Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of doc/app/ncl

Timestamp:

Sep 14, 2010 4:39:25 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

heinze

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doc/app/ncl

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 == Usage of PALM NCL scripts ==
+==== General ==== 
 The standard output format of data in PALM is [[../netcdf|netCDF]]. PALM produces output of 3D volume data, 2D cross sections, profiles, timeseries and spectra. All these kinds of output can be plotted with the ''NCAR Command Language'' [[http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/|NCL]] which is an interpreted language designed specifically for scientific data analysis and visualization.\\\\
 For PALM users four NCL scripts and one configuation file exist in the repository [[source:palm/trunk/SCRIPTS/NCL|trunk/SCRIPTS/NCL]] to receive a quick overview of the output data: 
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 * {{{timeseries.ncl}}}: line plots from timeseries data
 * {{{.ncl.config.default}}}: default configuration file
-The shell script **palmplot** is designed for running the NCL scripts interactively and can be found in [[source:palm/trunk/SCRIPTS|/trunk/SCRIPTS]]. The usage is as follows:\\\\
-{{{palmplot plot_identifier}}}\\\\
+The shell script **palmplot** is designed for running the NCL scripts interactively and can be found in [[source:palm/trunk/SCRIPTS|/trunk/SCRIPTS]]. The usage is as follows:
+{{{
+palmplot plot_identifier
+}}}
 {{{plot_identifier}}} has to be {{{xy}}}, {{{xz}}}, {{{yz}}}, {{{pr}}}, {{{sp}}} or {{{ts}}} in dependence on the data that is to be plotted:
 ||='''plot_identifier''' =||='''data ''' =||='''used ncl script''' =||
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 ||sp  ||spectra data  ||{{{spectra.ncl}}}  ||
 ||yz  ||timeseries data  ||{{{timeseries.ncl}}}  ||
+Several parameters can be steered to change the output of the plots. They can be either written in the prompt or modified within the configuration file {{{.ncl.config.default}}}. 
+==== 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.
+==== Using {{{palmplot}}} ==== 
+