FW: GDDIAG problem within GEMPAK

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• Subject: FW: GDDIAG problem within GEMPAK
• From: "Melick, Christopher James \(UMC-Student\)" <cjmzr5@xxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:43:41 -0500

Hello,

Thanks again,
Chris

From: Melick, Christopher James (UMC-Student)
Sent: Tue 7/25/2006 6:19 PM
To: gembud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: GDDIAG problem within GEMPAK


Hello,

I need to subtract two vector quantities within GFUNC and I notice that the logfile says that only scalars are allowed within the operand. The problem with that is that the resultant quantity needs to remain a vector since the last step is to use a dot product within my expression. How do I get around this seemingly difficult dilemma within GDDIAG? My last recourse if nothing can be done is to use another computer language like C or Fortran to do the calculations and then import the calculated fields into my GEMPAK file. I have listed below my output for this one parameter.

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Calculate term 3A (dot product of Theta GRAD Tendency [Frontogenesis]
#                    and Theta-w GRAD)
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
$GEMEXE/gddiag<<EOF>> $logfile

GFUNC    = dot(quo(sub(GRAD(THTA)^${dtplus}/${gdatplus}00F000,GRAD(THTA)^${dtmin
us}/${gdatminus}00F00),7200),GRAD(THEWK))
GRDNAM   = trm3A^${dt}/${gdat}00F000
r
EOF
$GEMEXE/gpend

Thank you for your help,
Chris Melick
___________________________________________________________
Christopher J. Melick
Ph.D. Student, Atmospheric Science
Department of Soil, Env, and Atmos Sciences
University of Missouri-Columbia
302 ABNR Building
Columbia, MO 65211

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