WRF ARW User's Guide - MMM - UCAR

POST-PROCESSING
Running RIP
Each execution of RIP requires three basic things: a RIP executable, a model data set and
a user input file (UIF). The syntax for the executable, rip, is as follows:
rip [-f] model-data-set-name rip-execution-name
In the above, model-data-set-name is the same model-data-set-name that was used in
creating the RIP data set with the program ripdp.
rip-execution-name is the unique name for this RIP execution, and it also defines the
name of the UIF that RIP will look for.
The –f option causes the standard output (i.e., the textual print out) from RIP to be
written to a file called rip-execution-name.out. Without the –f option, the standard output
is sent to the screen.
e.g. rip -f RIPDP/arw rip_sample
If this is successful, the following files will be created:
rip_sample.TYPE - metacode file with requested plots
rip_sample.out - log file (if –f used) ; view this file if a problem occurred
The default output TYPE is ‘cgm’, metacode file. To view these, use the command ‘idt’.
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