc
ga-> query file

Downloading data with IDL

To access this dataset with the IDL data analysis and visualization package:

IDL> url = 'https://sgn-pub-01.nersc.gov/pydap/cpmmjo/STOMP/DARWINRUN01_pf_stats.nc'
IDL> id = ncdf_open(url)
IDL> res = ncdf_inquire(id)
IDL> help, res

Downloading data with Pydap

To access this dataset using the Pydap Python module:

$ python
>>> from pydap.client import open_url
>>> dataset = open_url("https://sgn-pub-01.nersc.gov/pydap/cpmmjo/STOMP/DARWINRUN01_pf_stats.nc")
>>> import pprint
>>> pprint.pprint( dataset.keys() )
['julian_date',
 'year',
 'month',
 'day',
 'hour',
 'minute',
 'filecheck',
 'vradar_lon',
 'vradar_lat',
 'ncell',
 'conv_area',
 'conv_dbz0',
 'conv_dbz10',
 'conv_dbz20',
 'conv_dbz30',
 'conv_dbz40',
 'conv_cbmassflx',
 'conv_cbmassflx_domainmean']

Downloading data with other Opendap clients

There are other Opendap clients that can access this dataset, including Matlab and several command line utilities. You should know that the URL for this dataset is https://sgn-pub-01.nersc.gov/pydap/cpmmjo/STOMP/DARWINRUN01_pf_stats.nc (i.e., the .html extension should be omitted when opening this dataset on an Opendap client).

pydap/3.1.1