Changes between Version 13 and Version 14 of doc/app/ncl

Timestamp:

Sep 15, 2010 8:43:15 AM (14 years ago)

Author:

heinze

Comment:

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doc/app/ncl

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 Several parameters can be steered to change the output of the plots. They can be either written in the prompt, modified within the configuration file {{{.ncl.config.default}}} or both. 
 ==== Using {{{.ncl.config}}} ==== 
-It is recommended to create a personal configuration file by copying the default configuration file {{{.ncl.config.}}} default to the PALM working directory {{{~/palm/current_version}}} and naming it {{{.ncl.config.}}} It is used by NCL directly. So, the parameters have to be written in {{{.ncl.config}}}  according to the rules of the scripting language NCL. The configuration file contains all steering parameters with a short description and can be modified to personal needs.
+It is recommended to create a personal configuration file by copying the default configuration file {{{.ncl.config.}}} default to the PALM working directory {{{~/palm/current_version}}} and naming it {{{.ncl.config.}}} It is used by NCL directly. So, the parameters have to be written in {{{.ncl.config}}} according to the rules of the scripting language NCL (see [[http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Manuals/Ref_Manual/NclDataTypes.shtml|NCL data types]]). The configuration file contains all steering parameters with a short description and can be modified to personal needs.
 ==== Using {{{palmplot}}} ==== 
 For controlling the parameters within the prompt, they need to be written as 
@@ -54 +54 @@
 palmplot ts file_1=example_cbl_ts.nc format_out=pdf file_out=ts_data no_rows=6
 }}}
+==== Script crash ====
+If one of the scripts aborts and there is no comment, check the configuration file {{{.ncl.config}}} - the scripts should not abort with the default values. Be sure to use the right data type (e.g.: integer = 2; float = 2.0; double = 2.0d; string = “name” ).