Post Processing Tools

Sylvia Murphymurphys@ucar.edu

National Center for Atmospheric Research

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Purpose

Provide a brief introduction into the suites of utilities available to visualize and data

process CCSM output

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Outline

• NCL

• CCSM Support Web Site

• Graphics

• Data Processing

• CMPS

• NCO

• Tech Support

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NCL (NCAR Command Language)

• All supported tools are written in NCL

• An interpreted language

• Extensive graphics capability

• 300+ data processing functions

• Robust file IO

• Free

http://ngwww.ucar.edu/ncl/

5http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/csm/support/

Web Site

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Graphics

http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/csm/support/CSM_Graphics

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Cylindrical Equidistant Projections

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Polar Stereographic Projections

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XY plots

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Slices

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Vector Plots

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Data Processing

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Component Model Processing Suite

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netCDF Operators

• Only work on netCDF data

• Supported by source forge

• Worth downloading and installing

ncecat ncrcat ncatted ncrename

ncea ncra ncdiff ncks

http://nco.sourceforge.net/

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Tech Support

• NCL talk http://ngwww.ucar.edu/ncl-talk

• Web site• Workshops

http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/csm/support/Document/workshop.shtml

• Consulting: 303-497-1720

murphys@ucar.edu

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Summary

• Lots of published tools

• On line documentation

• NCL workshops

• One-on-one consulting