WRF ARW User's Guide - MMM - UCAR

POST-PROCESSING
pvo Potential Vorticity [PVU]
rh2 2m Relative Humidity [%]
rh Relative Humidity [%]
slp Sea Level Pressure [hPa]
ter Model Terrain Height [m] (will return either HGT or HGT_M,
depending on which is available)
td2 2m Dew Point Temperature [C]
td Dew Point Temperature [C]
tc Temperature [C]
th/theta Potential Temperature [K]
tk Temperature [K]
ua U component of wind on mass points
va V component of wind on mass points
wa W component of wind on mass points
uvmet10 10m U and V components of wind rotated to earth coordinates
uvmet U and V components of wind rotated to earth coordinates
z/height Full Model Height [m]
wrf_user_list_times (nc_file)
Usage: times = wrf_user_list_times (a)
Obtain a list of times available in the input file. The function returns a 1D array
containing the times (type: character) in the input file.
wrf_contour (nc_file, wks, data, res)
Usage: contour = wrf_contour (a, wks, ter, opts)
Returns a graphic (contour), of the data to be contoured. This graphic is only created, but
not plotted to a wks. This enables a user to generate many such graphics and overlay
them before plotting the resulting picture to a wks.
The returned graphic (contour) does not contain map information, and can therefore be
used for both real and idealized data cases.
This function can plot both line contours and shaded contours. Default is line contours.
Many resources are set for a user, of which most can be overwritten. Below is a list of
resources you may want to consider changing before generating your own graphics:
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