Description

Prerequisites

Modules

Example Jobscripts

General information

NCL is an interpreted language designed specifically for scientific data analysis and visualization

Version	Build Date	Installation Path	modulefile	compiler	license
6.5.0	16. Jul. 2018	/sw/viz/ncl/6.5.0	yes	precompiled binary	license informationImage Added

Documentation

• Detailed description is found at the NCL home pageImage Added,
• use option --help to see an overview of relevant options

Usage at HLRN

Modulefiles and environmental variables

• load a module to activate the path to the binaries
• loading the module files implies setting NCARG_ROOT

Program start

• aftern loading the module, start issuing ncl
• the following binaries are provided:

cgm2ncgm fcaps idt ncargf90 ncarlogo2ps ncl_filedump nhlf90 pswhite rassplit tlocal ConvertMapData findg MakeNcl ncargfile ncarvversion ncl_grib2nc nnalg pwritxnt rasstat WRAPIT ctlib fontc med ncargpath ncgm2cgm ncl.xq.fix pre2ncgm ras2ccir601 rasview wrapit77 ctrans gcaps ncargcc ncargrun ncgmstat ng4ex pre2ncgm.prog rascat scrip_check_input WriteLineFile ESMF_!RegridWeightGen graphc ncargex ncargversion ncl nhlcc psblack rasgetpal tdpackdemo WriteNameFile ezmapdemo ictrans ncargf77 ncargworld ncl_convert2nc nhlf77 psplit rasls tgks0a WritePlotcharData

HLRN specific installation

installation from predefined binary. The binary is downloaded from download page

linked library versions

linked library versions netcdf 4.6.1 opendap enabled

...