Overview

In addition to all its interactive functionality, Metview can be run in a purely batch mode from the command line. Of course, in this mode we cannot have an interactive plot window, but we can save plots in various formats (see Working with graphical output) and we can save computed data into files of various formats (see Processing Data).

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This works for GRIB, BUFR, ODB and netCDF files. The file type must be the first argument.

Plotting a Data File from the Command Line

For the same GRIB file, from the command-line, type:

metview -p /path/to/grib

This gives a quick way to plot a file outside the Metview environment. The visualisation uses the same settings as ecCharts, so depending on the meteorological parameter you will get different contouring styles.

Extra Work

Take some of the macros you've already written and convert them so that they can run in batch mode. In most cases it will not require much work - here are the main things to consider:

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