Nested Domain Design Tool

[JasonWok]

Hello developers and WPS Community,

I'm aware that we can use ncl plotgrids_new.ncl for visualization the nested domain.
However, when I want to design a very high resolution nested domain, it's pretty hard to:

1. Satisfy all the constraints, such as 5 grids away from the parent domain.
2. Determine if the finest domain contains the area of interest.

The finest domain resolution of the following configuration is 1000m-domain_04.
I'm wondering if we have some design tool to add a finer domain into the following configuration, such as 100m-domian_05.

 

[kwerner]

Here at NCAR/MMM, we don't have a tool available, but perhaps someone in the community will have some suggestions for you!

 

[Deleted member 3607]

Here at NCAR/MMM, we don't have a tool available, but perhaps someone in the community will have some suggestions for you!

Hello developers and WPS Community,

I'm aware that we can use ncl plotgrids_new.ncl for visualization the nested domain.
However, when I want to design a very high resolution nested domain, it's pretty hard to:

1. Satisfy all the constraints, such as 5 grids away from the parent domain.
2. Determine if the finest domain contains the area of interest.

The finest domain resolution of the following configuration is 1000m-domain_04.
I'm wondering if we have some design tool to add a finer domain into the following configuration, such as 100m-domian_05.

View attachment 9775

you could design a python script to load the geography image and then read in the wps file but how I'm not sure.

 

[RCarpenter]

I use GIS4WRF, which is a plugin for QGIS. It will generate a namelist.wps file for you. It focuses on the design of the innermost grid and allows you to specify the padding of each nest.