WRF to VIS5D Converter

 

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
Hardware:
The code has been ported to the following machines
  • DEC Alpha
  • Linux
  • Sun
  • SGI
  • IBM
Steps:
  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