RIP Tutorial : Compile

Before you compile RIP, make sure that you either type

setenv NCARG_ROOT /usr/local/ncarg
(note: location of NCAR Graphics library may vary on your machine)

 or include the above line in your .cshrc file.
 

Type the following to compile RIP:

make
    This will display a list of machines on which RIP has been tested.

Pick the correct type for your machine and type:
make your-machine >& make.out
  (i.e., make dec >& make.out)

If it is successful,  an number of executables will be created and linked to the top directory as shown here:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 mesouser users    7 Jan 27 2005 rip@ -> src/rip*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 mesouser users   11 Jan 27 2005 ripcomp@ -> src/ripcomp*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 mesouser users    9 Jan 27 2005 ripdp@ -> src/ripdp*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 mesouser users   13 Jan 27 2005 ripinterp@ -> src/ripinterp*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 mesouser users   11 Jan 27 2005 ripshow@ -> src/ripshow*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 mesouser users   12 Jan 27 2005 showtraj@ -> src/showtraj*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 mesouser users   11 Jan 27 2005 tabdiag@ -> src/tabdiag*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 mesouser users   11 Jan 27 2005 upscale@ -> src/upscale*

 

rip	RIP is a post-processing program for the PSU/NCAR mesoscale.  The name "RIP" stands for Read/Interpolate/Plot. The program is intended for use with  hydrostatic or nonhydrostatic mm4v8 output, mm5v0 output, mm5v1 input or output, or mm5v3 input or output (including pre-processor p-level data).  The data must first be converted to the appropriate format expected by this program, using the program RIPDP.
ripcomp	This program reads in two rip data files and compare their contents.
ripdp	RIPDP (which stands for RIP Data Preparation) is a data preparation program that reads in data from the PSU/NCAR mesoscale modeling system and makes data files appropriate for input to the RIP data analysis and visualization program.
ripinterp	This program reads in model output (in rip-format files) from a coarse domain and from a fine domain, and creates a new file which has the data from the coarse domain file interpolated (bi-linearly) to the fine domain.  The header and data dimensions of the new file will be that of the fine domain, and the case name used in the file name will be the same as that of the fine domain file that was read in.
ripshow	This program reads in a rip data file and prints out the contents of the header record.
showtraj	Sometimes, you may want to examine the contents of a trajectory position file. Since it is a binary file, the trajectory position file cannot simply be printed out. showtraj, reads the trajectory position file and prints out its contents in a readable form.  When you run showtraj, it prompts you for the name of the trajectory position file to be printed out.
tabdiag	If fields are specified in the plot specification table for a trajectory calculation run, then RIP produces a .diag file that contains values of those fields along the trajectories. This file is an unformatted Fortran file, so another program is required to view the diagnostics. tabdiag serves this purpose.
upscale	This program reads in model output (in rip-format files) from a coarse domain and from a fine domain, and replaces the coarse data with fine data at overlapping points. Any refinement ratio is allowed, and the fine domain borders do not have to coincide with coarse domain grid points.

Now you are ready to run RIPDP