Plot-Data-Plane Functionality
The Plot-Data-Plane tool reads a single 2-dimensional slice of data from a gridded file and plots it. It can read any of the gridded data files supported by MET, such as GRIB1, GRIB2, and NetCDF. This tool provides a very useful quick look at the data to be verified. It can also display the gridded NetCDF output produced by Grid-Stat, MODE, Wavelet-Stat, Ensemble-Stat, Series-Analysis, etc.
Plot-Data-Plane Usage
View the usage statement for Plot-Data-Plane by simply typing the following:
At a minimum, the name of the gridded data file to be plotted, input_filename, the output PostScript file, output_filename, and a configuration string, config_string, defining which 2-D field is to be plotted must be passed in on the command line. Typically, specifying the name and level in the configuration string is sufficient. However, additional settings may be included if needed. For example, in a GRIB file containing multiple lead times, you could add lead_time = 12; to select the 12-hour forecast record. The configuration string is basically an in-line configuration file.
