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Programs
SNHODO draws a hodograph of upper air data.
INPUT PARAMETERS
SNFILE Sounding data file
AREA Data area
LINE Color/type/width/label/smth/fltr/scflg
MARKER Marker color/type/size/width/hw
BORDER Background color/type/width
TITLE Title color/line/title
XAXIS Xstrt/xstop/xinc/lbl;gln;tck
YAXIS Ystrt/ystop/yinc/lbl;gln;tck
LEVELS Vertical levels
VCOORD Vertical coordinate type
DATTIM Date/time
CLEAR Clear screen flag
DEVICE Device|name|x size;y size|color type
PANEL Panel loc/color/dash/width/regn
TEXT Size/fnt/wdth/brdr/N-rot/just/hw flg
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
SNHODO draws a hodograph which represents the vertical
distribution of the horizontal wind at a station. The winds
are plotted in meters/sec.
The line color, line type, and width are specified in LINE.
The marker color, type, and size are specified in MARKER.
The levels at which the line will be labeled are specified
in LEVELS; VCOORD specifies the vertical coordinate for
LEVELS.
The x and y axis limits are specified in XAXIS and YAXIS. If
these values are blank, the axes will be scaled to the actual
data.
EXAMPLES
1. Plot the hodograph for station CHH for the latest time in
the data set. Label the hodograph every 100 mb from 1000 mb
to 100 mb. Use hardware font 2 for the text and display
the hodograph in a XW window named snhodo.
SNFILE = $GEMPAK/data/HRCBOB.SND
AREA = @chh
LINE = 3
MARKER = 1
BORDER = 1
TITLE = 1
XAXIS =
YAXIS =
LEVELS = 1000-100-100
VCOORD = pres
DATTIM = last
CLEAR = y
DEVICE = xw|snhodo
PANEL = 0
TEXT = 1/2/1/hw
2. Plot the CHH hodograph using height coordinates.
Label every 2000 meters from 1000 meters to
24000 meters. Draw the x and y axes from -10 to
40 meters/sec.
SNFILE = $GEMPAK/data/HRCBOB.SND
AREA = @chh
LINE = 3
MARKER = 1
BORDER = 1
TITLE = 1
XAXIS = -10/40/10
YAXIS = -10/40/10
LEVELS = 1000-24000-2000
VCOORD = hght
DATTIM = last
CLEAR = y
DEVICE = xw|snhodo
PANEL = 0
TEXT = 1/2/1/hw
ERROR MESSAGES
[SNHODO -1] Fatal error initializing TAE.
[SNHODO -2] Fatal error reading TAE parameters.
[SNHODO -3] Fatal error initializing GEMPLT.
[SNHODO -4] The input for XAXIS is invalid.
[SNHODO -5] The input for YAXIS is invalid.
[SNHODO -6] Winds cannot be computed.
[SNHODO -7] The vertical coordinate ... cannot be computed.
[SNHODO -8] The range along the x or y axis is invalid.
[SNHODO -9] No winds can be plotted.
[SNHODO -10] No valid stations were found.