ncas-radar-wind-profiler-1-tools

This repo contains code for plotting data from ncas-radar-wind-profiler-1 netCDF files.

Requirements

• python 3.7 or above
• python modules:
  • netCDF4
  • matplotlib
  • numpy
  • datetime

Installation

To install, either clone the repo git clone https://github.com/ncasuk/ncas-radar-wind-profiler-1-tools.git or download and extract a release version.

Download the required modules using conda install --file conda_requirements.txt or pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Navigate into the ncas_radar_wind_profiler_1_plotting directory and type python wind_profiler_plots.py.

Within wind_profiler_plots.py, the following may need adjusting:

• nc_file_path="/gws/...": replace file path with path to netCDF files
• plots_path="/gws/...": replace file path with where to save plots
• for var in ["upward_air_velocity"...]: add or replace variables wanted for basic time/altitude contour plots

This script will make plots for both "high-mode" and "low-mode". If plots for only one mode are desired, comment out the other mode at the bottom of the file.