Graphics: RIP Examples - Hurricane Katrina (Basic)

Let's generate output for the Hurricane Katrina case

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First make a directory where you will store all of the ripdp data:

mkdir RIPDP

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Run ripdp for this case

./ripdp_wrfarw RIPDP/katrina all ../WRF/test/em_real/wrfout_d01_2005-08-28_00:00:00

This will generate some output on your screen, as well as create ripdp files in the directory RIPDP/.
Look in the directory RIPDP/, and you will see files that looks like this:

katina_0000.00000_U10
katina_0000.00000_V10
katina_0000.00000_tmk
katina_0000.00000_uuu
katina_0000.00000_vvv

All files will have a prefix (katrina), which is the name you supplied on the command line. There will be a file for each time and each variable.

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Run rip - using the UIF (rip_sample.in) provided in the tar file

Make sure you have set RIP_ROOT before you run rip

First copy the UIF from the sample directory

cp sample_infiles/rip_sample.in katrina.in

If you simply run rip with this script, you will get the following error in the 'katrina.out' file: The sounding requested at the following location is outside the cross-point domain: x,y=,lat,lon=41.98,-87.90 stn=KORD,72530 Please correct input file and re-execute RIP. This is because the station KORD is outside the model domain. Change this to KMSY before running rip. KMSY is the station for the New Orleans, Louisiana airport - see the stationlist for more details.

We are also interested in a cross section through the storm, so edit katrina.in and change the cross section start and end points
from crsa=10,30; crsb=30,10; to crsa=45,30; crsb=70,50;

Now run rip

./rip -f RIPDP/katrina katrina.in

This will create the log file katrina.out and the meta file katrina.cgm. View the meta file with the command 'idt'

See what this created

Want to generate high-quality plots? Try using 'pdf' as the 'ncarg_type' in the UIF.