Purpose:

• Generate VIS5D files from WRF netCDF files
• ONLY WRF output files in netCDF format can be converted

Necessary software to run script:

• Obtain the WRF2VIS5D TAR file from the WRF Download page
• VIS5D software

• DEC Alpha
• Linux
• Sun
• SGI
• IBM

1. Untar the WRF2VIS5D file - you will now have the following files:
    
   Makefile
   README
   module_map_utils.F
   module_wrf_to_vis5d_netcdf.F
   module_wrf_to_vid5d_util.F
   wrf_v5d_input
   wrf_to_vis5d.F
   
      
2. Compile
   
   1. To compile the code, EDIT the Makefile to select the compiler flags for your machine
   2. make
   3. This will create a   wrf_to_vis5d executable
       
3. Edit the input file
   
   1. The wrf_v5d_input control:
   • the times that will be processed
   • which variables to process
   • input files
   • which vertical levels to interpolate to
      
4. Run
   
1. wrf_to_vis5d wrf_v5d_input MyOutput
   
2. This will create MyOutput for use with VIS5D
    
5. Now you are ready to use VIS5D