RIP Tutorial : Run rip

First set your RIP_ROOT environmental variable

setenv RIP_ROOT  your-RIP-directory
example: setenv RIP_ROOT  /home/user/MM5V3/RIP

Edit rip_sample.in

- Input file contain the userin (general setup) and trajcalc (trajectory setup) namelists, and
- the Plot Specification Table (which frames must be generated)

Create graphical output

Edit rip_sample.in to set up some basic data parameters, as well as the descriptions of the plots you want to generate.

Run rip by typing:
 
rip [-f ] model-data-set-name rip-execution-name
 
example: rip   -f  TUT_DATA/myCASE   rip_sample.in
 

This will produce an output file, rip_sample.out. 
If your successful, the last few lines of this file will typically look something like:
 

             ====================================
              We're outta here like Vladimir !!
             ====================================
 

A graphical output file called 'rip_sample.cgm', is create, which is an NCAR Graphics formatted plot file. To view the meta file generated by RIP, one must use the NCAR Graphics utility 'idt' (more information can be found on the man page: man idt),

idt rip_sample.cgm &

 

Sample plots from MM5 model output for SOC case:

• Land Use
• Terrain fields (contour ; color filled)
• Overlay of temperature, sea level pressure and wind on sigma level b1
• Overlay of temperature, geopotential height and wind on various pressure levels
• Cross-section plot of potential vorticity, potential temperature and wind
• Skew-T plot

For extra information also view the Miscellaneous page.