Description
Metview Macro Library function. Extract fields on height levels from FLEXPART output GRIB files.
Usage
Function : mvl_flexpart_read_hl
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# Syntax : fieldset mvl_flexpart_read_hl(inFileinfile: string, # param: string, level: number, # step: number, ageclass: number)
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# Category : FLEXPART
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# OneLineDesc : Extract fields on height levels from FLEXPART output GRIB files
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# Description :
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# Parameters : file - the FLEXPART ouput GRIB file
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Parameter infile is a FLEXPART output GRIB file; param is the shortname of the parameter to extract
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; level
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is the height level (m) to extract; step is forecast step to extract; ageclass is the FLEXPART ageclass to extract. If level is set to -1
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all
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# step - the forecast step to extract. -1 means all steps.
# ageclass - the ageclass to extract. -1 mean all ageclasses.
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# Return Value : mtext
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# Dependencies : none
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the levels are extracted, if step is set to -1 all the steps are extracted and if ageclass is set to -1 all the ageclasses are extracted.
Example
# to read parameter mdc (mass density concentration) for level 5000 m
# for all the timesteps and ageclasses
g=mvl_flexpart_title("my_flexpart_output.grib","mdc",5000,-1,-1)
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