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GDSTREAM draws streamlines through a vector grid.
INPUT PARAMETERS
GDATTIM Grid date/time
GLEVEL Grid level
GVCORD Grid vertical coordinate
GVECT Vector grid
GDFILE Grid file
GAREA Graphics area
IJSKIP Iskp;Istrt;Istp/Jskp;Jstrt;Jstp
SATFIL Satellite image filename(s)
RADFIL Radar image filename(s)
IMCBAR Color/ornt/anch/x;y/ln;wd/freq
LINE Color/type/width/label/smth/fltr/scflg
MAP Map color/dash/width/filter flag
MSCALE fgc;bgc;mask/units/lat;hide/values/anch/x;y/ln;wd/freq|text_info|t
LATLON Line color/dash/width/freq/inc/label/format
TITLE Title color/line/title
PANEL Panel loc/color/dash/width/regn
TEXT Size/fnt/wdth/brdr/N-rot/just/hw flg
DEVICE Device|name|x size;y size|color type
PROJ Map projection/angles/margins|drop flag
CLEAR Clear screen flag
WIND Wind symbol/siz/wdth/typ/hdsz
LUTFIL Enhancement lookup table filename
STNPLT Txtc/txt attr|marker attr|stnfil#col
STREAM lines/arrows/stop/slow/scale
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
GDSTREAM draws streamlines through any vector grid computed
by the grid diagnostics package. The vector grid is specified
in GVECT.
Streamlines are plotted in an animation sequence by specifying
more than one time in GDATTIM.
The line color, dash pattern and line width are set in LINE.
A map, title and latitude/longitude lines may also be included.
The size of the arrow heads may be controlled by specifying
the fifth value in WIND.
The STREAM parameter controls several parameters dealing with
the overall streamline calculation and display. "Lines" is a
real number multiplier which controls the number (density) of
streamlines drawn (default 1.0); "arrows" is a real number
multiplier which controls the number of arrowheads displayed
(default 1.5*lines); "stop" is a real number multiplier which
controls how close a streamline comes to another streamline
before it is stopped being drawn (default 0.5); "slow" is a
real number multiplier which controls the minimum vector speed
threshold for stopping a streamline (default 0.67); "scale" is
a real number multiplier which controls how much the input vector
field is scaled prior to streamline calculation (default 0.33).
EXAMPLES
1. Draw streamlines through the gridded wind field at 850
mb using color 3. Add a North Polar Stereographic map
in color 1 and line type 7 and a title in color 5.
Center the graphics area on Ohio.
GDATTIM = f24
GLEVEL = 850
GVCORD = pres
GVECT = wnd
GDFILE = $GEMPAK/data/hrcbob.grd
GAREA = oh-
SATFIL =
RADFIL =
IMCBAR =
LINE = 3//2
MAP = 1/7
LATLON = 2/10/1/1/5;5
TITLE = 5
PANEL = 0
TEXT = 1
DEVICE = xw
PROJ = nps
CLEAR = yes
WIND =
LUTFIL =
STNPLT =
2. Similar to 1), except for a global 1x1 degree dataset over the
Pacific Ocean, specifying the STREAM parameter to properly
thin and display the field given the overall density of
grid boxes.
GDFILE = $MODEL/fnl/fnl_96052800
GDATTIM = f00
GLEVEL = 250
GAREA = -25;-180;55;-45
PROJ = mer
LATLON = 31/12/2//10
STREAM = 0.4/0.8/3//
WIND = am1/2/3//0.8
TITLE = 31/-2/@ FNL ANALYSIS VALID ~ NHC MIAMI FLA
3. Clear the screen and draw the streamlines of the thermal
wind. Make the arrowheads 0.75 of the default size.
Plot the streamlines in a second window named "window2".
GDATTIM = f24
GLEVEL = 500:850
GVCORD = pres
GVECT = thrm
GDFILE = $GEMPAK/data/hrcbob.grd
GAREA = oh-
SATFIL =
RADFIL =
IMCBAR =
LINE = 3//2
MAP = 1/7
LATLON = 2/10/1/1/5;5
TITLE = 5
PANEL = 0
TEXT = 1
DEVICE = xw|window2
PROJ = nps
CLEAR = yes
WIND = an3////.75
LUTFIL =
STNPLT =
ERROR MESSAGES
[GDSTREAM +2] WARNING: ... not found. CONTINUING---
[GDSTREAM -1] Fatal error initializing TAE.
[GDSTREAM -2] Fatal error reading TAE parameters.
[GDSTREAM -3] Fatal error initializing GEMPLT.