Graphics: ARWpost

ARWpost is a Fortran program that reads WRF-ARW input and output files, then generates GrADS output files.

Once the output files have been generated, GrADS can be used to produce horizontal or vertical cross-section plots of scalar fields (contours) or vector fields (barbs or arrows), vertical profiles and soundings.

 

Features and Limitations

• Requires large intermediate data set (seen by some as a disadvantage).
• Vertical interpolation to pressure, height levels, etc. is not done 'on-the-fly' and the ARWpost software needs to be re-run for each type of vertical interpolation.
• Can process model input and output files.
• Can process output from real-weather, 2-D and idealized simulations.
• Only netCDF data can be processed.
• A limited number of diagnostics are available.
• Can process and plot global or lat-lon WRF model domains (rotated lat-lon domains are not currently handled).

Requirements

GrADS visualization software (http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/)

 

The GrADS Users' Guide is available online at: http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/users.html.

 

Get the source code