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1. File Configure Controls Plot Time Step m 09 07 1983 00 00 00 Layer J O3b_ 1 Layer 0 20 0 095 19 0 090 18 0 085 17 0 080 4 19 Properties 0 075 4 15 Save as 0 070 es 0 065 13 Print 0 060 12 Zoom In gt 10 Auto Range gt Domain Axis a 9 Range Axis 0 045 0 040 8 7 0 035 4 6 0 030 5 0 025 4 4 0 020 3 0 015 0 010 x 0 005 September 07 1983 00 00 00 UTC Min 1 1 0 03 Max 22 1 0 074 Tile o3 2 Tile O3 2 Tile O3b_ 1 Tile Probe O3b_ 1 0 0 9 16 13 23 11 3 2 2 Fast Tile Plot and Areal Plot To zoom on a fast tile plot or areal plot use your mouse button to right click on the map in the area of interest A pop up window will appear allowing you to select Zoom In Zoom Out or Max Zoom Out to recover the plot of the full domain Figure 11 8 UNC Chapel Hill 69 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 11 8 Right Click on Fast Tile Plot to access Zoom Out Option re o E File Configure Controls Plot GIS Layers Tme Step 14 06 01 2002 00 00 00 Layer 14 Slow 50 Layer 1 O3 1 1 FCCTM46_P16 base02a 36k 03MAX 1 008E 1 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 Properties 39 38 Save Image As 37 36 Print 35 34 Zoom_In 33 Zoom_Out 32 31 Max_Zoom_Out 30 29 28 27 8 822E 2 7 562E 2 6 302E 2 3 781E 2 2 521E 2 1 260E 2 2 790E a a
2. FA VERDI ES Animate Plots pecan zx n Fie Configure Controls Plot GIS Layers File Plots Window Heli select plots 7 3 A n rr 8 E Tied No21 06 01 2002 00 00 00 06 02 2002 00 00 00 24 Steps f TMe Step 25 06 02 2002 00 00 00 Layer 1s lt gt MW NO 1 06 01 2002 00 00 00 06 02 2002 00 00 00 24 Steps Datasets V 03 1 06 01 2002 00 00 00 06 02 2002 00 00 00 24 Steps Laye ri O3 1 Datasets 1J CCTM46_P16 base02a 36k 03MAK EEE ua te 1 008E 1 1 CCTM46_P16 base02 8 822E 2 a 7 562E 2 Starting Time Step 0 06 01 2002 00 00 00 3 6 302E 2 Ending Time Step 24 06 02 2002 00 00 00 rates ane am 5 02 2 5 04162 C Make Animated GIF s 3 781E 2 Variables 2 521E 2 Double click to add the vai 1 260E 2 Tile NO2 1 gx Tile NO 1 E gt File Configure Controls Plot GIS Layers File Configure Controls Plot GIS Layers Time Step 25 06 02 2002 00 00 00 Layer if Time Step 25 06 02 2002 00 00 00 Layer 1 3 gt Layer 1 NO2 1 Layer 1 NO 1 1 ECCTM46_P16 baseO2a 36k 03MAX 1 ECCTM46_P16 baseO2a 36k O3MAX 4 As e 6 107E 2 7 862E 2 k 5 343E 2 6 879E 2 61 897E 2 58 4 580E 2 55 3817E 2 4 91462 52 5 2 3 931E 2 3 053E 2 SAE 49 46 2 290E 2 2 46E 2 43 1 527E 2 rete 40 7 9 828E 3 7 635E 3 k 37 oo 5 3 Window Menu Options The Window menu provides an alternate way to select windows panes to be brought to the front and provides the s
3. UNC Chapel Hill 40 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 8 7 Area Name Fields available for Shapefile Area Files BE UNC Chapel Hill 41 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 9 Spatial and Temporal Data Subsetting Both the Dataset pane and the Formula pane include the three panels discussed in Sections 9 1 through 9 3 Time Steps Layers and Domain Section 9 4 then discusses the precedence rules for subsetting data that determine which pane s subsettings Dataset or Formula take priority 9 1 Specify Time Step Range Information about the range of time step values included in a dataset is displayed in the Time Steps panel Figure 9 1 The maximum time step range that can be used for a dataset or formula is specified in the Min and Max spinner controls You can use these controls to select a subset of the available time step range for plotting Check the Use Time Range box above the spinner controls to tell VERDI to use the time step range values you have specified when it creates a plot By default a plot will initially display data for the minimum time step that was specified in the Time Steps panel The range of the time steps available in the Time Step spinner control at the top of the plot will reflect the subset of time steps specified when the Use Time Range box is checked The date and time of that time step are shown below the plot
4. Time Step 05 01 2009 00 00 00 Layer Layer 1 HT 3 3 GRIDCRO2D_My_Run_eq_mercator M 89 879 81 78 644 73 65 67 410 57 56 175 49 44 940 41 33 33 705 25 22 470 17 11 235 g 1 0 000 1 21 41 61 81 101 121 May 1 2009 00 00 00 UTC Min 1 1 0 000 Max 61 88 89 879 Tile HT 3 12 2 CAMx Gridded Data The netCDF java v4 1 library used in the VERDI 1 3 release includes support for CAMx UAM IV binary files using a pre set default projection CAMx or UAM binary files contain information about the x and y offsets from the center of the projection in meters but do not contain information about the projection The projection information is available in separate diagnostic files which are part of the CAMx output along with the UAM binaries Figure 12 4 UNC Chapel Hill 90 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 12 4 Example CAMx diagnostic text file wea eA ahaa ahh CAMx WWW he hehehehe eee ee CAMx Simulation start time date 0 060428 06118 Simulation end time date 0 060429 06119 Time zone 0 Max timestep min 15 Met Input interval min A 60 Emiss Input interval min 60 Output interval min 60 Grid Projection Type LAMBERT LAMBERT center lon lat s 97 000 40 000 LAMBERT true latitudes 45 000 33 000 Master Grid X Y Origin 2736 000 2088 000 Master Grid cell size 36 000 36 000 Master Grid NCOL NROW NLAY 148 112 19 The netCDF java v4 1 lib
5. W Avg Value PPM Time Series Bar HO 2 HO2 2 10 7 Scatter Plot The scatter plot shows the relationship between two formulas using an array of dots Figure 10 18 The user specifies the formulas using the dialog box that comes up before the plot is displayed Figure 10 19 The current time step and layer can be adjusted using the spinner controls above the plot The data from a scatter plot may be exported by selecting the File menu option and then selecting Export data A pop up window see Figure 10 18 allows users to specify whether they would like the data for the current layer or for all layers and for the current time step or for all time steps Specify the time and layer ranges and then click the OK button A Save pop up dialog box will appear Fill in a file name of your choice with a csv extension and specify the directory in which you would like to save this file The CSV file will be comma delimited and will contain the following columns of data layer time x axis formula y axis formula UNC Chapel Hill 59 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 10 18 Scatter Plot HO 2 x HO2 2 Scatter File Configure Controls Time Step 0 09 07 1983 00 00 00 Layer of Scatter Plot 7 27E 06 6 61E 06 5 95E 06 5 29E 06 4 63E 06 3 96E 06 HO2 2 PPM 3 30E 06 2 64E 06 1 98E 06 1 32E 06 6 61E 07 8 71E 09 1 74E 08 2 61E 08 3 48E 08 4 35E 08 22E 0
6. osb 1 Time Steps 0 48 J Use Time Range 004785371 min o 09 07 0 04913480 0 0 05043450 03 max 48 09 09 0 04986827 0 04897213 0 04967715 0 04 0 05027971 0 04867472 0 05022133 N NAR 7712 0 04984380 0 04972808 N NARAIN 0 04890250 0 04784472 N naceciaa pLayers 0 5 0 04667569 J Use Layer Range v Datasets Formulas Tile O3b_ 1 Tile Probe O3b_ 1 0 0 7 21 12 31 fo 0 7 23 0 04967739060521126 l 11 3 5 Set Data Ranges The Controls gt Set Row and Column Ranges menu item will bring up a pop up window that allows the user to configure the minimum and maximum values used in the row x axis range and column y axis range Figure 11 11 Specify the values and then click OK UNC Chapel Hill 72 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 11 11 Select Set Row and Column Ranges File Configure Controls Plot GIS Layers Zoom Probe ayer 1 Slow 150 Set Row and Column Ranges ayer 1 O3 1 Show Grid Lines Time Step TM46_P16 baseO2a 36k O3MAX Show Lat Lon 1 008E 1 8 822E 2 562E 2 6 302E 2 041E 2 3 781E 2 2 521E 2 1 260E 2 2 7 90E 1 21 41 61 81 101 121 141 June 1 2002 00
7. Slan Tile Plot Vertical Cross Section Time Series Time Series Bar Plot Scatter Plot Vector Plot Contour Plot Selected Formula 03 2 03 1 4 a Tie 030 F Tile O3 2 x 2 ETE conre ENA Fie Configure Controls Plot Tine Step 2 me Step 0 06 01 2002 00 00 00 Layer w 03 2 Layer 0 Time Steps 0 24 J Use Time Range Min 0 06 01 2002 00 00 00 Max 24 06 02 2002 00 00 00 Layers 0 21 J7 Use Layer Range 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 Min J os 85 90 x oor 4 Max 214 June 01 2002 00 00 00 UTC Min 123 44 0 005 Max 105 31 0 06 Domain xl Min Tile 03 2 Datasets Formulas Tile O3 1 J Tile n i iU 10 Creating Plots After creating a formula you are ready to create and view some plots The available plot types are shown on the buttons at the top of the VERDI main window tile plot fast tile plot vertical cross section plot time series plot time series bar plot scatter plot vector plot and contour plot All of these are described in this section Once you have selected highlighted a formula in the list of formulas you have created in the Formula pane you generate each plot type by clicking on the appropriate button using your left mouse button You can also see the selected formula to the right of all of the plot buttons If additional information is required in order to genera
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9. UNC Chapel Hill 13 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 3 3 Installation Instructions for Windows To install VERDI for Windows run the installation program VERDI_1 3_Installer exe on your Windows machine Follow the instructions on the installation windows that appear as shown in Figures 3 1 through 3 6 If you are unable to install VERDI on your computer please check to see whether your user account is authorized to install software You may need to request that a user with a computer administrator account install VERDI or provide you with an account that has permission to install software For more information about user account types click Start and select Control Panel and then click on the User Account icon Figure 3 1 VERDI Setup Wizard Welcome to the VERDI 1 3 Setup Wizard This wizard will quide you through the installation of VERDI 1 3 Itis recommended that you dose all other applications before starting Setup This will make it possible to update relevant system files without having to reboot your computer Click Next to continue UNC Chapel Hill 14 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 3 2 License Agreement gt E Agreement GNU General Public License version 3 GPLv3 Submitted by nelson on Tue 2007 10 23 03 13 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3 29 June 2007 Copyright C 2007 Free Software Foundation Inc lt http fsf ora gt
10. Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document but changing it is not allowed Nullsoft Install System v2 42 Choose the folder in which to install VERDI 1 3 Please select the directory to install VERDI C Program Files VERDI_1 3 Space required 247 5MB Space available 18 3GB Nullsoft Install System v2 42 UNC Chapel Hill 15 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 3 4 Setting the Start Menu Folder Choose a Start Menu folder for the VERDI 1 3 shortcuts Select the Start Menu folder in which you would like to create the program s shortcuts You can also enter a name to create a new folder ERDI Nullsoft Install System v2 42 Please wait while VERDI 1 3 is being installed UNC Chapel Hill Extract world_NOX_lation ncf 100 u Extract huc03 shp 100 Extract hucO3 shx 100 Output folder C Program Files VERDI_1 3 data model Extract BaseCase dat 100 Extract CCTM46_P 16 baseO2a 36k 03MAX 100 Extract GRIDCRO2D_2006075_polar_stereographic ncf 100 Extract GRIDCRO2D_mercator 100 Extract agg cctmJ3fx nh3 200 1base lambert ncf 100 Extract grid_pophous_utm ncf 100 Extract world_NOX_lation ncf 100 soft Install System v2 42 lt Bak II Close Cancel 16 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 3 6 Installation Com
11. S VERDI_HOME data model CCTM46 P16 base02a 36k O3MAX s O3 1 gtype tile Example script file Note that quotes as shown highlighted in red may be needed around the entire list of parameters bin csh f 8hO3 Daily Max Plot setenv DIR home training verdi_1 3 data OBS verdi sh f SDIR ACONC 03 8hr dmax f SDIR AQS overlay 2002 07 ncf configFile home training config txt s O3 1 s 038 2 1000 18 2 Example Command Line Script for Windows Users Edit the run bat script in the VERDI_1 3 directory by right clicking on the file and selecting edit UNC Chapel Hill 105 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 18 1 Location of run bat script in Windows a he iD _ Ours gt Computer OS C Program Files VERDI13 gt M Search i wy Organize Views v Burn Eain Name fei Date modified Type Size EE Documents p data 5 17 2010 9 59PM_ File Folder i B jrel 6 0 5 17 2010 9 59PM File Folder Wb Pictures I licenses 5 17 2010 9 59PM File Folder BB Music I plugins 5 17 2010 10 00PM_ File Folder W Recently Changed _ RELEASE NOTES txt 5 17 2010 3 20PM Text Document 8 KB BB Searches 5 17 2010 3 20PM Windows Batch File 1KB J Public shape2bin zip 5 17 2010 3 20 PM_ Compressed zipp 2 944 KB test eps 5 17 2010 11 45PM_ EPS File 881 KB E test jpg jpeg 5 17 2010 11 45PM _ JPEG File 75KB Uninstall exe 5 17 2010 10 00PM_ Applic
12. unitString lt unit string gt can be used to override the default unit label used for plots The default value comes from the dataset s themselves UNC Chapel Hill 109 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 vector lt U gt lt v gt creates a vector plot with U as the left to right vector component and V as the down to up vector component There are no background colors used for this type of plot Note that the formulas for the two components should already have been loaded into VERDI and they are case sensitive vectorTile lt formula gt lt U gt lt v gt creates a vector plot with the result of formula as the background tiles U as the left to right vector component and V as the down to up vector component Note that the formulas for the three components should already have been loaded into VERDI and they are case sensitive version prints out information about the VERDI version being used on the standard output stream verticalCrossPlot X Y lt row column gt NEW creates a vertical cross section plot You indicate whether this will be an x or y cross section plot and what row or column to use as the base windowid prints the window ID of the currently selected plot 19 Areal Interpolation Calculations Before calculating the average value for a polygon segment the area for each polygon is calculated using the projection of the grid system loaded The system then calculates the
13. 55 pv 53 51 49 47 45 43 4 39 37 35 33 31 29 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 1375 fan nS Datasets Formulas Areas Tile DRYOX_N 2 Arealinterpolation TArea 1363 704919 7 kg 4 56044 kg ha 120 53 10 3 3 View and Export Areal Plot Data in Spreadsheet Format To view the average and total interpolation values for selected formulas in a spreadsheet format right click on the Areal Interpolation Plot and select Area Information Figure 10 8 The Area Information Spreadsheet contains four columns the identification number from the name field for the polygon the total area average interpolated value and total interpolated value Figure 10 9 At the top of the Area Information tab the user may select File gt Export to export the data to a spreadsheet file Figure 10 10 The save pop up window allows the user to specify with either a text txt or comma separated values csv format also known as a comma delimited file Figure 10 11 UNC Chapel Hill 54 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 10 8 Right Click on Area Plot File Configure Controls Plot GISLayers Options Figure 10 9 Area Information Spreadsheet Area Infor Area Information DRYOX_N 1 0 0 IZ Time Step 01 01 2
14. HOME ABOUT CMAS TACT EAC SITEMAP USER SURVEY Navigation HELP DESK gt gt DOWNLOAD CENTER SS Software Download Step 1 CONFERENCES amp MEETINGS at 3 TRAINING Periodically check the release notes for each software to find out about patches Please select a software family to RESEARCH amp DEVELOPMENT SS or bugs associated with each version of the software in the Software download Documentation section of the site Join the software listserv services to stay informed about updates releases and news about all CMAS supported gt sofware AMET BENMAP EA j CMAQ l 0 API MCIP MCPL MIMS NETCDF PAVE SMOKE SPATIAL ALLOCATOR HOME gt DOWNLOAD gt STEP 4 UNC Chapel Hill 3 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 1 3 Downloading VERDI from the CMAS Web Site Step 2 Community Modeling and Analysis CMAS Softy ee Download Step 2 Mozilla Firefox File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help B X AA http www cmascenter org download forms step_2 cfm temp_id 74423413611 Pi Most Visited Cary_IBT_certificate pd de Low Impact Developm ProPublica Journalis Web Soil Survey H Breaking News and Op J Time com Business News amp Fina C CaryCitizen Disable amp Cookies I CSS E Forms Images Information Miscellaneous 5 Outline Resizer g Tools 2 View Source gt Options oro msn 5 VERDI Visualizati
15. 1 a eps ot 7 a Fie Configure Cortrols Pht IT Use Time Range Time Step 0 06 01 2002 00 00 00 Layer 0 mn o 06 01 2002 00 00 00 Layer 0 O3 1 Max 24 06 02 2002 00 00 00 Layers 0 21 Use Layer Range Mn 03 Max 21 gt June 01 2002 00 00 00 UTC Datasets Formulas Min 124 45 0 005 Max 54 48 0 08 Figure 9 4 Edit Domain Dialog Box Edit Domain 03 1 x A eje Seed Raven Clear Region 1 102 D ok cancel UNC Chapel Hill 44 Institute for the Environment 9 4 VERDI User Manual 1 3 Rules of Precedence for Subsetting Data Because both the Dataset pane and the Formula pane have the Time Steps Layers and Domain panels described above precedence rules were established that determine which pane s subsettings take priority It is important to understand these rules A subset of data specified in the Dataset pane takes precedence over any subset specified in the Formula pane At the time of this release the range displayed in the Formula pane does not get updated when a subset range is selected on the Datasets pane For example if a dataset has a full time step range of 0 48 and a time step range of 2 40 is selected on the Dataset pane then the 0 48 time step range that is listed for the formula in the Formula pane is not applicable When a plot is then created the time step range subset you chose in the Dataset pane 2 40 is displayed If no s
16. 1 3 extension may contain a different subset of variables Note that VERDI does not check to see if the same variable from the same remote dataset has already been read Also note that subset files read in by VERDI will be saved to your home directory on your local file system ie C Documents and Settings username on a Windows XP machine The files are saved on your local machine to facilitate project management To be able to save and then load a project for future use the files need to be saved on the local machine To avoid filling up your local file system regularly inspect the file list in the home directory and manually delete unneeded subset files Remote datasets can be removed from the dataset list in VERDI using the same procedure as for removing local datasets highlight the name of the dataset in the dataset list and press the yellow minus button Note that although the dataset will be removed from the dataset list the number that was assigned to that dataset will not be reused by VERDI during the current session UNC Chapel Hill 29 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 6 5 Remote Dataset Labeled with Number at End of the Filename Datasets Datasets 1 CCTM46_P 16 baseO2a 36k O3MAX 2 CCTM47_cbOShatx_64pgf52 aba07 12k CONC 2007131 ncf1 Variables Double click to add the variable as a Formula NO ppm 2 NO2 ppm 2Z NOS ppm 2 03 ppm 2 Time S
17. 10 21 The formulas selected as components of the vector must match in domain layer range and time step range You specify the components of the vector using the dialog box that comes up before the plot is displayed Figure 10 22 After the plot is displayed the current time step and layer can be adjusted using the controls above the plot It is also possible to overlay vectors e g wind vectors on a tile plot This can be done either from within the vector plot option discussed here or from within the tile plot option discussed in Section 10 4 4 To do this overlay from within the vector plot option you select a formula for the Tile option in the vector plot dialog box Figure 10 22 in addition to specifying the formulas UNC Chapel Hill 61 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 to be used for the horizontal and vertical vector components See Section 11 4 4 for more information on vector overlays Figure 10 21 Vector Plot UWIND 3 x VWIND 3 Vector File Configure Controls Plot Time Step 0 07 24 2001 00 00 00 Layer bh gt jek x VMIND 3 Layer 0 al ht is r 7 Z 71 L 70 Wee ieee ee i ae n FERN TEAT oo e ine Reser Ae Bb Ne aa e JARE A Ee EEN 11 z Atte aba ai ate ESS pas ER E Tee ANS T on A Pry a A AN A PARNIS RINA ANNE a e N a a REI E EER TATEA ADS anA Pe E EA ory A EE 52 S pa H A zj N ea ay n KENE 50 Ne A i R Narang AN EE n
18. 14 Because this capability has not yet been added to VERDI for Fast Tile Plots these options are currently grayed out for that plot type The Vector Overlay dialog box Figure 11 19 asks you to select the formula for the horizontal component and the formula for the vertical component The formulas listed in the Vector Overlay dialog box are obtained from the formula list in the Formula pane If the formula you would like to use is not listed in the Vector Overlay dialog box check to be sure that you have loaded the dataset that contains the variable of interest for example UWIND and that you have created a formula UWIND x where x is the dataset number associated with the dataset that contains UWIND Once you have selected the two components click OK and the vector overlays will be displayed on the plot Currently vectors are plotted in the center of the grid cell UWIND and VWIND are typically obtained from metpoT3p which are defined at dot points or cell corners Plotting the wind vector at their calculated locations and adjusting the length of the wind vector based on the magnitude of the wind speed will be added to the Fast Tile Plot in a future release An example of an ozone concentration tile plot with wind vector overlays is shown in Figure 11 20 By default the vectors are all given the same length The thickness of the line width used to draw the vector indicates the magnitude of the vector a larger magnitude vector is drawn wit
19. 2 059 17 15 13 7 7 0 047 a9 104 109 114 119 124 129 arealinterpolation Figure 10 10 Export Spreadsheet rea Information DRYOX_N 2 0 0 Export Area Information DRYOX_N 2 0 0 Export Shape Files ki reame Area km2 DRYOX_N 2 kg DRYOX_N 2 _A kg ha E 1315 s655 875740826468 2433536 5 4 302669 a 1327 4515 625631195322 2046187 5 4 5313487 1309 1903 3636596603767 966721 5 S 0790167 1323 4392 830729537 164 2160675 8 4 918641 1339 4105 370007776452 1804585 9 4 395672 1363 1545 727366164398 704919 7 4 56044 1384 278 531687088094 2507917 2 4 7511644 1372 1534 467680366486 667539 25 4 3502984 2220 9742 857916457127 3446319 2 3 5372775 1389 3206 723523436829 1596897 2 4 9798403 2222 2184 7607501077305 902749 25 4 132028 1413 6298 539515028009 2538349 5 4 030061 2225 3373 290877 1270318 1293966 2 3 835917 1404 2276 128379094424 963203 0 4 2317605 1417 3355 0225950614754 1514861 4 4 5152044 1424 6172 757287822339 2985992 2 4 837372 1440 4378 35502573675 2168069 5 4 9517903 1473 2334 434805271438 1042260 25 4 464722 v Area Information DRYOX_N 2 0 0 Figure 10 11 Name and save spreadsheet Save in My Recent Documents My Documents 38 My Computer My Network Places File name dryox_N csy Files of type Text Files txt
20. 8 Unsuccessful Batch Script Run Message File not found eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 103 Figure 17 9 Plot Image Generated by Task BIOCK ee les eeseceseeeseeesseecaeceseeeseeesneecaecnseensees 104 Figure 18 1 Location of run bat script in WiIndOWS ee eeseeeseceseeeeeeeeseecaeceseeseeeeeaeecsaeeneensees 106 Figure 18 2 Submit run bat script from Run command eee eeeceeeeeeseecseceeeceseeeeseecnaeenaeensees 107 UNC Chapel Hill ix Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 1 Introduction 1 1 Background This manual describes how to use the Visualization Environment for Rich Data Interpretation VERDI VERDI is a flexible and modular Java based visualization software tool that allows users to visualize multivariate gridded environmental datasets created by environmental modeling systems such as the Community Multiscale Air Quality CMAQ modeling system and the Weather Research and Forecasting WRF modeling system These systems produce files of gridded concentration and deposition fields that users need to visualize and compare with observational data both spatially and temporally VERDI can facilitate these types of analyses Initial development of VERDI was done by the Argonne National Laboratory for the U S Environmental Protection Agency EPA and its user community Argonne National Laboratory s work was supported by the EPA though U S Department of Energy contract DE AC02 06CH11357 Further development
21. E T S a 21 UNC Chapel Hill ii Institute for the Environment VERDI User s Manual 1 3 5 2 Plots Menu Options 55 0 desig ano nann eal RHR aAG Ua 22 5 2 Undok AM PIOS n ens e aeae a e aat s e a E Ea e e OR OES a 22 5 2 2 Animate Tile Plots nseri E E E OR TN 22 5 3 Wind Ow Ment Options ttie r e re a gach occa A a A a Ea EST 23 5 3 1 Datasets and Formulas sipeissnreiiareaininn i an ene tedenveamicacrennseeere 23 Del Listof PICU caresisssiat sates sasec tots den surss uote e a A a E R 23 5 4 Help Menu Options reese eiser a E e REE a e iE aa S AA EEE EE 24 6 Working with Gridded Datasets seessocssocescoccsocsssccssccesocesoosesocsssecesocesocessosesocesseessocesocseo 24 6 1 Gridded Tpit Pile HOA ssecsacest ssucsoeds toca saasun sags a a a a RE 24 6 2 Example Datasets iir ar a E E A A e E EE ine E EEE 24 6 3 Adding and Removing a Dataset from a Local File System eeeeeeeeeeesseeeenneeeeees 25 6 4 Adding and Removing a Dataset from a Remote File System cc eeeeeeeeeeeeteeeees 27 6 4 gt Remote File Brow Ser rostet erte arcee reor a tens Eai ae otea a Ses as 27 6 4 2 Adding Additional Remote Hosts eeecceessccecssececseeceesseceeseeceesneeeeseeeenaeeees 30 6i VATA OS AdAstra Jade E eee fasts nase stad nates eae da skagen 31 6 6 Time Steps Layers Panel on2iist as ctausarctesiusceanceduautset eaa a E E E EES 32 7 Domain Panelis znane r E E N te ce teats sama caren tieads 32 GiB AVI AKO E S E A E E
22. FF FFF FFF F FFF FFF FF FFF FFF FF FFF FFF F FFF FFF FF FFF FFF FF FF FF FFF FFF FFFFFF ae lt Global gt configFile D verdi dist2 config txt dir D verdi dist2 data model pattern CCITIM46 3 03 1 saveImage jpeg imageDir D verdi dist2 subTitlei Test SubTitle 1 subTitle2 Test SubTitle 2 lt Global gt lt Task gt gtype tile GRIDCRO2D_ mercator s DLUSE 1 imageFile lt Task gt m lt Task gt gtype line lt Task gt Script Editor As shown in Figure 17 4 the Batch Script File format consists of two blocks a Global block and a Task Block The Global block allows a user to specify a set of parameters such as the file and directory names on which all other tasks will be performed In this block the user can specify any parameters that will be used to run any other tasks Ifin any other Task block the same parameters are specified with different values these values will over write the values specified in the Global block One Global Block is used to specify the common parameters shared by all Task blocks and multiple task blocks can be defined to specify the type of batch operations that will be performed such as defining formulas and creating plots Prior to running a batch script within the Script Editor all datasets must be unloaded If they are not a pop up warning message will appear Figure 17 5 requesting that all datasets be unloaded prior to running a batch sc
23. Once the layer style editing is done Click Finish and the new map name will appear in the list on the Manage Layer pop up window After the layer you have added and edited is listed in the Manage Layers dialog box click OK to have the layer added to the plot If you add multiple layers to the list in this dialog box the one at the top of the list is the top layer shown on the plot e To rearrange the order in which the GIS layers are displayed on the plot select a layer in the Manage Layers dialog box and then select Move Up or Move Down and then click OK to reposition the order of that layer within the list If the layers that you are selecting are boundaries and were created to have a transparent fill then rearranging the order of the layers will not change the look of the boundaries on the plot e To remove a GIS layer from the plot select that layer in the list then select Remove Layer then click OK to remove it e To edit a GIS layer select the layer from the list under Manage Layers and then select Edit Layer The Edit Layer pop up window will allow you to select the map outline color transparency and thickness see Figure 11 26 UNC Chapel Hill 85 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 11 25 Add Layer Pop up Window Baye e E Select Map File Please select the map file to import into the base map Lookin js data z PEE map_counties bin _ map_hucs bin _ map_na bin _
24. Ow sieges coh ncdsesen a tetetel ped ted aeetdeleanationens 87 Figure 12 1 Lambert Conformal Conic Map Projection Example Plot eeeeeseeeeseeeeenneeees 88 Figure 12 2 Polar Stereographic Map Projection Example Plot ee eeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeceneeeeeeeeneees 89 Figure 12 3 Mercator Map Projection Example Plotises c ccncdcsendk eau ane 90 Figure 12 4 Example CAMx diagnostic text file cccceeseecsseesecceseceseetecenteccensceceeteseetseecetetes 91 Figure 12 5 Models 3 IO API Map Projection Parameters for Lambert eee eeeeeeeeeeeeereees 91 Figure 12 6 Sample Projection Pile camxpro tXti ics 2c cise eiiahngndhiuhusliedasaien 92 Fig re 12 7 CAMx Example Plot ccisiei ioneina ira act a ea enc a aaa 92 Pisure 7 L File View Script EdE a a a paa RES AAA ae 97 Fig re 17 2 Open Pop up Window nasse ienie eii a a a BA ads 98 Figure 17 3 Top of Sample Script File VERDI_1 3 data scripts file_patterns txt oe 99 Figure 17 4 Bottom of Sample Script File VERDI_1 3 data scripts tile_patterns txt 100 UNC Chapel Hill Vili Institute for the Environment VERDI User s Manual 1 3 Figure 17 5 Close Dataset s Warning Message csscccessceceeececeeeeecsteeeceeeeesaeeeesseeesseeeeaees 101 Figure 17 6 Highlight Text to Select Task and Click RUM eeeeseesneceeeeeseeeeneecnaeeneensees 102 Figure 17 7 Successful Batch Script Run Message c ccceeccecssccecesececseeeecseeeeeseeeesueeeeseeeeaees 103 Figure 17
25. Plot Zoom Time Series of Probed Cell s Add Map Export as Load Configuration Probe Time Series Bar of Probed Cell s Layers Image Save Configuration Time Series of Min Cell s Set Row and Time Series of Max Cell s Configure GIS Column Ranges Layers Show Grid Animate Plot Set Current Lines Maps as Plot Default Show Lat Lon Add Overlay The Plot Menu Bar for the Tile and Vector Plot is shown in Figure 11 2 The map option is highlighted in blue font When the user selects the map menu option a pull down menu allows the user to select map layers configure GIS layers and set current maps as plot default Figure 11 2 Tile and Vector Plot Pull down Menu Options File Configure Controls Plot Print Configure Plot Zoom Time Series of Probed Cell s Export as Load Configuration Probe Time Series Bar of Probed Cell s Image Save Configuration Time Series of Min Cell s Maps Time Series of Max Cell s Show Lat Lon Animate Plot Add Overlay UNC Chapel Hill 64 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 11 1 File Menu Options Options in the File menu include printing a plot and exporting a plot as an image Plots can be saved as a PNG JPEG BMP EPS or TIFF image files 11 2 Configure Menu Option The Configure pull down menu contains the following options Configure Plot Load Configuration Save Configuration and Maps 11 2 1 Configuring Plots Figures 11 3 thro
26. Settings gt t Search gt 2 Help and Support 4 1 2 Linux and Other Non Windows JRE 6 Supported System Configurations To start VERDI from Linux and other non Windows JRE 6 Supported System Configurations find the directory where VERDI was installed then run the verdi sh script 4 2 Main Window After starting VERDI the main window will come up on the screen Figure 4 2 At the top of the main window there is a menu bar with the main window options File Plots Window and Help Below the menu bar there are three icons that are shortcuts to some of the options available in the Main Window Menu Bar the first is an Open Project icon the second is a Save UNC Chapel Hill 18 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Project icon the third is an icon that allows you to Undock All Plots These shortcuts and the options available in the Main Window Menu Bar are discussed further in Section 5 Navigating VERDI s Main Menu Options Next to these three shortcut icons are buttons that list all of the available plot types To the right of all the plot buttons the Selected Formula is listed The Selected Formula refers to the formula that has been selected in the Formula pane discussed briefly below and in detail in Section 7 and that will be used to create plots Below the icons and plot buttons the window is divided into two main areas a parameters area on the left side and a plots area on the right side T
27. Sourcer Options 4 0 mesema 0 a Enter Bug VERDI A Do you want Firefox to remember the password for lizadams email unc edu on unc edu Remember Never for This Site Not Now x CMAS Bugzilla Enter Bug VERDI T Home New Search Reports My Requests Preferences Log out lizadams email unc edu Before reporting a bug please read the bug writing guidelines please look at the list of most frequently reported bugs and please search for the bug Reporter lizadams email unc edu Product VERDI Component Automating VERDI with Scripts a Configuring Plots 2 Documentation Exporting Images and Animations il Formulas X Severity question X Platform Al Priority P3 OS Linux X M Initial State NEW i Assign To Elizabeth Adams lt lizadams email unc edu gt X QA Contact qunhe unc edu E Done UNC Chapel Hill 8 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 1 7 Bottom of Bugzilla Form for VERDI File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help oy X A hittp bugz unc edu enter_bug cgi Yr By bugzilla cmas pr P 2 Most Visited Cary IBT_certificate pd Low Impact Developm ProPublica Journalis R0 Web Soil Survey H_ Breaking News and Op gt Disable Cookies J CSS Forms i Images Information Miscellaneous 5 Outline Resizer J Too
28. This Site Not Now s Attachment Don tadd an attachment m Add an attachment File Enter the path to the file on your computer Browse_ Description Describe the attachment briefly Content Type f the attachment is a patch check the box below E patch Otherwise choose a method for determining the content type auto detect 5 select from list plain text text plain enter manually Depends 7 on Blocks Commit Remember values as bookmarkable template Actions Home New Search Find Reports My Requests Preferences Log out lizadams email unc edu Edit Parameters User Preferences Sanity Check Users Products Flags Custom Fields Field Values Groups Keywords Whining Saved Searches My Bugs Add the named tag to bugs Commit Done 1 5 Future VERDI Development As stated in Schwede et al 2007 VERDI is intended to be a community based visualization tool with strong user involvement The VERDI source code is available to the public under a GPL license at http sourceforge net projects verdi This allows users who wish to make improvements to VERDI to download the software and to develop enhancements and improvements that they feel may be useful to the modeling community Examples could include user developed readers for additional file formats and modules for additional plot types Users may wish to contribute data analysis routi
29. a a a a Ci an 98 102 106 110 114 118 122 126 June 1 2002 00 00 00 UTC Min 124 45 5 111E 3 Max 106 32 5 949E 2 RAT AMARA a UNC Chapel Hill 70 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 11 3 3 Probing Values at Specific Points To determine the data value at a specific point select the Probe option under the Controls pull down menu To probe a single data point use the mouse to hover the cursor over that grid point on the map the coordinates of the grid points are shown in the lower right hand side of the plot in the format column row Once you click on the grid point of interest the value of the datum at that grid point is displayed in the lower left hand area of VERDI main window Figure 11 9 Figure 11 9 Click on Plot to Probe Data Value Shown in Lower Left of VERDI Grid Values Shown in Lower Right Min 0o o9 07 5 Max 484 09 09 Layers 0 5 O 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 T Use Layer Range X lL o oe ba September 07 1983 00 00 00 UTC Datasets Formulas Min 1 1 0 03 Max 22 1 0 074 a 0 0 7 23 0 04967739060521126 Clas gt 11 3 4 Probing a Domain Region of Data To probe the values of a selected region of grid points select the Probe option under the Controls pull down menu then draw a rectangle by clicking on a point on the map holding down the left mouse button and then releasing the mouse button once the rectangle enclo
30. brings it to the front s lt formula gt loads the specified formula into VERDI s memory and makes it the currently selected formula UNC Chapel Hill 108 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 save2ascii lt filename gt export data to a tab delimited data file suitable for reading into a spreadsheet application such as Excel saveImage lt image type gt lt file name gt saves the most recently created plot This command works for all plot types Supported formats include PNG BMP TIF and JPG scatter lt formulal gt lt formula2 gt creates a scatter plot using the two formulas specified Note that the formulas for the two components should already have been loaded into VERDI and they are case sensitive showWindow lt windowId gt lt timestep gt sets the time step of the window with the specified window ID to the specified time step The time step must be within the allowable range for the dataset subDomain lt xmin gt lt ymin gt lt xmax gt lt ymax gt sets the VERDI domain matching the currently selected dataset to the bounding box specified by its arguments The currently selected dataset is the most recently added dataset It is often handy to type subdomain commands into VERDI s standard input if you are trying to select a very precise subdomain such as that needed for a vertical cross section plot subTitlel lt sub title 1 string gt allow you to control a pl
31. datasets are provided under the VERDI_LHOME data directory These datasets may be used to re create example plots that are provided in this user guide including a tile plot with observational data overlay in Section 11 4 3 and the example datasets for the various dataset projections that VERDI supports including LCC polar stereographic UTM and Mercator The data directory currently contains four subdirectories 1 CAMx contains sample CAMx dataset and camxproj txt file 2 hucRegion contains Hydrologic Unit HUC shapefiles for region 3 southeast US 3 Model contains sample WRF and CMAQ I O API datasets UNC Chapel Hill 24 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 4 Obs contains observational dataset created by airs2m3 converter 6 3 Adding and Removing a Dataset from a Local File System To load a data set from a local file system press the yellow plus button at the top of the Datasets pane A file browser Figure 6 1 allows you to select a dataset for use in VERDI Support for loading data from a remote file system has been added in version 1 3 The use of the yellow plus remote button will be discussed in Section 6 4 After you specify a gridded dataset VERDI will load header information and display the available variables time steps layers and domain used by the file in the Datasets pane Figure 6 2 The actual model data are not loaded until later when plots are created To view the variables for a p
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33. improvement to the development of VERDI source code documentation or anything else please consider contributing it back to the community Instructions on how to set up the Eclipse Development Environment on Windows and for running and building VERDI within Eclipse are available on www verdi tool org If you are doing a substantial amount of software development on VERDI you should become a member of the VERDI project on SourceForge and submit your code updates through the VERDI subversion repository You may submit a request to become a member of the VERDI project by UNC Chapel Hill 93 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 submitting a Bugzilla request see below The SourceForge web site for VERDI is http sourceforge net projects verdi Once your code has been reviewed by the existing team of developers for VERDI you will be added to the developer list Contributions to the code will be tested by the VERDI developers and will be included along the documentation about these contributions in future VERDI releases Note that anything you contribute must have the same license as the rest of VERDI i e GPL Bugzilla can be used to report bugs check the status of bugs suggest enhancements or submit code contributions using the following website http bugz unc edu enter_bug cgi product VERDI First check to see if your issue is already listed as a bug or request for enhancement If you do not see an entry that matches
34. index with minimum value in currently selected domain maxx x index with maximum value in currently selected domain CM NINDARYWN gt z i wn miny y index with minimum value in currently selected domain maxy y index with maximum value in currently selected domain minz z index with minimum value in currently selected domain 10 maxz z index with maximum value in currently selected domain 11 min For each cell i j k in the currently selected domain this calculates the minimum value for that cell over the currently selected time steps In other words the minimum value in cells j k tmin tmax 12 max For each cell i j k in the currently selected domain this calculates the maximum value for that cell over the currently selected time steps In other words the maximum value in cells i j k tmin tmax Binary Operators Binary operators are not passed a value but operate on the operands to their left and right Typically they will return a matrix of data by performing the operation on each cell of the operand s arrays If both of the operands are single numbers then these binary operators will return a single number For example e O3 1 2 multiplies each item in the O3 1 array by 2 and returns the result e 03 1 O3 3 multiplies each item in the O3 1 array by the corresponding item in the O3 3 array and returns the result Note that this assumes that the arrays ar
35. jar lib saf core runtime jar lib commons logging jar lib jpf boot jar lib jpf jar lib log4j 1 2 13 jar saf core runtime Boot f C Program Files VERDI_1 3 data CCTM46_P16 baseO2a 36k O3MAX s O3 1 gtype fasttile Run the run bat script by clicking on Start then selecting Run then either using Browse to find the run bat or typing it in Figure 18 2 Figure 18 2 Submit run bat script from Run command LE x Type the name of 4 program Folder document or Internet resource and Windows will open it For you Cancel Browse Script commands that can be used for command line scripting listed in alphabetical order are described below Adding support for these script commands in the Script Editor is planned for a future VERDI release alias lt aliasname definition gt defines an alias You can define an alias by creating a definition using variable names and derived variables that are calculated using the mathematical operators described in Section 15 Mathematical Functions The alias definition does not include the dataset name The alias is treated like any other formula once the alias definition and the dataset to which it should be applied are specified If you need to redefine an alias definition you must first use the unalias command The alias definitions are saved to a verdi alias file in your home directory VERDI uses this type of optional file in your home directory to maintain a snapshot of the
36. please submit a new request or bug using Bugzilla Please use the Bugzilla comment section to inquire if the feature or bug is already under development Use Bugzilla to notify the VERDI community about improvements to VERDI that you would like to contribute 15 Known Bugs As discussed in Section 1 4 you are encouraged to use Bugzilla for submitting bug reports suggestions and questions http bugz unc edu enter_bug cgi product VERDI To enter information on a bug you must first register with Bugzilla http bugz unc edu If you have already registered you can search for all bugs that reference VERDI by using the website http bugz unc edu query cgi and entering the word VERDI then pressing search If you would like to be notified of any change of status for a bug that was submitted by another user you can add your e mail address to the CC list by clicking on the bug ID then entering your e mail address to the Add CC text box For a complete list of bugs and enhancement requests that have been submitted for VERDI and the status of each one visit the www verdi tool org web site and click on the Query VERDiIzilla Tickets link under the Support Quick Links section The html query that is used to create this list of bugs is extensive and therefore is not listed here 16 Mathematical Functions All VERDI visualizations are the result of a formula evaluation Formulas operate on the variables provided by the datasets The simplest val
37. see www baronams com products ioapi GRIDS html GDTYP 2 P_ALP 33 0 P BET 45 0 P_GAM 97 0 XCENT 37 0 YCENT 40 0 Figure 12 7 CAMx Example Plot File Configure Controls Plot Time Step 21 04 28 2006 20 00 00 Layer 1 Slow Layer 1 HNO3 4 4 camx example grd01 1 1000000 111 0 005 100 0 004 39 0 004 78 0 003 67 56 0 002 45 0 002 34 0 001 23 12 0 001 1 0 000 1 30 59 88 117 146 April 28 2006 20 00 00 UTC Min 1 1 0 000 Max 116 24 0 007 Tile HNO3 4 UNC Chapel Hill 92 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 13 I O API Utilities Data Conversion Programs and Libraries As discussed in Section 6 1 there are routines available to convert gridded input data to I O API format or new code can be written and contributed to VERDI for use by the community The I O API routines that have been written to convert data into this format are discussed in this section If you are unable to use the available routines to convert your data and have a gridded dataset that VERDI is unable to read please submit a bugzilla bug or enhancement request with a description of the dataset and attach a small example dataset for use in development and testing The I O API Interface contains an extensive set of utility routines There are example conversion programs to convert data from different data formats into the I O API format The I O API Utilities are command line prog
38. the formula would be O3 1 O3 2 To calculate the percent difference in ozone between datasets and 2 the formula would be O3 1 O3 2 100 03 2 001 To identify all cells where the ozone concentration exceeds a certain value you can use the Boolean operators to screen out ranges of your data that are of particular interest A Boolean expression will evaluate to either True 1 or False 0 For example to plot the cells in which the ozone values in dataset 1 exceed 0 080 ppm you could use the formula O3 1 gt 0 080 O3 1 In the resulting plot each cell where O3 1 exceeds 0 080 will show the value of O3 1 for that cell for all other cells the value shown will be zero The notations that can be used in formulas to represent various mathematical functions and the order of precedence of these functions are listed in Section 16 Mathematical Functions 7 3 Selecting a Formula for Plotting Before creating a plot a formula must be selected Check to see which formula is highlighted in the Formula pane or look to the right of the plot buttons above the plots area of the main window to see the selected formula By default VERDI designates the most recently added formula as the selected formula To change the selected formula to a different one in the list click on a formula in the list on the Formula pane and you will then see it displayed as the selected formula above the plots area 7 4 Saving Fo
39. ucar e http www gnu org copyleft less u software netcdf java du software netcdf java er html Repast symphony http repast sourceforge ne http repast sourceforge net repa GIS t st license html Acknowledgments Contributions to VERDI from the community are greatly appreciated UNC Chapel Hill 111 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Data Contributions Sample CAMx Dataset Marco Rodriguez CIRA at Colorado State University http www cira colostate edu Sample Mercator Projection Dataset Tanya Otte Atmospheric Modeling and Analysis Division http www epa gov amad index html Data Reader Contributions I O Service Provider IOSP Interface for CAMx Barron Henderson ORISE Fellow EPA Ph D student UNC Chapel Hill Incorporating the IOSP into netCDF netcdf java v4 1 Library John Carron Unidata http www unidata ucar edu software netcdf index html UNC Chapel Hill 112 Institute for the Environment
40. windows using Plots gt Undock all Plots on VERDI s main menu as discussed in Section 5 2 1 The fast tile plot option was added in VERDI version 1 1 This will replace the current tile plot once it is fully operational and configurable The functions that are currently enabled for tile plots and fast tile plots are described in Section 10 Creating Plots UNC Chapel Hill 19 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 4 2 VERDI Main Window E9 VERDI Sele r Eile plots Window Help H E Q ae Tile Plot Fast Tile Plot Areal Interp Vertical Cross Section Time Series Time Series Bar Plot Scatter Plot Vector Plot Contour Plot Selected Formula O3 1 Datasets Datasets A File Configure Controls Plot GIS Layers EEE Time Step 1 06 01 2002 00 00 00 Layer 7 Slow 50 1 CCTM46_P16 baseO2a 36k 03MAX ____ _ __ Layer 1 O3 1 1 CCTM46_P16 base02a 36k 03MAX 1 008E 1 Variables 8 822E 2 Double click to add the variable as a formula NO ppmv 1 7 562E 2 NO2 ppm 1 03 ppmv 1 6 302E 2 gt a 25 0416 2 Time Steps 1 25 Use Time Range 3 781E 2 Min 1 06 01 2002 00 00 00 2 521E 2 Max 25 06 02 2002 00 00 00 1 260E 2 Layers 1 3 C Use Layer Range 2 790E 7 T T T T T T T T Min 1 a 1 21 41 61 81 101 121 141 June 1 2002 00 00 00 UTC Max 3 Min 124 45 5 111E 3 Max 54 48 8 010E 2 Domain
41. x June 02 2002 00 00 00 UTC Min 79 843 43 707 0 006 Max 76 441 38 514 0 093 el 35 6084N 78 8953W 11 4 Plot Menu Options The Plot pull down menu Figure 11 14 contains the following options Time Series of Probed Cell s Time Series Bar of Probed Cell s Time Series of Min Cell s Time Series of Max Cell s Animate Plot and Add Overlay UNC Chapel Hill 75 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 11 14 Plot Menu Options Tile O3 1 File Configure Controls Time Step 1 06 Time Series of Probed Cell s Time Series Bar of Probed Cell s Time Series of Min Cell s 101 Time Series of Max Cell s 96 Animate Plot Add Overlay 91 86 11 4 1 Time Series Plots The Time Series of Probed Cell s and Time Series Bar of Probed Cell s allows the user to select a set of cells and then produce a time series or time series bar plot of the chosen subset of probed cells The Time Series of Min or Max Cell s option creates a time series plot using data for the currently selected formula at that formula s domain layer range and time step range The minimum or maximum value of that formula over the domain and layer range at that time step is calculated by VERDI and used for each of the time step s data points 11 4 2 Animate Plots You can create an animated plot by selecting the Animate Plot option The Time Series and Time Series Bar Plots do not have an Animate P
42. 00 00 UTC Min 124 45 5 111E 3 Max 54 48 8 010E 2 UNC Chapel Hill 73 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 11 12 Enter Row and Column Values Tile O3 1 e File Configure Controls Plot GIS Layers Time Step 8 06 01 2002 07 00 00 Layer 1 4 Slow 50 Layer 1 O3 1 ECCTM46_P16 baseO2a 36k O3MAX 1 008E 1 8 822E 2 7 562E 2 6 302E 2 5 041E 2 3 781E 2 2 521E 2 1 260E 2 2 790E 91 96 101 106 111 116 121 126 131 June 1 2002 07 00 00 UTC Min 96 55 7 152E 5 Max 114 56 5 025E 2 Set Rows and Columns UNC Chapel Hill 74 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 11 3 6 Showing Latitude and Longitude To view the latitude and longitude values for a point on the plot select the Show Lat Lon option on the Controls menu then hover your cursor over the location for which you would like to know those values The lat lon coordinates will be displayed in the lower right hand side of the window Figure 11 13 The option to display the lat lon coordinates may be selected and works with either the Zoom or the Probe option Figure 11 13 Lat Lon Values Shown in Lower Right of VERDI Tile O3 1 File Configure Controls Plot Time Step Y Zoom Probe 0 00 00 Layer 4 Layer 0 v Show Lat Lon 100 90 80 70 60 30 20 10 0 20 40 80 80 1 o0 1 20 1 40
43. 00 UTC Min 135 15 0 202 Max 94 28 13 249 ArealInterpolation UNC Chapel Hill 50 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 10 4 Areal Plot Area Totals File Configure Controls Plot GISLayers Options Time Step 1 lt 01 01 2001 01 00 00 Layer Slow Layer 1 DRYOX_N 4 4 BaseCase dat on 2 6294901 000 5508038 412 4721175 824 3934313 236 a 3147450 648 2360588 060 1573725 472 786862884 104 109 114 119 January 1 2001 01 00 00 UTC Min 135 15 0 202 Max 94 28 13 249 4reallnterpolation UNC Chapel Hill 51 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 10 5 Areal Interpolation Plot Show Grid Gridded Data File Configure Controls Plot GISLayers Options on o Time Step 1 _ 01 01 2001 01 00 00 Layer Slow Layer 1 DRYOX_N 4 4 BaseCase dat kgfha 8 093 6 082 4 070 2 059 0 047 T T T T T T T 89 94 99 104 109 114 119 124 129 134 January 1 2001 01 00 00 UTC Min 135 15 0 202 Max 94 28 13 249 ArealInterpolation UNC Chapel Hill 52 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 10 6 Areal Interpolation Plot Show Selected Areas File Blots Window Help rm 8 Ea Tile Plot Fast Tile Plot Areal Interp Vertical Cross Section Time Series Time Series Bar Plot Scatter Plot Vector
44. 001 01 00 00 Layer T2 lt i gt _ _ gt J stow bo Name Area km2 DRYOX_N 1 kg DRYOX_N 1LA kajha E Layer 1 DRYOX_N 2 3010101 5655 875740826468 2433536 5 4 302669 A pj BaseCas idat 3010102 4515 625631195322 2046187 5 4 5313487 16139 3010202 1903 3636596603767 966721 5 5 0790167 Save Image AS 3010201 4392 830729537164 2160675 8 4 918641 010204 4105 370007776452 1804585 9 4 395672 Prins 3010105 1545 727366164398 704919 7 4 56044 Zoom_In 14128 3010103 5278 531687088094 2507917 2 4 7511644 Zoom_Out 3010106 1534 467680366486 l667539 25 4 3502984 Max_Zoom_Out 3010208 9742 857916457127 3446319 2 3 537275 45 12116 3010104 16 723523436829 1596897 2 4 9798403 i 3010203 2184 7607501077305 902749 25 4 132028 3040101 6298 539515028009 2538349 5 4 030061 M 10 108 3010107 3373 2908771270318 1293966 2 3 835917 39 3020102 2276 128379094424 963203 0 4 2317605 37 3020101 3355 0225950614754 1514861 4 4 5152044 35 S ai 3020201 6172 757287822339 2985992 2 4 837372 3030002 4378 35502573675 2168069 5 4 9517903 a 3040102 2334 434805271438 1042260 25 4 464722 a 3050101 6084 9079734726265 2718787 2 4 4680824 29 6 082 3040103 3086 777843056976 1519024 9 4 9210696 os 3030003 3734 570705962271 1607924 5 4 3055134 3020103 2532 450120517577 901513 06 3 5598452 8 aori 3020203 2618 741050173038 976491 75 3 7288597 23 3020104 2928 108448659794 1943170 75 3 221092 n Arealinterpolation Area Information DRYOX_N 1 0 0 1g
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46. 7 shp _ hucO2 shp _ hucl8 shp _ huc03 shp _ huc04 shp LJ huc05 shp _ huc06 shp _ huc07 shp _ huc08 shp _ huc09 shp _ hucl0 shp LJ hucll shp hucl2 shp LJ hucl3 shp _ hucl4 shp LJ hucl5 shp hucl6 shp File name Files of type Shape Files shp Finish Figure 8 3 Open Area File Select Name Field Opec oosa UNC Chapel Hill 38 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 8 4 Coordinate System lt 5 Open Area File Coordinates Please select the name field and the coordinate projection to use Name Field pR3_covID Coordinate System Geographic qa tjon Figure 8 5 Projection Information g Open Area File Coordinates Please select the name field and the coordinate projection to use Name Field PRJ_COV_ID x Coordinate System Projected x y Projection Information Equal Lat Lon Polar Sterographic Projection ambert Conformal Conic Projection ercator Projection ransverse Mercator Projection Figure 8 6 Additional Data Fields appear depending on projection selected UNC Chapel Hill 39 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Please select the name field and the coordinate projection to use Name Fit PRI COV JD w Coordinate System projected x y
47. 73 37 121 145 i June 1 2002 00 00 00 UTC Min 124 45 1 022E 2 Max 54 48 1 602E 1 Currently the VERDI Script Editor creates plots for layer 1 and timestep 1 for the formula and dataset that are specified A future release of VERDI will allow the user to specify the range of layers and timesteps set the column and row ranges to create zoomed plots and support additional command line scripting options 18 Command Line Scripting The commands described in this section can be executed from the command line through either command line arguments or Windows batch files In Linux you can edit the verdi sh script UNC Chapel Hill 104 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 adding the command options at the end of the last line of the script If you are using Windows edit the run bat script again adding the command options at the end of the last line and submitting the script at the windows command line An example syntax for all commands follows the format lt command gt lt command options gt where the at the end of the command is optional 18 1 Example Command Line Script for Linux Users Set an environment variable VERDI_HOME by using Setenv VERDI_HOME home a_username VERDI_1 3 Where a_username is your username The following script options will read in the file as the first dataset select O3 1 as the formula from dataset 1 and create a tile plot of the O3 1 verdi sh f
48. 8 6 10E 08 6 97E 08 7 84E 08 8 71E 08 9 58E HO 2 PPM September 07 1983 00 00 00 UTC Layer 0 HO 2 HO2 2 HO 2 x HO2 2 Scatter Figure 10 19 Scatter Plot Dialog Box Scatter Plot Select Formulas for Axes UNC Chapel Hill 60 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 10 20 Scatter Plot Export Data into a CSV file NO 1 x NO2 1 Scatter n x Fie Configure Controls Time Step l 4 02 16 2004 23 00 00 Layer l oj Scatter Plot 7 45E 02 6 77E 02 PY m J 6 09E 02 et ry eo 0 o o 5 41E 02 ba P ee 4 74E 02 4 z Export Scatter Plot Data into a CS File x Z 4 06E 02 Layers 3 38E 02 9 Alllayers 2 71E 02 Time steps 2 03E 02 Current time step 0 Alltime steps Cancel E00 n r 7 r m m 7 0 00E00 1 25E 02 2 50E 02 3 74E 02 4 99E 02 6 24E 02 7 49E 02 8 73E 02 9 98E 02 1 12E 01 1 25E 01 1 37E NO 1 ppmV 1 35E 02 6 77E 03 0 00 February 16 2004 23 00 00 UTC Layer 0 NOf 1 NO2 1 Tile Oak_white 5 NO 1 x NO2 1 Scatter FastTilePlot Tile O3 2 Tile LUFRAC_01 4 10 8 Vector Plot The vector plot shows vector lines representing the vector formed by using two formulas one for each component of the vector across a geographic area one formula represents the horizontal component the other represents the vertical component Figure
49. 81 7 562E 2 73 65 6 302E 2 57 49 041E 2 41 3 781E 2 33 25 2 521E 2 17 1 260E 2 Properties E 1 25 49 73 97 121 June 1 2002 00 00 00 UTC Min 124 45 5 111E 3 Max 54 48 8 010E 2 Save Image As Print Zoom_In Zoom_Out Max_Zoom_Out Tile O3 1 At the top left of the fast tile plot the spin control can be used to incrementally change the time step by clicking on the up or down arrow The Layer displayed for the plot can be controlled by clicking on the up or down arrow for the Layer spin control in the top center of the plot The top right corner of the plot contains buttons that allow the user to use play reverse forward and UNC Chapel Hill 48 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 pause options to control the animation of the plot A text box labeled Slow allows the user to add a delay between frames by entering a number delay is in milliseconds the default delay is 0 milliseconds Enter a number for the delay in the box and then hit Enter A larger plot with multiple map layers would not require the user to add a delay between frames but a small zoomed in plot with few map layers will require the user to add at least a 200 millisecond delay between frames to comfortably view the data Putting in a larger number will further slow the animation 10 3 Areal Interpolation Plot The areal interpolation plot displays the interpolated value of the selected fo
50. CSS E Forms Images Information Miscellaneous s Outline Resizer g Tools 2 View Source Options 7080 o wesen gt ee _ VERDI Visualization Environment f x _ http www cmasc LEASE NOTES b x _ Community Modeling and Analysi x we COMMUNITY ge Welcome Elizabeth Adams HOME ABOUT C QUARTERLY CONTACT EAC SITEMAP USER S VERDI 1 3 Installation instructions documentation and software for VERDI 1 3 NOTE Save the files that you download into a common directory File type Download link and file name Right click on link and choose Save Target As Linux installation instructions View 06 15 10 Mac installation instructions View 06 15 10 Windows installation instructions View 06 15 10 VERDI version 1 3 RELEASE NOTES View 06 15 10 Users Guide PDF Download 06 15 10 Users Guide HTML View 06 15 10 Test Documentation Download 06 15 10 Zip archive for Windows Download 06 15 10 Gzipped tar archive for Linux Download 06 15 10 DMG File for Mac OSX Download 06 15 10 Example Data Files Example Data is provided in the release archive 06 15 10 Developer Instructions View 06 15 10 Release date Loa Out Next Previous 4 Highlight all Z Match case 1 3 Where to Obtain VERDI Documentation Documentation is available in several locations described below Each lo
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52. Edit Metadata r 1 Datasets Formulas Areas 4 3 Floating the Dataset and Formula Panes The Formula Dataset and Areas panes can each be configured to float to allow you to position them alongside one another To allow a pane to float click the icon at the top of the pane that looks like a rectangle with an arrow pointing out of the upper left corner You can then click on the pane and move it to the left of the VERDI main window This is useful when you are entering a formula in the Formula pane if you have difficulty remembering the variables that are in a loaded dataset To re dock a window or pane click on the icon in the upper right corner The icon looks like a circle enclosed in a square This will return the floating pane back to where it usually lives within the main window 5 Navigating VERDI s Main Menu Options Figure 5 1 shows a graphic of the main menu options that are available on the top menu bar in VERDI s main window Figure 4 2 above These options are discussed in detail below UNC Chapel Hill 20 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 5 1 VERDI Main Menu Options File Plots Window Help Open Project Undock All Plots Areas VERDI Help Docs Save Project Animate Tile Plots Datasets About Save Project As Formulas View Script Editor Exit 5 1 File Menu Options 5 1 1 Open Project Open Project retrieves projects that were saved durin
53. Editor as shown in Figure 17 1 Prior running a batch script remove all datasets from the dataset list To remove a dataset click on each dataset in the dataset panel and press the yellow minus button Figure 17 1 File View Script Editor VERDI 4 Plots Window Hel Open Project Save Project Save Project As View Script Editor Exit An Open pop up window will be displayed click on a sample script file in the VERDIL_1 3 data scripts directory Figure 17 2 UNC Chapel Hill 97 Institute for the Environment Figure 17 2 Open Pop up Window VERDI User Manual 1 3 file_patterns tet multifiles txt After you select a script file and click Open in the Open pop up window the Script Editor window Figures 17 3 and 17 4 will appear in the right hand side of VERDI The Script Editor allows you to edit save and run batch scripts within VERDI The Batch Scripting Language used for the VERDI Script Editor is described in the header of the sample text format script files Figure 17 3 UNC Chapel Hill 98 Institute for the Environment Figure 17 3 Top of Sample Script File VERDI_1 3 data scripts file_patterns txt VERDI User Manual 1 3 Me k k ie 3k k k Me Jk dk k k k k dk k ite Jk k k k ie PERRRRERRRRRRRRRRRRRPRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRPEEEPRPRRRRRRRRR HEH HHHH A Test verdi batch file NOTE Batch Scripting Language All parameter value pair
54. File Plots Window Help rm Eq Tile Plot Fast Tile Plot Areal Interp Vertical Cross Section Time Series Time Series Bar Plot Scatter Plot Vector Plot Contour Plot Selected Formula O3 1 Datasets a Tile O31 to x LLJ A File Configure Controls Plot GIS Layers 1 CCTM46_P16 base02a 36k O3MAX Time Step 1 cal 06 01 2002 00 00 00 Layer iff lt I gt gt Slow 50 Layer 1 O3 1 1 CCTM46_P16 baseO2a 36k 03MAX 1 008E 1 Variables Double click to add the variable as a formula 8 822E 2 NO ppm 1 NO2 ppm 1 7 562E 2 O3 ppmv 1 6 302E 2 4 F Dataset Metadata bij Time Steps 1 25 2 Projection information amp 5 041E 2 Use Time Range Min 1 06 01 2002 00 00 00 Name LawbertConformal 3 781E 2 Parameters origin 40 0N 97 0U parallels 33 0 45 0 Max 25 06 02 2002 00 00 00 f 2 521E 2 Layers 1 3 Dataset Dimensions TSTEP UNLIMITED 25 currently Use Layer Range DATE TIME 2 1 260E 2 Min w LAY 3 VAR 3 2 790E 7 3 a e i ROW 102 Domain COL 145 Edit Metadata Dataset global attributes IOAPI_VERSION Id ioapi library version 3 0 a EYRC TN 19999999999999999 Datasets Formulas Areas ae Cg 6 8 Saving Projects As noted in Section 5 1 2 lists of datasets and formulas can be saved as projects using the Save Project option in the File pull down menu on the VERDI main window Refer back to that section for discussion on saving new
55. Functions essessoesocssessossooesessossoossoessesooesosssessossosssessossoossessossoossosssessossossssee 94 17 VERDI Seript Editt sovsccssssdscscsveveceseved saissouvscosseevas sonesvessitened cede bovvseesthedescunsnvaconesotecssbvasddessbunss 97 LS Command Line Scripting ssi sccssieecasssscs osxivecssencesinsousvantesidoocesnxcesnssancsvdessiveanesenacevansnasenassenees 104 18 1 Example Command Line Script for Linux Users 0 eee eeeeeeeeeeneeeseeceneeeseeeeneesaeenes 105 18 2 Example Command Line Script for Windows USe S i ceeceeeeeseeseceseeeseeeeseeeaeenes 105 19 Areal Interpolation Calculations ccccsssosssssssssssssssscsssessssssssssssssssssssesssssesesasesssasccces 110 20 Licenses for JAVA Libraries used by VERDI ccsssccssssscssssccssccssscccsssssesssssseecsess 110 Acknowledgments siocsiiaduisccstvcsindiscededceansecncdedacncastassontencatiscesassdboagdaiacesludsncadeslsccsdavenediedabadaalacsin 111 DENAR Omir DUI OTS ees cinco E E PTEE E eos naan asus easy casas E eacs cesamens oak bask oe E 112 Sap le CAM3 Dataset aines nin n a a a a das co tetattd ae 112 Sample Mercator Projection Dataset ccic sh2sc0cansanqnas de spacsuadaracderasoecasdianqeas tateecossmraeeain 112 Data Reader Cont Dutions nsise A aie A AAi 112 T O Service Provider IOSP Interface for CAMX cccccccccccccessessssececececeesensnteaeeeeees 112 Incorporating the IOSP into netCDF netcdf java v4 1 Library eeeeeeeeccecee
56. North America USA States USA Counties HUCs Rivers and Roads can be selected or deselected by clicking with the left mouse button on one of these map names This will cause a check button to appear or disappear next to the chosen map name and the selected map to appear on the plot UNC Chapel Hill 82 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 11 22 Add Map Layers File Configure Controls Plot GIS Layers z gt r Toe 1 2 06 01 Add Map Layers World Slow 50 Configure GIS Layers vV North America USA States Set Current Maps As Plot Default USA Counties 1 J CCTM46_P16 base fee ppm 1 008E 1 Rivers Roads 8 822E 2 Other 562E 2 6 302E 2 041E 2 3 781E 2 2 521E 2 1 260E 2 2 790E 7 19 37 55 73 91 109 127 146 June 1 2002 00 00 00 UTC Min 124 45 5 111E 3 Max 54 48 8 010E 2 The fast tile plot uses a new format for all maps and GIS layers called the bin format to improve the speed of displaying the map layers A shape2bin program that runs on linux platforms has been provided with the VERDI distribution to allow users to convert new map shapefiles to the bin format for the fast tile plot Linux UNC Chapel Hill extract the shape2bin zip that is located under VERDI_LHOME VERDL 1 3 directory using unzip shape2bin zip cd shape2bin Several linux binary executables are provided in with the code under the bin directory A makeit
57. Plot Contour Plot Ee Selected Formula DRYOX_N 4 CE eteo to x Area Files File Configure Controls Plot GISLayers Options es a Time step i 01 01 2001 01 00 00 Layer Layer 1 DRYOX_N 4 4 BaseCase dat lt I gt gt Slow 50 2222 1413 2225 1404 1417 1424 1440 1473 1486 1469 1468 1443 1461 1448 2232 1526 1491 1505 1545 1537 1485 1508 1569 1553 1502 6 082 4 070 2 059 0 047 1531 T T T T T T T 1601 89 94 99 104 109 114 119 1AIA January 1 2001 01 00 00 UTC Min 135 15 0 202 Max 94 28 13 249 R Datasets Formulas Areas 10 3 2 Areal Values for Polygon Segment To view the area total value and average value for a selected polygon segment use the mouse cursor to hover over a polygon on the map The values are shown at the bottom left of the information panel Figure 10 7 UNC Chapel Hill 53 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 10 7 Areal Values for Polygon Segments File Plots Window Help H rr amp F Tile Plot Fast Tile Plot Areal Interp Vertical Cross Section Time Series Time Series Bar Plot Scatter Plot Vector Plot Contour Plot Selected Formula DRYOX_N 2 CEE ee Box Area Files File Configure Controls Plot GISLayers Options Time Step 01 01 2001 01 00 00 Layer Ce Slow 50 Layer 1 DRYOX_N 2 2 BaseCase dat
58. S QUARTERLY COMMUNITY MODELING amp ANALYSIS SYSTEM Search CMAS Search TACT EAC SITEMAP USER SURVEY Select the Product for which you desire documentation SPATIAL ALLOCATOR VERDI Documentation is also available for the following unsupported Products e MM5 Modeling System Select the unsupported Product for which you desire documentation MM5 6 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 1 5 VERDI Documentation on the CMAS Web Site a _ Community Modeling and Analysis CMAS Model Documentation Mozilla Firefox a File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help e a A L hittp www cmascenter org help documentation cfm temp_id 74423413611 A A airs2m3 P Most Visited _ Cary IBT_certificate pd ef Low Impact Developm ProPublica Journalis Web Soil Survey HL Breaking News and Op J Time com Business News amp Fina 3 C CaryCitizen BY Disabler Cookies j CSS E Forms Images Information C Miscellaneous 5 Outline Resizer g Tools 2 View Source Options y 00 0 Tanasa l VERDI Visualization Environment f x _ http www cmasc LEASE NOTES bt x _ Community Modeling and Analysi x COMMUNITY MODELING o amp ANALYSIS HOME ABOU QUARTERLY CT EAC SITEMAP USER SURVEY Search CMAS HOME gt HELP gt DOCUMENTATION Model Docume
59. Subsetting also called cropping a dataset s or formula s time step range will affect any plots made see Section 9 4 to learn the precedence rules Figure 9 1 Specify Time Step Range E LL Lae Ej File Plots Window Help r jm Tile Plot Fast Tile Plot Areal Interp Vertical Cross Section Time Series Time Series Bar Plot Scatter Plot Vector Plot Contour Plot Selected Formula 03 1 Datasets KE Tle 031 Datasets File Configure Controls Plot GIS Layers FEP 1 CTM46_P16 baseO2a 36k O3MAX Matis ba 2121 OS HI 2INR RE REED Layer us So Layer 1 O3 1 1 CCTM46_P16 baseO2a 36k O3MAX 1 008E 1 Variables 91 Double dick to add the variable as a formula INO ppmv 1 INO2 ppmv 1 E 73 8 822E 2 7 562E 2 6 302E 2 Max 25 06 02 2002 00 00 00 37 Layers 1 3 2 521E 2 Use Layer Range 1 260E 2 2 790E 7 T T T Edit Metadata 37 a 109 e 1 2002 01 00 00 U n Min 124 45 1 936E 3 Max 16 54 7 985E 2 UNC Chapel Hill 42 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 9 2 Specify Layer Range Information on the range of vertical model layers included in a dataset is displayed in the Layers panel Figure 9 2 You can use the Min and Max spinner controls to select a subset of the available layer data for plotting Check the Use Layer Range box above the s
60. Zooming and other plot configuration options are discussed further in Section 11 3 Figure 10 1 Tile Plot File Configure Controls Plot Time Step 1 06 01 2002 00 00 00 Layer 1 Layer 1 O3 1 1 CCTM46_P16 base02a 36k 03MAX 1 008E 1 gt 8 822E 2 7 7 562E 2 4 6 302E 2 4 Properties 5 041E 2 7 Save as Print 3 781E 2 4 ZoomIn gt Zoom Out gt 2 521E 2 4 Auto Range gt 1 260E 2 4 1 1 21 31 a 51 61 71 81 91 101 WoO A a a X 2 790E 7 June 01 2002 00 00 00 UTC Min 124 45 0 005 Max 54 48 0 08 UNC Chapel Hill 47 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 10 2 Fast Tile Plot The Fast Tile Plot was developed with less third party software and provides faster rendering of images than the tile plot The fast tile plot supports all of the functionality of the tile plot with the exception of vector overlays An example of the Fast Tile Plot window is shown in Figure 10 2 The motivation for developing the fast tile plot was the slow display speed of the original tile plot when VERDI was used on a remote compute server The fast tile plot draws and animates substantially faster than the original tile plot Figure 10 2 Fast Tile Plot File Configure Controls Plot GIS Layers Time Step 1 2 06 01 2002 00 00 00 Layer if Slow Layer 1 O3 1 1J CCTM46_P16 baseO2a 36k O3MAX on o 1 008E 1 97 89 8 822E 2
61. ailable in the observational dataset Select the observational variable or variables that you would like to overlay on the tile plot from the Observation Details list Select the stroke size shape size and symbol and then click OK Once the observational data is overlaid on the tile plot the user is not able to remove or resize an overlay The center of the observational data point is positioned on the center of the grid for which the observational data point was located rather than at the lat lon location This is different than the Fast Tile Plot UNC Chapel Hill 79 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 11 18 Tile Plot Observation Dialog r Observation Dialog Observation Details Stroke Size Shape Size Symbol i CIRCLE Cancel 11 4 3 2 Vector Overlays Note The Fast Tile Plot does not currently support vector overlays This feature is available only in the Tile Plot Vector overlays will be added to the Fast Tile Plot in a future release Users have two options to display vectors e g wind vectors on a plot One option is to select the vector plot type using the procedure described in Section 9 7 to display the vectors on a map The other option is to display the vectors as an overlay on a tile plot as described below To add a vector overlay to a tile plot select the Add Overlay gt Vectors option from the tile plot s Plot pull down menu Figure 11
62. ame function as clicking on the tabs at the bottom of the windows panes 5 3 1 Datasets and Formulas Select from the Window pull down menu to bring to the front either the Areas pane Datasets pane or Formulas pane when those panes are docked 5 3 2 List of Plots The Window pull down menu is automatically updated each time a plot is created in a VERDI session each entry in the plot list indicates the type of plot and the formula used Clicking on a given plot entry brings that plot to the front for viewing Alternatively you can bring a plot to the front by selecting the desired plot tab underneath the plots area of the main window As in the menu entries each plot tab is labeled with the plot type and the formula used UNC Chapel Hill 23 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 5 4 Help Menu Options The Help pull down menu contains two items that you can use to learn more about VERDI When you select VERDI Help Docs the VERDI user s manual is displayed in a VERDI Help window This window is not searchable but it does allow you to navigate via hyperlinks in the Table of Contents and to scroll down and read the user s manual When you select About a pop up window that contains the name of the product the version number and the date the software was built is displayed 6 Working with Gridded Datasets 6 1 Gridded Input File Formats VERDI currently supports visualizing files in three formats CMAQ Input Output App
63. ample shape2bin NCA shp gt map_estuaries bin head 4 map_estuaries bin Email questions and comments to plessel todd epa gov C Program Files VERDI_1 3 plugins bootstrap data gt _ 11 5 2 Configure GIS Layers Fast Tile Plot To show an additional map on the plot select the Configure GIS Layers option in the GIS Layers pull down menu When you click on this item a dialog box titled Manage Layers gives you the following options Add Layer Move Up Move Down Remove Layer and Edit Layer Figure 11 24 UNC Chapel Hill 84 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 11 23 Manage Layers Dialog Box Manage Layers VERDI_1 3 plugins bootstrap data map_na bin VERDI_1 3 plugins bootstrap data map_counties bin Remove Layer Edit Layer e When you select Add Layer an Add Layer pop up window Figure 11 25 prompts you to select a map file to import into the base map Navigate to bootstrap data directory and select a map file with the bin extension and click next The Edit Style pop up window to allow you to edit the layer style Figure 11 26 or you can use the default line color and thickness The outline color of the map layer can be changed to help distinguish between map layers by clicking on the box next to outline color and selecting from the color palette Figure 11 26 The outline transparency or thickness can be changed by using spin controls to change the values
64. ample of the contents of a Linux version of this file is verdi dataset home home user a verdi data verdi project home home user_ a verdi proj verdi config home home user_ a verdi conf The items in the config properties that is installed with VERDI are commented out and will need to be uncommented by removing the starting sign if you do not want to specify the directories each time a file is loaded or saved Example settings that are provided in the default file show how to specify the paths to these locations depending on whether the UNC Chapel Hill 17 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 installation is for a Windows or Linux platform The dataset home setting specifies the default location from which to load datasets The project home setting specifies the default location from which to load and save projects The config home setting specifies the default location from which to load and save plot configurations Note that VERDI stores the most recently used directory for each of these functions and will go to that directory when you repeat the load or save 4 Starting VERDI and Getting Your Data into VERDI 4 1 Starting VERDI 4 1 1 Windows To start VERDI open the Start menu then highlight the Programs directory followed by the VERDI directory and then select the VERDI icon as shown in Figure 4 1 Figure 4 1 Starting VERDI in Windows J Uninstall Ton Programs Fe Documents ei
65. area of overlay between each grid cell and the polygon segment The total contribution of a value concentration deposition rainfall etc from each cell for a given polygon segment is calculated using the following equation TV sum Orci Vic where Orci Area of overlay of cell at row r and column c with segment i Vic value of cell at row r and column c and r and c iterate across the rows and columns of the grid The Average Value is calculated by dividing the total value by the area of the polygon segment AverageV TV Aj where A Area of the polygon segment i 20 Licenses for JAVA Libraries used by VERDI VERDI has been developed using a number of open source Java libraries Table 21 1 contains a list of the jar files or Java libraries that are used by VERDI a link to where each library may be acquired a link to the location where the license is referenced by the documentation for each UNC Chapel Hill 110 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 library as well as a link to each license The distribution for VERDI contains a sub directory called licenses This directory contains a copy of the licenses for the open source Java libraries used by VERDI Table 20 1 JAVA Libraries used by VERDI Reference to f List of Java Where to acquire Link to license or the
66. ariables from datasets on remote file systems To do this press the yellow plus remote button at the top of the Datasets pane In the Remote File Access Browser Figure 6 3 that appears enter your user name choose a host from a list and enter your password then click Connect Figure 6 3 Available Hosts in the Remote File Access Browser Remote File Access Remote User v Password Double cli e or directory Select one or more variables Cancel 6 4 1 Remote File Browser The top panel displays a listing of the home directory on the remote file system as shown in Figure 6 4 If the files are in a different directory than your default home directory please double click on the symbol at the top of the list to navigate back a directory then navigate within the remote file system to the directory where your files are located When you double click on the file that you would like to use VERDI will provide you with a list of variables that are available within the file To select variables from the list use your mouse to click on a single UNC Chapel Hill 27 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 variable or use either the Shift key with the mouse to select a contiguous list of variables or the Control key with the mouse to select a set of discontinuous variables Once the variables that you would like VERDI to read are highlighted click on the Read button Figure 6 4 Select one or more variab
67. articular dataset that has been loaded click on the dataset name in the list to highlight it and the variables will be listed in the panel below Datasets can be removed by highlighting the name of the dataset in the dataset list and pressing the yellow minus button Note that although the dataset will be removed the number that was assigned to that dataset will not be reused by VERDI during the current session Figure 6 1 Open Dataset File Browser Open Look in model PE L nae _ BaseCase dat Recent Items CCTM46_P16 baseO2a 36k 03MAX _ grid_pophous_utm ncf _ GRIDCRO2D_2006075_polar_stereographic ncf _ GRIDCRO2D_mercator _ world_NOX_latlon ncf UNC Chapel Hill 25 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 6 2 Datasets Pane Displaying Information about a Dataset Datasets 1 CCTM46_P 16 baseO 2a 36k O3MAX 2 agg cctm33fx nh3 200 ibase lambert ncf 4 GRIDCRO2D_2006075_polar_stereographic ncf Variables Double click to add the variable as a formula ppmv 2 ppmv 3 ppmv Time Steps 1 25 Use Time Range Min 1 06 01 2002 00 00 00 Max 25 06 02 2002 00 00 00 Layers 1 3 F Use Layer Range UNC Chapel Hill 26 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 6 4 Adding and Removing a Dataset from a Remote File System The VERDI 1 3 release allows the user to select and add v
68. ation 49 KB JE VERDL exe 5 17 2010 3 20 PM_ Application 34 KB verdi ini 5 17 2010 3 20 PM_ Configuration Sett 1 KB q Folders a l 12 items The current run bat in notepad contains a 1 at the end that allows it to accept input following the run bat script using the Windows run command Unfortunately this command does not accept directory names that have a space them such as the Program Files If you would like to enter the script command line options after run bat please move the data directory to C VERDI data or some other similar location Enter the following in the Run command cmd When a command line window opens do the following cd C Program Files WERDI_1 3 run bat f C WWERDI data CCTM46_P16 baseO2a 36k O3MAX s O3 1 gtype tile The other option is to place the script commands within the run bat itself Remove the 1 statement at the end of the run bat that is provided in the distribution and add the script options that you would like to use The following run bat contains script options that will read in the file C Program Files VERDI_1 3 data CCTM46_P16 baseO2a 36k O3MAX select O3 1 as the formula and create a fast tile plot The changes that you need to make to the run bat are highlighted in red UNC Chapel Hill 106 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 cd plugins bootstrap SET JAVA jre1 6 0 bin java IJAV A Xmx512M classpath bootstrap
69. ave made changes to the configuration of a plot and would like to save the configuration for future use on other plots use the Save Configuration option from the Configure pull down menu on the plot It is important to create a file name that indicates the formula name the dataset and the type of plot along with the cfg extension that indicates that it is a configuration file so that you will know which plot the configuration file was saved for An example file name is lt FormulaName gt _ lt DatasetFilename gt _ lt PlotType gt cfg or O3_CCTM_base_tile cfg This is only an example name you may use your own naming convention What is important is not how you name the files or how you organize the files into directories but that you remember the datasets and variables to which a specific configuration may be applied Saved configuration files may also be invoked in batch or command line scripts by setting the parameter configFile ie configFile C Program Files WWERDI_1 3 config txt To load a previously saved plot configuration first create a plot that is of the same type and uses the same formula that is used within the configuration file Then select the Load Configuration option from the Configure pull down menu on the plot An Open File Dialog window will allow you to look for the directory in which you saved the configuration file and to open that file The plot title color map and other plot configuration features will be appli
70. cation provides links to the available documentation for VERDI which can be viewed in your web browser or downloaded and saved to your computer e The VERDI download page on the CMAS website accessed using step 4 in Section 1 2 contains links to all of the available documentation e On the left hand side of the www cmascenter org web site you can hover the cursor over the Help Desk link and choose DOCUMENTATION from the menu that appears Select the product documentation that you want from the drop down list Figure 1 5 and click Submit Select the model release from the drop down list and click Search The resulting documentation pane shows that the available documentation for the chosen release of VERDI e From the www verdi tool org web site there are two ways to access the VERDI documentation on the www cmascenter org model documentation web page 1 A link near the top of the www verdi tool org home page sends you to a new page where you choose the model version When you click submit you are taken to the www cmascenter org VERDI documentation web page 2 Direct links from a box on the right hand side of the www verdi tool org home page take you to the documentation UNC Chapel Hill 5 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 available for VERDI Figure 1 6 shows the list of documentation that is available for download Figure 1 6 Getting Documentation on VERDI from the CMAS Web Site m
71. csv 10 3 4 Export Areal Plot Data to Shapefiles UNC Chapel Hill 55 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 At the top of the Area Information tab the user may select File gt Export Shape Files to export the data to a shapefile The data provided in the spreadsheet name field total area average value total value are exported to the shapefile A GIS program such as User friendly Desktop Internet GIS uDig http udig refractions net an open source Java program may be used to view the shapefiles generated by VERDI The shapefiles are saved as five separate files that must be kept together as part of the ESRI format shp dbf prj shx and fix There are no units assigned to the data that are saved in the shapefile so it is important for the user to keep a copy of the comma delimited text file or to keep some alternative text file that specifies the units for each data field A e e Figure 10 12 Export Shapefile Figure 10 13 Name and save shapefile Area Information DRYOX_N 2 0 0 k a Informal F save Fie le Export Area Information DRYOX_N 2 0 0 Save in My Documents vy eraa EEA Area km2 DRYOX_N 2 kg DRYOX_N 2 _A kg ha E x amp Downloads 1315 5655 875740826468 433536 5 4 302669 a 4 a My Archives iaz 4515 625631195322 2046187 5 4 5313487 MyRecent GD My mus 1309 1903 3636596603767 966721
72. cted dataset is usually the most recently added dataset g lt tile line bar contour gt instructs VERDI to create a plot using the specified type and the currently selected formula s data gtype lt tile line bar contour gt instructs VERDI to create a plot using the specified type and the currently selected formula s data help fullhelp usage display the information on all the command line arguments available Each of these three versions performs the identical function legendBins lt bin0 binl bin_n gt causes VERDI to use the specified numbers as breaks between colors on subsequent plots The value of this argument is a comma separated list of numbers For example legendBins 1 10 100 1000 will cause plots to be created with three colors that correspond to values of 1 10 10 100 and 100 1000 To go back to the default method for determining breaks between bins enter legendBins DEFAULT level lt level gt sets the level range of all formulas to the single level specified levelRange lt levelMax gt lt levelMin gt sets the level range of all formulas to the range specified openProject lt VERDIProjectName gt opens a previously save VERDI project printAlias prints existing alias definitions quicktime NEW creates a Quicktime movie of the currently selected plot quit exit ends the VERDI session raiseWindow lt windowid gt raises the window with the specified plot ID e
73. ctitecurcenesdincetacsseasahccuucecuadteGennecdesueacebeteveusndssincveteeeacuucubesuivcenbecdese 63 DSUs NG WC TOAD BOTS ee ese A a alae Sa 65 11 2 Conhieure Menu Options soiien BAe i ehe te E BA ee BA 65 11 21 Config tring Plots syicci sis cccsitvgsassers se cveasaneseaceisaeeaden vhavave hanna E E a aE SEa 65 11 2 2 Loading and Saving Configuration ceeccecescceceeececetececeeeeeeeeeeeeseeesneeeenaeeees 68 Ti ComtrGls Meni Options ay Bees GS Gets Neca essen eicosanoid 68 11 3 1 Zoom Using the Left Mouse Button 22 5 lei eee eae 68 11 3 2 Zoom Using the Right Mouse Button 2c 2 5201 s20i s ccscctgai ss cdesgececa be decedaesectinniece 68 11 3271 Tile Plotiand Vector Ploteri a nde dren eee 68 11 3 2 2 Fast Tile Plot and Areal Plot e ec ceccceceeeceeeseeeesaeceeaaeseeeeeenaeeeeaaeceeeaesneeeeaaeeeeaaeneeeeeens 69 11 3 3 Probing Values at Specific POImts s isc ccsccisascedtnspeveses bevesecetenceevssdessdeadoonaadesncenees 71 11 3 4 Probing a Domain Region of Data ec eecesececesceceeeeeceeeeeesteeeeseeeeneeeenaeeees 71 1153 5 Set Data Ranges ootncane aunen a a n a e Eataa 12 11 3 6 Showing Latitude and Longitude cc sas cecesessesestuenssessistchen seavancecevdyncsdmesondaceosnes ane 75 1 4 Plot Ment Options tiet ea scsavernstesctenctatnadeitesundcanienecetent A E E SARS 75 AE Time Series BNE renea a a a soe ee wads a sede E 76 I E ATEA ELSA e VOIE E EE e asa E EEE E TE A 76 A Ah Bis PCL Overlays o e a E nh Atlan ei
74. current aliases being used The following warning will be reported if an alias is defined more than once WARNING Alias lt aliasname gt already defined new definition ignored You are also responsible for not making circular references Use the printAlias command to view what aliases are already defined animatedGIF lt filename gt creates an animated GIF by doing an X Window Dump XWD of each of the time steps in the tile plot then converting them to GIF images If there are many time steps in the dataset there will be a slight delay before you are again given control of the GUI closeWindow lt windowid gt closes the window with the specified window ID UNC Chapel Hill 107 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 configFile lt configFileName gt specifies a configuration file for VERDI to use for configuring subsequent tile plots copyright prints out copyright information for VERDI drawDomainTicks ON OFF turns the domain axis ticks on and off drawGridLines ON OFF turns the plot grid lines on and off drawLegendTicks ON OFF turns the ticks in the legend on and off drawRangeTicks ON OFF turns the range axis ticks on and off lt filename gt tells VERDI to load in this dataset and make it the currently selected dataset All datasets will stay in memory fulldomain sets the VERDI domain matching the currently selected dataset to be completely selected The currently sele
75. d id ER X July 24 2001 00 00 00 UTC UWIND 3 x VWIND 3 vector Horizontal Component l UWIND 3 Vertical Component WIND 3 E Tile Optional UNC Chapel Hill 62 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 10 9 Contour Plot The contour plot shows a 3 D representation of values over a geographic area Figure 10 23 The current time step and layer can be adjusted using controls above the plot You can also animate the plot over time using an option in the Plot pull down menu Figure 10 24 In addition the contour plots can be rotated in three dimensions to achieve different viewing angles by using the left mouse button to grab and rotate the plot Figure 10 23 Contour Plot E contour UWIND 1 0 File Configure Controls Plot Time Step 3 07 24 2001 03 00 00 Layer UWIND 1 w 0 W 5 Ape rere eee X 4 s 4 Sa w SAA w 9 N INS z S 5 Figure 10 24 Contour Plot Menu Options File Configure Controls Plot Print Configure Plot Show Lat Lon Animate Plot Export s Image Load Configuration Show IsoContours Save Configuration 11 Plot Menu Bar Each VERDI plot contains its own menu bar that has options specific to that type of plot As an example the menu options at the top of a Fast Tile plot include those shown in Figure 11 1 Most options are common to all plots and function in the same way unle
76. e Datasets contain data for cells over a particular geographic area In the VERDI program this area is referred to as a domain By default the entire domain contained in a dataset is used in creating plots The Edit Domain dialog box can be used to select a subset of this domain for plotting To access the Edit Domain dialog box first use the vertical slide bar to bring the Domain panel located below the Layers panel into view if it is not already visible Figure 9 3 To select a subset of the domain press the Edit button The Edit Domain dialog box will appear Figure 9 4 If the area of interest is large background data such as state and county outlines will be shown on the map The magnifying glass buttons above the map can be used to zoom in UNC Chapel Hill 43 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 and out on the map Use the pan icon to drag the map to a position where the desired area is displayed To select the desired cells first press the Select Region button You can then drag a box around the area of interest selected cells will appear in blue To clear out the selected area use the Clear Region button When you are satisfied with the domain subset you have chosen click the OK button Subsetting a dataset s or formula s domain range will affect any plots made see Section 8 4 to learn the precedence rules Figure 9 3 Using the Slider to View the Domain Panel lolx Selected Formule O3
77. e of equivalent shape e 3 2 simply multiplies 3 by 2 The binary operators Pe ee Returns the sum of the operands E EEIE Returns the difference of the operands Ded RRE Returns the product of the operands a E EA Returns the ratio of the operands UNC Chapel Hill 96 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 ic EP s Returns the left operand raised to the power of the right operand Boolean binary operators return either 1 or O in each cell of the resulting matrix If the operands are single numbers then a single 1 or 0 is returned The Boolean binary operators Pa eee Returns 1 if the left operand is less than the right operand else 0 Di a Returns 1 if the left operand is less than or equal to the right operand else 0 Di Pe sehen Returns 1 if the left operand is greater than the right operand else 0 4 gt ee Returns 1 if the left operand is greater than or equal to the right operand else 0 Je t scenes Returns 1 if the left operand is not equal to the right operand else 0 O we Returns 1 if the left operand is equal to the right operand else 0 7 amp amp Returns 1 if both operands are non zero else 0 8 Wo Returns 1 if either operand is non zero else 0 Time Step Index A time step index can be specified after a variable name For example O3 1 0 is the value of the O3 1 variable at the first time step 17 VERDI Script Editor To open the Script Editor use File gt View Script
78. e s to Formula Editor 03 ppmv 1 Fo Add Variable s to Formula Edtor gt ine Steps 1 25 Add Variable s as Formula s Use Time Range 6 302E 2 gt 5 Min 1 06 01 2002 00 00 00 Time Steps 1 25 041E 2 Use Time Range Max 25 06 02 2002 00 00 00 Min 1 06 01 2002 00 00 00 Layers 1 3 3 781E 2 Max 25 06 02 2002 00 00 00 Use Layer Range t 2 521E 2 Layers 1 3 Mn 1 Use Layer Range ga 33 1 260E 2 Min 1 ES Domain Max 3 Edit Metadata o 2 790E 7 R 121 141 Domain Edit Metadata J y Formulas Datasets Areas UNC Chapel Hill 34 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 After the variable names are added to the Formula Editor click on the formula pane and use the cursor and the keyboard to type in the mathematical functions and operators where needed to create a valid formula see Section 7 2 and Section 16 After the formula has been created in the Formula Editor click the Add button to place it in the list of formulas available in the Formula pane To remove a formula from the formulas list highlight the name in the list and press the yellow minus button Note that removing a formula from the formula list does not remove plots that were created prior to the deletion of the formula 7 2 Example Formulas To examine the values of ozone in dataset 1 the formula would be O3 1 To examine the difference in ozone between datasets 1 and 2
79. e the text and use AV to insert the copied text Test your changes to the script by highlighting the text block and click run but remember to click Save or Save As to save the edits that you have made prior to exiting the Script Editor A successful script run will result in a pop up window reporting that the run was completed as shown in Figure 17 7 After saving the script file ex C verdi script myscript txt one can run the batch script directly from command lines without invoking the VERDI GUI windows On Windows system bring up UNC Chapel Hill 102 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 a command line window and run this command after change directory to where the run bat file locates gt run bat batch C verdi script myscript txt On Linux Mac platforms change directory to where the Verdi sh locates and run this command assuming your script file myscript txt is saved in home user verdi script directory verdi sh batch home user verdi script myscript txt The batch script usage see Figure 17 3 will also be displayed from the command line after typing the following command Windows gt run bat batch Linux Mac verdi sh batch Figure 17 7 Successful Batch Script Run Message r Run Batch Script i Finished running batch script file C Program Files VERDI_1 3 data scripts jpeg t If the user has specified an incorrect path or incorrect filename
80. ect plot s to animate by clicking the check box beside each plot name You can choose to animate a single plot or animate multiple plots synchronously To view multiple animated plots synchronously undock the plots see Section 5 2 1 and move them so that they are located side by side for visual comparison during the animation Once a plot has been selected you can select the time range by specifying both the starting time step and ending time step of the animation To create an animated GIF check the Make Animated GIF s option in the Animate Plots dialog box In the Save dialog box that appears select the directory in which to store the file and the name to use for the animated GIF then click the save button When saving as an animated GIF when multiple plots are selected each animated plot will be saved to a separate animated GIF file For example if three plots were selected the animated plots would be saved as lt filename gt 1 gif lt filename gt 2 gif lt filename gt 3 gif You can view the animated GIF by opening the file in a web browser Creating a Quicktime movie is also an option but this is not done through the Plots gt Animate Tile Plots main menu option Instead use the Plot menu option found at the top of each individual plot to make a Quicktime movie UNC Chapel Hill 22 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 5 2 Animate Plots Dialog and Tile Plots
81. ed to the plot Note that it is possible to load a saved configuration file that does not apply to the selected plot so before loading a saved plot configuration check carefully to be sure the plot type and formula of the configuration file match those of the plot 11 3 Controls Menu Options The Controls pull down menu contains the following options Zoom Probe Set Data Ranges and Show Lat Lon 11 3 1 Zoom Using the Left Mouse Button To zoom in and enlarge a subdomain of the data select the Zoom option Then hold down the left mouse button and use the mouse to click on a region of the map and then draw a rectangle around the region of interest To zoom out click on the map in the right bottom corner using the left mouse button and while holding down the left mouse button move the mouse to the upper left corner and then release the left mouse button 11 3 2 Zoom Using the Right Mouse Button 11 3 2 1 Tile Plot and Vector Plot On a tile plot or vector plot right click on the map to see a pop up window that will allow you to select Zoom In or Zoom Out on either Both Axes the Domain Axis or the Range Axis Select Auto Range gt Both Axes to recover the plot of the full domain or select Auto Range gt Domain Axis or Range Axis to zoom out fully along only the domain axis or only the range axis Figure 11 7 UNC Chapel Hill 68 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 11 7 Right Click on Tile Plot to Zoom Out
82. eeeesessseesesseseresrersessrssressessrsrresseesrssrersreseee 11 Z4 Graphics Reg irements iscinu e e aa aas 11 2 0 Display Properties ena n a a O eke eS el R Be 12 3 VERDI Installation Instructi ns secs csiecscssdesscnsnenovassasvedssesesetvcesteusdessgantesoosecvaceausenaseetsunseessseass 12 Dak VERDI Installation eiea a a anes ada A a 12 3 2 Installation Instructions for Linux and Other Non Windows JRE 6 Supported System COMMS UT AL OTS escrire g a ra ere Te or e eE EASES T 12 3 3 Installation Instructions for WindoOWs sssessesssesssesesssessseesseesseesseeesseeesseesseesseessseesssres 14 3 4 Settins VERDI Preferentes rooenis a a a Aa esai 17 4 Starting VERDI and Getting Your Data into VERDI esssesssesssecssocesocesoosssocesseessecesooseo 18 4l Staring VERD ereenn a E ei bedaatsaishaaedteden E aa 18 A WAM OWS ee rerai ea ae e a o en aaa 18 4 1 2 Linux and Other Non Windows JRE 6 Supported System Conf U AOS A as cs aces tats A a a e 18 42 Main Window neironinnnino sanasini a A a a e eataa 18 4 3 Floating the Dataset and Formula Panes eee eesscecesccecesececssececeeeeeceeeesseeeesaeeeenaeeees 20 5 Navigating VERDI s Main Menu Options ccccccscsccssssccsssccssssecscssessscsessessessessesees 20 5 1 File Ment Options wiascsicaicsstadasaseacincisdearssapsaastentedeta na ai a a E LEa 21 Jel Open Project renane A N N A E Se 21 5 127 Save Project asra han E a E SE EERE ene 21 5 13 View Sept Editon iiinn a T
83. eeseee 15 Setting the Start Menu Foldet iects cecsasthtiue dead gacate ds daacadasavtedgaieoacsussaaseesgaseneadsermasqates 16 File Extraction enen a a a a e A es A a E SS 16 BaO L eaa o Cr E E E AE E E EE 17 Startins VERDIN WAAL WW a e aaa va ess Se slg as ash sched E A E Es 18 VERDI Maint WMdOW iioc nesinnes es la ia Ea a a 20 VERDI Main Menu Options ss ssssessessseesseeessseesseessrrsseesssessseessresseesseeesseessseessresseeeseee 21 Animate Plots Dialog and Tile Plots ssseeeseeeeeseseseeseesereseserssressrserrsressesnresrersessresees 23 Open Dataset File Browser ssnsnciorniienutininnei nisn e a a iiis 25 Datasets Pane Displaying Information about a Dataset sseseneeeeeseeeeeseeereerersersrre 26 Available Hosts in the Remote File Access BrOWser eeseseeeseeererersrrererrersererees 27 Select one or more variables from Remote Dataset sseneseeeseereeseeereereesererrsrrrsresees 28 Remote Dataset Labeled with Number at End of the Filename 0 cc eeeeeeeeeeees 30 Edit ui properties file to add a remote host s s i cs cee gee de ede edeitad aneietenss 31 Right Click on Variable in Datiset Pane 2 3 ee cc ieee aie eae 32 Dataset Metadata Unit of ation cs 223 5 setcistece deel oevae kava Neeetaniess eh vive avandia 33 Adding Multiple Variables to Formula Editor oo cee cece eesecsseceseeeeneeenaecnseeeeeeeeaeees 34 Areas PANG tonennnd ales E bale E E R da AE E 37 Open Area File Browser iore a e e e t a tase ence oa
84. eld and the Coordinate System have been specified select Finish The resulting plot will be in the same projection as the gridded information used in the plot 8 4 Areas List The shapefile name s will be listed in the top panel of the Areas pane and the name fields for the polygons provided in the shapefile s will be listed in the panel underneath Figure 8 7 The actual model data are not loaded until later when the Areal Interpolation plots are created As additional shapefiles are added the name fields associated with each shapefile are appended to the bottom of the Areas list Use the scrollbar on the right side of the Areas pane to view the additional name fields that are available To remove a shapefile click on the name of the shapefile and press the yellow minus button at the top left corner of the Areas pane 8 5 Areal Interpolation When the user selects the Areal Interpolation Plot the selected formula is interpolated over the polygon areas that are listed in the Areas pane To select a subset of the polygon areas and view the average and total values for selected formulas see Section 10 3 Areal Interpolation Plot Figure 8 1 Areas Pane UNC Chapel Hill 37 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 8 2 Open Area File Browser Select one or more shape files containing areas An example file would be a shape file containing HUC regions oe et 250R a _ hucOl shp _ hucl
85. fm UNC INSTITUTE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Visualization Environment for Rich Data Interpretation VERDI 1 3 User s Manual U S EPA Contract No EP W 05 045 Operation of the Center for Community Air Quality Modeling and Analysis Prepared for William Benjey and Donna Schwede U S EPA ORD NERL AMD APMB E243 04 USEPA Mailroom Research Triangle Park NC 27711 Prepared by Liz Adams and Qun He Institute for the Environment The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 137 E Franklin St CB 6116 Chapel Hill NC 27599 6116 Date June 15 2010 VERDI User s Manual 1 3 Contents Dy TEP OCU i PEET ATETEA E E 1 RI SACK STOUT lt 2 nsccensecsquahzavesacsanregeesnceauntoiaanuead e a E a a nee Ae EE 1 12 Where to Obtain VERDI iiss corsscctacediads irer n E A deeded 2 1 3 Where to Obtain VERDI Documentation s ssssesssessessseesseeesstesseesseesseresseessseesseesseesseee 5 1 4 Help Desk Support for VERDI ssc scccsdssegeres avncataateseatsaderaceeseczeeeantacnsteteduaiceavaveenereceecnads 7 15 Fu t re VERDI Developme siormecyeirie u engaia tea gri e ies 10 2 Requirements for Using VERDI esssesssecescoescocesoesssccssocesocesoosesoeesoccssocesocessosesoeessecesocssooese 11 2 1 Java Runtime EnvirOnmienty 0is scacissvcvsascsesecsaavatceessedeauseavesaceesorseceanvaantedebedereavacceneseaevare 11 2 2 Memory and CPU RegiirementS ceiien tg ee t ait a 11 2 3 Requirements to Run VERDI Remotely ssse
86. for the input dataset then a series of error messages will appear starting with the message shown in Figure 17 8 Figure 17 8 Unsuccessful Batch Script Run Message File not found E Dataset Loading Error i No dataset handler registered for C Program Files VERDI_1 3 data model2 CCTM46_P16 baseO2a 36k 03MAX The VERDI Batch Editor does not currently check to see if the path specified by the user in either the imageDir or ImageFile exists and instead will send a message that the script was successfully run even if it was not If you are unable to find the images in the directory locations that you specified check to see if the directory that you specified as imageDir in the UNC Chapel Hill 103 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 batch script exists and then re run the script Double click on the file in the imageDir directory to load and view the image file in your default visualization software Figure 17 9 illustrates the tile plot image that was generated by running the highlighted text block Figure 17 9 Plot Image Generated by Task Block r z n E three_components_36k 03MAX jpeg Picasa Photo Viewer as _ i on l Layer 1 03 1 03 2 03 3 2 Title defined in Global Block To provide same Title for Multiple Plots 2 017E 1 97 89 1 764E 1 81 1 512E 1 73 65 i i 1 260E 1 57 i Ta 1 008E 1 M 7 562E 2 33 25 5 041E 2 i i 17 2521E 2 g 1 5 580E 7 1 25 49
87. g a previous session using the two Save Project options described next Note that when you use a saved project it is very important to load that project into VERDI before you load any additional datasets or create any additional variables formulas If you load a dataset that is not part of the previously saved project and then try to open a previously saved project you will get a message that says All currently loaded datasets will be unloaded and will be asked if you want to continue 5 1 2 Save Project The Save Project and Save Project As options save dataset lists and associated formulas as a project for later re use Note that plots are not saved with a project only datasets and formulas are saved If you wish to save a plot configuration for later use see Section 11 2 2 Loading and Saving configuration 5 1 3 View Script Editor The View Script Editor allows users to modify and run batch scripts within VERDI Three sample script files are provided with the VERDI distribution under the VERDI_HOME data scripts directory On a Windows machine the VERDI_HOME is typically C Program Files VERDI_1 3 Use the Open pop up window to specify eps txt one of the sample script files The contents of the eps txt will be displayed in the Script Editor in the right side of the VERDI window Modify it to specify the local directory path name for the sample data files the formulas the type of plots and the image format The plot
88. g the square root of each value in the O3 1 variable s array The following functions will return a matrix when passed a dataset variable abs Returns the absolute value of the argument sqrt Returns the square root of the argument SQF Returns the square of the argument log Returns the base 10 logarithm of the argument Reddo Returns Euler s number raised the power of the argument isins Returns the natural logarithm of the argument SiN Returns the sine of the argument The argument is in radians COS Returns the cosine of the argument The argument is in radians SOO SON Oe eR Bs tan Returns the tangent of the argument The argument is in radians UNC Chapel Hill 95 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 10 sind Returns the sine of the argument The argument is in degrees 11 cosd Returns the cosine of the argument The argument is in degrees 12 tand Returns the tangent of the argument The argument is in degrees The following functions will return a single number in all cases when passed a dataset variable mean Average cell value for all cells in currently selected domain sum Sum of all cell values in currently selected domain mint Time step index with minimum value in currently selected domain maxt Time step index with maximum value in currently selected domain rane x
89. g website are supported although not all have been tested http www baronams com products ioapi GRIDS html UNC Chapel Hill 87 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Users are encouraged to provide small input datasets as attachments to Bugzilla for testing and to facilitate future development efforts Figures 12 1 12 3 shows example plots generated for a dataset with an LCC polar stereographic and Mercator map projections respectively Figure 12 1 Lambert Conformal Conic Map Projection Example Plot File Configure Controls Plot Time Step 1 01 01 2001 01 00 00 Layer ik ss de im Slow 50 Layer 1 DRY_N 2 2 agg cctmJ3f nh3 2001 base lambert ncf kg ha 36 122 105 97 31 613 89 27 104 81 r3 22 595 65 57 18 086 49 i 13 577 33 9 068 25 17 4 559 9 1 0 050 1 25 49 73 97 121 145 January 1 2001 01 00 00 UTC Min 147 1 0 050 Max 93 29 36 122 UNC Chapel Hill 88 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 12 2 Polar Stereographic Map Projection Example Plot File Configure Controls Plot Time Step 114 03 16 2006 00 00 00 Layer ik Slow 50 Layer 1 LUFRAC_01 4 FRACTION 0 611 133 4 127 4 121 4 115 4 109 4 103 7 4 Tile LUFRAC_01 4 UNC Chapel Hill 89 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 12 3 Mercator Map Projection Example Plot Tile HT 3 File Configure Controls Plot
90. gions An example shapefile containing the 8 digit HUC watershed boundary map for the Southeast Region 3 is provided in the VERDI release under the VERDI_HOME data HucRegion directory Example on line data archives for these shapefiles include http datagateway nrcs usda gov http www 2 census gov cgi bin shapefiles national files 8 3 Adding and Removing an Area File To load a shapefile press the yellow plus button at the top left corner of the Areas pane Figure 8 1 A file browser Figure 8 2 allows you to change directories and select a shapefile file for use in VERDI Click on the shapefile name and click Next The Open Area pop up window will be displayed next which allows you to select the name of the field to read from the file and supply projection information if needed Use the pull down menu and click on the Name Field Figure 8 3 to be used If a prj file is not provided with the dataset the user is required to specify the projection information A pull down menu will prompt the user to select the UNC Chapel Hill 36 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 coordinate system used in the file either the Geographic lat lon coordinate system or a Projected x y coordinate system Figure 8 4 If the user selects Projected an additional pull down menu asks what type of projection and a text box allows users to provide the required information to do the projection Figures 8 5 and 8 6 After the Name Fi
91. h UNC Chapel Hill 80 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 a thick line a smaller magnitude vector with a thinner line At this time there is no user control over how the vectors are displayed and there is no option to remove the vectors from a tile plot Figure 11 19 Vector Overlay Dialog Box Figure 11 20 Wind Vector Overlay on an Ozone Tile Plot File Configure Controls Plot Time Step os 06 01 2002 00 00 00 Layer o O3 4 Layer 0 4 CCTM46_P16 base02a 36k 20020060 UWIND and VWIND Vector Overlay 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 X June 01 2002 00 00 00 UTC Min 123 44 0 005 Max 53 47 0 08 Tile O3 4 UNC Chapel Hill 81 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 11 5 GIS Layer Options Fast Tile Plot The GIS Layers pull down menu Figure 11 21 contains the following options Add Map Layers Configure GIS Layers and Set Current Maps As Plot Default Figure 11 21 Plot Menu Options File Configure Controls Plot GIS Layers Add Map Layers b Configure GIS Layers Time Step 1 06 01 Set Current Maps As Plot Default 11 5 1 Add Map Layers The Add Maps Layers option in the GIS Layers pull down menu is used to add maps to a Fast Tile Plot Figure 11 22 Tile plots fast tile plots and areal interpolation plots are the only plots that have maps For the Fast Tile Plot a selection of default maps including World
92. has been performed by the University of North Carolina Institute for the Environment under U S EPA Contract No EP W 05 045 and EP W 09 023 by Lockheed Corporation under U S EPA contract No 68 W 04 005 and Argonne National Laboratory VERDI is licensed under the Gnu Public License GPL version 3 and the source code is available through verdi sourceforge net Instructions for developers within the community are included in the Developer User Guide see Section 1 3 VERDI is supported by the Community Modeling and Analysis System CMAS Center under U S EPA Contract No EP W 09 023 The batch script and VERDI Script Editor were developed and documented under U S EPA Contract No EP D 07 102 through an Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards project managed by Kirk Baker The CMAS Center is located within the Institute for the Environment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill This guide describes VERDI version 1 3 released in June 2010 The following are useful web links for obtaining VERDI downloads and support 1 VERDI Visualization Tool web site http www verdi tool org 2 CMAS download page for users of VERDI http www cmascenter org download software cfm 3 CMAS SourceForge net website for developers of VERDI http sourceforge net projects verdi 4 VERDI Frequently Asked Questions FAQs http www verdi tool org VERDI faq html 5 To query M3USER listserv for VERDI related technical suppor
93. he Time Steps or Layers Panel in parenthesis next to the label for the panel e g for a dataset that has 5 time steps the range would be displayed as Time Steps 1 5 The user can select to use a subset of the full time step range by clicking on the Use Time Range checkbox and then using the Min and Max spinner controls to set anew minimum or maximum values for example choosing time step 2 as the minimum time step and time step 4 as the maximum When a tile plot is created it will only display time steps 2 4 Detailed instructions for using the Time Steps Layers and Domain panels that you see in Figure 6 4 are discussed in Section 9 Spatial and Temporal Data Subsetting 6 7 Domain Panel The domain panel contains an Edit button and a Metadata button Detailed instructions for using the Edit button are provided in Section 9 Spatial and Temporal Data Subsetting To display the metadata information about a dataset click on the Metadata button in the Domain panel A window containing the metadata will appear Figure 6 8 Each dataset includes metadata information that is part of the file header The metadata provided include the map projection information the number of time steps in the file the number of columns and rows and other information UNC Chapel Hill 32 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 6 8 Dataset Metadata Information
94. he parameters area contains three tabbed panes e The Datasets pane is used to load in the dataset files that you want to work with in this session this is discussed in Section 6 Once the datasets are loaded VERDI automatically displays the lists of variables that are in the datasets To see the variables in a dataset click on the dataset and the variables will be displayed in the Variables panel underneath the list of datasets In Version 1 05 and later if you double click on the name of a variable listed on the variables panel the variable will automatically be added as a formula on the Formula pane and will be the default formula for new plots that are created e The Formula pane is used to create a formula that refers to the variable and the dataset that you are interested in plotting see Section 7 for more information All plots in VERDI are generated from formulas A formula can be as simple as a single variable from one dataset or it can be an equation that uses variable s from one or more datasets e The Areas pane is used to load area files that are used to create areal interpolation plots see Section 8 for more information Area files are defined as shapefiles that contain area features such as watersheds and counties or any other shapefile that consists of a set of closed polygons Any plots that are created are shown in the plots area on the right hand side of the main window These plots can be placed into their own movable
95. i ini file to specify a different heap size from the default 1024M e On Linux or another Unix platform you can edit verdi sh and replace the 1024 in Xmx1024M with a different value for example Xmx2048M will allow VERDI to access up to 2048MB or 2GB of RAM Note that even slower CPUs can quickly view and animate smaller datasets whereas larger datasets can take longer Initially VERDI s performance was slow when it was used across the network via ssh This problem was addressed in version 1 1 with the addition of the Fast Tile Plot In VERDI version 1 3 the Fast Tile Plot supports most of the configuration options of the original tile plot including display lat long probing zooming and adding grid lines A future release will add vector overlay capability to the Fast Tile Plot 2 3 Requirements to Run VERDI Remotely VERDI may be used to run on a remote compute server and have the graphics display locally on your desktop machine Unix workstation Mac or PC using the Fast Tile Plot Your computer needs to be configured to run X Windows Typically you will connect to the remote compute server using secure shell SSH If you are using an X Server and wish to generate 3 D plots using Open GL you need to turn on Open GL support within the X Server 2 4 Graphics Requirements Three dimensional contour plots require a graphics card with OpenGL or DirectX capability By default VERDI uses OpenGL for 3D rendering If you would like t
96. id formula consists of a single variable for example O3 1 Using infix notation more complicated formulas can be constructed using the following mathematical operators and functions Note that the documentation below derives from the equivalent documentation for the Package for Analysis and Visualization of Environmental data PAVE which is available at http www ie unc edu cempd EDSS pave_doc EntirePaveManual html UNC Chapel Hill 94 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Listed in order of precedence the functions and operators are 1 abs sqr sqrt exp log In sin cos tan sind cosd tand minx miny minz maxx maxy maxz mint maxt mean sum min max power bes Se ene bey ar ee A A J y V i VERDI also supports the following constants RE E E 2 7182818284590452354 Di PU EET 3 14159265358979323846 3 NROWG Number of rows in the formula s currently selected domain 4 NCOLS Number of columns in the formula s currently selected domain 5 NLEVELS Number of levels in the formula s currently selected domain Unary Functions Unary functions are passed a single argument Depending on the argument and the function type the function will return a single value or a matrix of data by performing the function on each cell of the arguments array For example e The function sqrt 4 will return 2 0 e The function sqrt O3 1 will return a matrix containin
97. igure 11 11 Select Set Row and Column Ranges sessesesessesesseesresressessresreesersetsressresseseresreses 73 Figure 11 12 Enter Row and Column V alues 22542 4 108 Sih ASR 74 Figure 11 13 Lat Lon Values Shown in Lower Right of VERDI eee eeceeeeeeeteceeeeeeeeeeneees 75 Proure Wl Plot Men pu Gis innis oa a a E a a e S EE aT 76 Figure 11 15 Animate Plot Dialog BOX sseessesseesesseesesssesresseserssresseseresressesstesreeseeserseesseeseseresreses 77 Figure 11 16 Past Tile Plot Observation Dialog xx 2s2 cai ccite gteessecsaesteen Sd oyestaesaeeeneieeeseusdaeeteaes 78 Figure 11 17 Fast Tile Plot with Observational Data Overlay 000 eee eeeeeeeeeeneecneeenneeeeeeeeneees 79 Figure 11 18 Tile Plot Observation Dialog cctccctet oss misses syessess ab et tet ee ame en eoetnien tent ckiet aise 80 Figure 11 19 Vector Overlay Dialog BOX ccccssssssssscssssscscnsscsenecesseccesnencesaeseenccessaccesnesenss 81 Figure 11 20 Wind Vector Overlay on an Ozone Tile Plot eee esseceseceeeeeeeesnaeceeeeeeeeeneees 81 Figure 11 21 Plot Menu Options sx 22ic c ie handdian an delnee duke agia 82 Figure 11 22 Add Map Layetse minh ts teal Qa adic ie eat Dogan tea E eens 83 Figure 11 23 shape2bin command Usage acne G Se Se eG eG Sa 84 Figure 11 23 Manage Layers Dialog BOX 222 31d 2 cielo i eee es 85 Figure 11 25 Add Layer Pop up WindoW cs odhtesctole aun sash emetic Gaile heel adie 86 Figure 11 26 Edit Layer Pop up Wind
98. igvace iat eterb acne dnltees Maeeecn dee ebeoens 51 Figure 10 5 Areal Interpolation Plot Show Grid Gridded Data eee ceeceeseeeteceseeeeeeeeneees 52 Figure 10 6 Areal Interpolation Plot Show Selected Areas e eee esseceseceeeeeeeecneecnseeeeeeeeneees 53 Figure 10 7 Areal Values for Polygon Segments cc csscssssscsessscsesssescseccesnnccesnsceeenacescnsesees 54 Figure 10 8 Right Click on Area Plot acicuscieeeur nn did Gries aie eae 55 Figure 10 9 Area Information S pr adsheet ic 4 52 5 ace taeesdcta6 ota siesta as Deeesdi tal edie dsc eee es 55 Figure 10 10 Export Spreadsheets icccissusiaassiesdends siedad dads ciedyas pees Wasdlants esta died a n a e 55 Figure 10 11 Name and save spreadsheet saci 1a cess edie ie ae Doe een ea Heute 55 Fig re 10 12 Export shapenle t 24 365 65 GoGo eR Se Ee Sk 56 Figure 10 13 Name and save shapefile i225 0 28ad sect eel eae i aoa de 56 Figure 10 14 Vertical Cross Section Plot sco teectoel os alts ceelsse ematical oeccidas haeol ied 57 Figure 10 15 Vertical Cross Section Dialog Box 2 acest ge ee eee nein 57 Figure 10 16 Time Senes Plot ane a ee es ae E EA A EAA Salah 58 Figure 10 17 Time Series Bar Plot s ccssccsecaeiecien aces cedecsistns adie ecelh estes Rete eden 59 Fig re 10 18 Scatter PIOU sti tescs act n ct test Sonate a e ah tine te in E a ae 60 Figure 10 19 Scatter Plot Dialog Box xccciecinieheed nada hie ee 60 Figure 10 20 Scatter Plot Export Data into a CSV file
99. ile name is specified by setting the parameter imageFile imageFile three_components_36k 03MAX UNC Chapel Hill 101 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Use the left mouse button to highlight the task that you would like to run and then click Run in the Script Editor window a pop up window will appear that indicates the task ran successfully Figure 17 6 In the example shown in Figure 17 6 the title and sub title were obtained from the definition in the global block Aspects of the plot defined in the global block are used for multiple tasks and are applied even if only a highlighted task is run Figure 17 6 Highlight Text to Select Task and Click Run imageDir C rogram Files imageFile Zero out_36k O3MAX lt Task gt dir C Program Files VERDI 1 3 data model f copy 36k O03MAX CCIM46 P16 base02a 36k O3MAX f another 36k O3MAX s 03 1 03 2 03 3 2 gtype tile saveImage jpeg imageDir C Program Files VERDI_1 3 data plots imageFile three components 36k 0O3MAX m lt Task gt dir C Program Files VERDI_1 3 data model titleString Test formula at 4 fold f copy 36k 03MAX m a Script Editor If the user selects Run without highlighting a Text Block then the entire batch script will be run and the plots generated To edit the batch script highlight a segment that you would like to copy and use C to copy the text and then click in an area where you want to past
100. in order for it to recognize a newly added remote host name Figure 6 6 Edit ui properties file to add a remote host Ei ui properties WordPad File Edit View Insert Format Help Del R amp Bs menu order elements are menu ids or menu labels sub menus are not supported yet menu order File Plots Window Help toolbar group order separates groups but does NOT insert a toolbar separator separates groups and does insert a separator toolbar group order file window runGraph anl verdi core bar formula_group remotehosts amber nesc epa gov vortex rtpnce epa gov garnetOl rtpne epa gov tulip rtpne epa gov 152 2 72 156 bc16 n13 isis unc edu For Help press F1 6 5 Variables List The variables list shows all of the variables contained in a loaded dataset see the example in Figure 6 7 To display a variables list select the name of the dataset of interest in the Datasets pane Each of the variables in the list can be used to create a formula in the Formula pane that can then be used to create plots VERDI allows the user to automatically add a formula by double clicking on the name of a variable Double clicking on a variable will automatically create a formula that contains the variable for the loaded dataset and it will become the default formula for making plots In addition you may right click on the name of the variable to show a popup menu as shown in Figure 6 7 From this menu you can either add
101. inner control above the plot There is also a Column spinner control to change the column number or row number The cross section column number or row number is included in the title of the plot UNC Chapel Hill 56 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 10 14 Vertical Cross Section Plot O3 1 Vertical Cross Section File Configure Controls Plot Time Step 28 18 5 16 4 145 12 4 10 4 Layer 1 O3 1 vertical Cross Section UNC Chapel Hill 11 21 06 30 2006 20 00 00 Row he 03 1 Row 1 1 CCTM47_36k CONC ncf 31 41 51 61 71 81 91 101 111 121 Domain Column June 30 2006 20 00 00 UTC Min 0 019 Max 0 07 131 141 8 0000E 2 4 7 0000E 2 6 0000E 2 5 0000E 2 4 0001E 2 4 3 0001E 2 4 2 0001E 2 4 1 0001E 2 4 1 2890E 6 Figure 10 15 Vertical Cross Section Dialog Box FA vertical Cross Section 1d Select Cross Section x Axis Cross Section Column 30 Y Axis Cross Section Row Shes 57 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 10 5 Time Series Plot The time series plot shows a line graph with the average values over time Figure 10 16 The plot is made for the formula s selected domain layer range and time step range Each time step s data are averaged linearly to produce that time step s data point The current layer can be changed using the Layer spinner co
102. ional data Sample observational data are provided under the directory VERDI_HOME data obs to allow the user to create a sample Observational Data Overlay Plots The User is encouraged to use the Fast Tile Plot as improvements have been made to the Observational Overlays such as the observational data is plotted at the actual lat lon rather than in the middle of the corresponding grid cell and multiple observational overlays are supported The Observational Data Overlay Dialog is different for the Fast Tile Plot and the Tile Plot To begin load both a model output dataset and an observational dataset Note that when the observational dataset is loaded in the Dataset pane an obs label appears to the right of the dataset name Next create a formula in the Formula pane using a variable from the model output dataset Use this formula to create either a fast tile plot or a tile plot Note If you create a formula referencing a variable from an observational dataset this formula will appear in the formula list but it cannot be used to create a plot If you try to use a formula that contains a variable from an observational dataset the following error will occur Error while evaluating formula Selected dataset is observational 11 4 3 1 1 Fast Tile Plot Observational Dialog To view observational data as an overlay on a fast tile plot select Add Overlay gt Observations from the tile plot s Plot pull down menu Figure 11 14 An Observation dial
103. lation Instructions for Linux and Other Non Windows JRE 6 Supported System Configurations VERDI requires the following third party software JRE 6 Java3D and Java Advanced Imaging JAI The Linux 32 bit version of the required third party software is provided in the VERDI release tar file 1 tar xvf verdi_1 3 tar into a location where you would like to install VERDI 2 Edit verdi_1 3 verdi sh a Change the path for the VERDI_HOME variable to reflect the location where VERDI was installed e g VERDI_LHOME ustr local verdi b If you download JRE 6 for a version other than Linux 32 bit that is provided with VERDI as described in the next section change the path for the JAVA variable to reflect where the java executable has been installed 3 If the settings for the variables in step 5 are correct VERDI should now run if you execute the verdi sh executable script e g verdi sh If your non Windows computer requires a JRE 6 other than what was provided in the distribution UNC Chapel Hill 12 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 1 Download Java 6 for your platform from http www java com en download manual jsp 2 Download Java3D a For all platforms go to http java sun com javase technologies desktop java3d b Go to download section click on Download Java 3D 1 5 1 Software select your platform agree to license agreement and continue c mv java3d 1_5_1 linux i586 bin to
104. les from Remote Dataset Remote File Access Remote User lizadams Host bc16 n13 v Password eeeeeeeee Double click a NetCDF File or directory l CCTM47_cb0Shgtx 2007131 1lay ncf CCTM47 _cb0Shgtx_64pgf52 aba07 12k CONC 2007131 ncf CCTM47 _uae_12k CONC 2007182 NO2 ncf IDL OldFiles bin flexdock ms ncBrowse_InstallLog xml private public public_html save test Select one or more variables The variables read from the remote dataset will be displayed in the dataset and variable browser in the same way that variables from a local dataset are added and displayed within VERDI The subsetted local dataset names are identical to the file names on the remote host except for an additional extension that enumerates how many times the remote files were read and saved locally by VERDI i e filename1 filename2 filename3 etc as shown in Figure 6 5 To add additional variables from the same remote dataset click on the plus remote button and repeat the above procedure The Remote File Browser retains the login session and the directory that was last accessed by the user to facilitate ease of accessing remote datasets VERDI will increment the numerical extension to the dataset name to allow the user to know that this subset file was created using the same remote dataset but that the subset file with the new numerical UNC Chapel Hill 28 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual
105. lications Programming Interface I O API netCDF WRF netCDF and CAMx UAM IV VERDI uses version 4 1 of the netCDF java I O library http www unidata ucar edu software netcdf java The CMAQ I O API was designed as a high level interface on top of the netCDF Java library see http www baronams com products ioapi and http www unidata ucar edu software netcdf for further info The I O API library provides a comprehensive programming interface to files for the air quality model developer and model related tool developer in both FORTRAN and C C I O API files are self describing and include projection information within the gridded dataset See section 12 for additional information on what projections and gridded data formats are supported by VERDI netCDF and I O API files are portable across computing platforms This means that these files can be read regardless of what computer type or operating system you are using There are routines available to convert data to these formats or new code can be written and contributed to VERDI for use by the community Discussion of the I O API conversion programs and how to use them can be found in Section 13 I O API Utilities Data Conversion Programs and Libraries If you write a routine for VERDI to read gridded data from other formats please consider contributing your code to the user community using sourceforge net as described in Section 14 6 2 Example Datasets Several example
106. lot Color Map Tab r 4 Configure Plot r Subtitle 2 Show Title F _ nea 4 Configure Plot am nihe Titles Color Map Labels Other Titles Color Map Labels Other Tite Number of Tiles 8 Palette Type Sequential X Show Tite F Palette ree eve LO C ight to dark purple a Font Dialog plain bold 24 Select C E light to dark blue Color OM CII cht to dark orange TIRE cht purple to dark blue i meee IRIE orange to cerk rea ame CLI oh to ark rec z Text 1 CCTM46_P 16 baseO2a 36k O3MAX CL_ DE light yellow to dark green Font Dialog plain 12 BRAT light yellow to green to dark blue ml Newton RGB AVS a Color O Interval Automatic Number Format 1 2E Min 2 789808e 07 Max 0 100828 E Color Interval Start BHOSGEEO Figure 11 5 Configure Plot Labels Tab Figure 11 6 Configure Plot Other Tab Configure Plot Configure Plot Titles Color Map Labels Other Titles Color Map Labels Other Label Text font olor Ticks i E Show Tick Labels Font Coor Grid Lin Vector Arrow Color 67 UNC Chapel Hill Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 11 2 2 Loading and Saving Configuration If you h
107. lot option The plots that may be animated include Tile Fast Tile Vertical Cross Section Vector Plot and Contour Plot An Animate Plot dialog box Figure 11 15 will appear allowing you to save animations either as an animated GIF with a file extension of gif or as a Quicktime movie with a file extension of mov This Plot menu option is plot specific and so does not allow you to animate more than one plot at a time To animate multiple plots you will need to use the Plots pull down menu at the top of the VERDI main window see Section 5 2 2 Animate Tile Plots UNC Chapel Hill 76 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 11 15 Animate Plot Dialog Box Animate Plot Animate Plot Starting Time Step st 06 01 2002 00 00 00 Ending Time Step 25 06 02 2002 00 00 00 C Make Animated GIF C Make Movie 11 4 3 Add Overlays 11 4 3 1 Observational Data Overlays It is useful to visually compare the results contained in model output datasets with the data points in observational datasets You can do this by creating a tile plot or a fast tile plot of the model output and then overlaying observational data points on the plot The observational dataset needs to be in an I O API observational data format see Chapter 13 for more information about how to convert AIRS observational data into this format A future enhancement of the VERDI Fast Tile Plot will be the ability to support CSV format observat
108. ls 2 View Sourcer lt gt Options 4 o wesseara 0 gt BH Enter Bug VERDI EZ Doyou E E E E E E A a Never for This site Mot Now le Estimated 00 Hours Deadline YYYY MM DD URL http Summary Description Attachment Adan atachnen Depends on Blocks Commit _ Remember values as bookmarkable template Actions Home New Search Find Reports My Requests Preferences Log out lizadams email unc edu Edit Parameters User Preferences Sanity Check Users Products Flags Custom Fields Field Values Groups Keywords Whining Saved Searches My Bugs Add the named tag to bugs Done UNC Chapel Hill 9 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 1 8 Add Attachment Form in Bugzilla File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help X E A L http bugz unc edu enter_bug cgi w 4 gt bugzilla cmas pr 2 Most Visited Cary_IBT_certificate pd S Low Impact Developm ProPublica Journalis 6 Web Soil Survey H Breaking News and Op gt Disable Cookies CSS E Forms Images Information Miscellaneous s Outline Sa Resizer g Tools View Sources gt Options 4 0 kanasa C5 _ Enter Bug VERDI 2 Do you want Firefox to remember the password for lizadams email unc edu on unc edu Remember Never for
109. map_rivers bin _ map_roads bin _ map_states bin _ map_world bin File name Files of type Previous UNC Chapel Hill 86 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 11 26 Edit Layer Pop up Window S Edit Layer LZ Edit Style Please edit this layer s style Layer Tite Default Styler Simple Style Rule Based Style Outline Outline Color 153 0 102 Outline Transparency 1 Outline Thickness 1 Oo Sample Text Sample Text E Ez Sample Text Sample Text ox canci reset Preview Preview N Finish Cancel 11 5 3 Set Current Maps as Default Location This option is currently greyed out It will be supported in a future release to allow a user specify and save the maps loaded by default to a configuration file 12 Supported Grid and Coordinate Systems Map Projections VERDI makes calls to the netCDF Java library to obtain the grid and coordinate system information about the data directly from the model data input files when the input data files are self describing CMAQ SMOKE WRF netCDF format files 12 1 IO API formatted Data For IO API files support for Lambert conformal conic LCC map projection Universal Transverse Mercator UTM map projection and polar stereographic map projection was added in VERDI 1 1 and Mercator projection in VERDI 1 2 The grid projections listed on the followin
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111. nes such as adding the ability to do bilinear interpolation smoothing or adding nonlinear scales e g log to the color map The direction of future development will depend on the resources and the needs of the modeling community If you are interested in contributing code to VERDI please review the information in Chapter 14 Contributing to VERDI Development i Schwede D N Collier J Dolph M A Bitz Widing T Howe 2007 A New Tool for Analyzing CMAQ Modeling Results Visualization Environment for Rich Data Interpretation VERDI Proceedings CMAS 2007 Conference UNC Chapel Hill 10 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 2 Requirements for Using VERDI 2 1 Java Runtime Environment VERDI requires version 6 of the Java Standard Edition Runtime Environment JRE The JRE 6 is provided as part of the VERDI release for Linux 32 bit and Windows Instructions for how to download JRE 6 and the additional third party libraries for Linux 64 bit are provided in section 3 2 2 2 Memory and CPU Requirements VERDI s memory and CPU requirements largely depend on the size of the datasets to be visualized Small datasets can be visualized and manipulated using less than 1024 megabytes of RAM while larger datasets may need considerably more If you are using datasets that require either more or less than 1024 MB of memory you can change the default maximum memory setting used by VERDI e On Windows edit the Verd
112. nt corresponds to the lat lon value that is provided in the IO API observational data file Figure 11 16 shows a fast tile plot with grid lines drawn illustrating that when more than one observational data point are located at the same location they are placed side by side Figure 11 16 Fast Tile Plot Observation Dialog r 4 Observation Dialog Observation Details ID none 2 Stroke Size 03 PPM 2 038 PPM 2 zz Symbol Selected Observation Variable s 038 2 DIAMOND stroke 1 size 8 UNC Chapel Hill 78 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 11 17 Fast Tile Plot with Observational Data Overlay Tile O3_BHRMAx 3 File Configure Controls Plot GIS Layers Time Step 11 06 01 2002 00 00 00 Layer ik Slow 50 Layer 1 03_8HRMAX 3 3 cmag_max803_PHASEsum02 joapi 4J max8O30bsaqs_sum2002PHASE ioapi OBS 167 348 146 977 126 607 106 237 2 a 2 85 867 187 196 205 214 223 232 241 250 June 1 2002 00 00 00 UTC Min 252 79 37 771 Max 232 135 95 514 Symbols O MAxXO3M 4 O MAXO3 4 Tile 03_8HRMAX 3 11 4 3 1 2 Tile Plot Observational Dialog To view observational data as an overlay on a fast tile plot select Add Overlay gt Observations from the tile plot s Plot pull down menu Figure 11 14 An Observation dialog box Figure 11 18 will appear containing the variables that are av
113. ntation The following documents are available for VERDI 1 3 INSTALL LINUX TXT e INSTALL MAC TXT e RELEASE NOTES TXT e VERDI PAVE TEST DOCUMENT PDF e VERDIDEVELOPERINSTRUCTIONS PDF e VERDIUSERMANUAL PDF Search for other Model Documentation We have also created a Porting Guide for building different CMAS software components on unsupported environments Due to the nature of model research and development the model documentation may not always be up to date with the code We will make every effort to provide current documentation or notices when the documentation differs from the available models Ifyou wish to download any of the CMAS supported models please visit the Model Download page Log Out x Find Net Previous 4 Highlight all E Match case 1 4 Help Desk Support for VERDI You are encouraged to check the VERDI FAQs to search the M3USER listserv for VERDI related technical support questions and to report errors and make requests for enhancements using the web based Bugzilla system which is used by CMAS to track issues with supported products The Bugzilla site for VERDI is http bugz unc edu enter_bug cgi product VERDI If you have not used Bugzilla before first go to http bugz unc edu and follow the instructions for requesting a new account Once you are logged in you can enter information about your question or bug using the form shown in Figure 1 7 When filing a rep
114. ntrol above the plot The layer value listed in the title is updated when you change the layer Figure 10 16 Time Series Plot File Configure Controls Layer 0S HO 2 HO2 2 Layer 0 0 0000275 0 000250 0 000225 a 0 0000200 a 0 0000175 i a 0 0000150 f k PPM 0 0000125 0 0000100 0 0000075 C k if 0 0000050 f X k 0 0000025 a y tnag Bosuna 0 0000000 0 0000025 09 07 1983 16 00 00 09 07 1983 20 00 00 09 08 1983 00 00 00 09 08 1983 04 00 00 09 08 1983 08 00 00 09 08 1983 12 00 00 09 08 1983 16 00 00 09 08 1983 20 00 00 09 09 1983 00 00 00 09 07 1983 00 00 00 09 07 1983 04 00 00 09 07 1983 08 00 00 Time Step Avg Value PPM Time Series HO 2 HO2 2 10 6 Time Series Bar Plot The time series bar plot shows average values over time in a bar plot format Figure 10 17 rather than a line format Figure 10 16 Other than that the description of this plot type is the same as for the time series line plot see Section 10 5 UNC Chapel Hill 58 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 10 17 Time Series Bar Plot Timi ies File Configure Controls o Layer b HO 2 HO2 2 Layer 0 0 0000275 0 0000250 0 000225 0 0000200 0 0000175 0 0000150 z a 0 0000125 00 0000100 00 0000075 0 0000050 0 0000025 Il i Il a MANUEENENIT imi 0 0000025 Time Step
115. o use DirectX instead add the line j3d Dj3d rend d3d to the verdi ini file UNC Chapel Hill 11 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 2 5 Display Properties VERDI works best on screen displays that have been set to a screen resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels To adjust your screen resolution for a Windows XP machine right click on your desktop and then click on the Settings tab in the pop up window Use the slider under the Screen resolution section to set the resolution to 1280 x 1024 pixels You will need to reboot your computer for this screen setting to take effect 3 VERDI Installation Instructions 3 1 VERDI Installation Installing VERDI on a Windows operating system is accomplished by running a standard installer program For Linux and other non Windows platforms VERDI is distributed as a gzipped tar file that contains the executable application and the third party libraries needed for VERDI Currently the VERDI distributions provide a platform specific Java Runtime Environment 6 0 see Section 3 3 for Windows and Linux Note that the version of Java provided with VERDI has been customized to support the three dimensional plots used by VERDI s contour plot For more information on supporting the contour plot on your non windows platform of interest see the Java3D discussion section 3 2 that follows Instructions on how to download JRE 6 for other system configurations that run it are also provided 3 2 Instal
116. og box Figure 11 UNC Chapel Hill JI Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 16 will appear containing the variables that are available in the observational dataset Select the observational variable or variables that you would like to overlay on the tile plot from the Observation Details list You then have the option to control the appearance of the symbols that represent the observational data The stroke size controls the thickness of the line used to draw the symbols while the shape size controls their diameter You can use up to six different open area shapes circle diamond square star sun and triangle to distinguish among multiple observational datasets After you select the variable and optionally set the stroke size shape size and symbol select Add Variable and then OK to overlay the observational data on the fast tile plot Figure 11 16 If you do not specify the size shape or symbol VERDI will use default values The symbol shape is set by default to a circle Repeat the process to add multiple variables To remove the symbols for a variable on an observational data overlay or to reset their size or shape or stroke thickness re open the Observation dialog by using Add Overlay gt Observations and then click on the observational variable you wish to adjust and then change the stroke size shape size or symbol and or move it up or down or remove it and then click OK The center of the observational data poi
117. on Environment f http wwrw cmasc LEASE NOTES tt x _ Community Modeling and Analysi x COMMUNITY MODELING amp ANALYSIS SYSTEM Welcome Elizabeth Adams June 14 0 JE ABOUT CMA Navigation HOME gt DOWNLOAD gt STEP 2 Software Download Step 2 Please select a particular software from the list and provide information about your platform and compiler Select the product you wish to download On which types of computers do you run or anticipate running this product Which compilers do you anticipate using GNU Compilers IRIX Fortran 90 Submit Edit Contact Info Recent Downloads RDI 1 RDI 1 RDI 1 Training Registratiot Not re Register Nor Loa Out let Previous Highlight all UNC Chapel Hill 4 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 1 4 Downloading VERDI from the CMAS Web Site Step 3 Community Modeling and Analysis VERDI Version 1 3 Mozilla Firefox eg ro File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help OB e A httpi www cmascenter org download software verdi verdi_1 3 cfm temp_id 74423413611 amp DB TRUE A gt gt airs2m3 2 2 Most Visited _ Cary IBT_certificate pd Se Low Impact Developm ProPublica Journalis J Web Soil Survey EL Breaking News and Op J Time com Business News amp Fina 3 C CaryCitizen Disabler amp Cookies L
118. ontained in the installation package Visualize gridded netCDF data with this easy to use Java program Download VERDI version 1 3 VERDI version 1 3 Release Notes VERDI User s Manual click on image to zoom VERDI is a Java program for visualizing meteorology emissions and air quality modeling data With options for overlaying GIS Shapefiles and observational data onto model output VERDI offers a range of options for viewing atmospheric modeling data VERDI scripting provides a powerful interface for automating the production of graphics for analyzing your data Features of VERDI F VERDI News VERDI Presentation This paper x Find Next Previous Highlight all E Match case Phrase not found Done File Edit Yiew History Delicious Bookmarks Tools Help x C A k E O hto ttown crnascenter oradonnloadiforms step_1 chntemp_id 74403944235 AQ Most Visited share on Facebook MyUNC UNC Campus Getting Started Monday Morning Subscribe Mapnik Wiki amp Docume _ Brita Climate Ride 2009 fel gt Gi Recently Bookmarked Neuse River Basin Map One N C Naturally Ho W Children amp Nature Net RunnerMom MyUNC UNC Campus Chatham County Tra Smal Weather e Flickr R Finance e eBay COMMUNITY MODELING amp ANALYSIS SYSTEM _ Community Modeling and Analysis Welcome Elizabeth Adams
119. ort you will need to choose from among the following components Automating VERDI with Scripts Configuring Plots Documentation Exporting Images and Animations Formulas GIS Layers Importing Model Data Importing Observation Data Projects Selections of Domains Layers and Time steps and Using the GUI Bugzilla also allows you to submit software code improvements for review and testing by others to submit small test cases to submit new GIS background maps or to make other contributions to VERDI To submit attachments to a bug report or request click on the Add Attachment button in the bottom half of the form Figure 1 8 to bring up a form requesting additional information about the attachment Figure 1 9 Note that only minor code updates should be submitted through Bugzilla If you are doing a substantial amount of software development on VERDI please see Section 1 5 for additional information UNC Chapel Hill 7 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 1 6 Top of Bugzilla Form for VERDI File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help X Gy A A L http bugz unc edu enter_bug cgi w ii BE bugzilla cmas pr 2 Most Visited Cary_IBT_certificate pd amp Low Impact Developm ProPublica Journalis Web Soil Survey HL Breaking News and Op Disable Cookies L CSS E Forms Images Information Miscellaneous 5 Outline amp Resize gP Tools 2 View
120. ot s subtitles if desired Subsequent plots will use the default subtitles unless these arguments are used again subTitle2 lt sub title 2 string gt allow you to control a plot s subtitles if desired Subsequent plots will use the default subtitles unless these arguments are used again subTitleFont lt fontSize gt allow you to control the font size of the subtitle of a plot system lt system command gt sends the specified command to the operating system s command line tfinal lt final time step gt sets the last time step for each formula s time step range to the specified step number where the first step number is denoted by 0 tinit lt initial time step gt sets the first time step for each formula s time step range to the specified step number where the first step number is denoted by 0 titleFont lt fontSize gt allows you to control the font size of the title of a plot titleString lt title string gt sets the title for the next plot made to the specified title Subsequent plots will use the default VERDI title unless this argument is used again ts lt time step gt sets the selected time step for each formula in VERDI s memory to the specified step number where the first step number is denoted by 0 This will remain the selected time step until you change it It affects only tile plots and vertical cross section plots unalias lt aliasname gt is used to undefine an alias
121. pinner controls to tell VERDI to use the layers you have specified By default a plot will initially display data for the minimum layer chosen in the Layers panel The range of the layers available in the Layer spinner control at the top of the plot will reflect the subset of layers specified when the Use Layer Range box is checked Subsetting a dataset s or formula s layer range will affect any plots made see Section 9 4 to learn the precedence rules Figure 9 2 Edit Layer Range in Formula Pane File Plots Window Help a F Tile Plot Fast Tile Plot Areal Interp Vertical Cross Section Time Series Time Series Bar Plot Scatter Plot Vector Plot Contour Plot File Configure Controls Plot GIS Layers 1 CCTM46_P16 baseO2a 36k 03MAX Time Step 1 06 01 2002 awoon er 28 gt Slow 50 Layer 2 O3 1 1 FCCTM46_P16 baseO2a 36k O3MAX 9 871E 2 Variables Double click to add the variable as a formula 8 637E 2 INO ppmv 1 NOZ ppm 1 7 403E 2 03 ppmv 1 6 170E 2 L Time Steps 1 25 gt a a 4 936E 2 Use Time Range Min 1 06 01 2002 00 00 00 3 702E 2 Max 25 06 02 2002 00 00 00 2 468E 2 ayers 1 3 Use Layer Range 5 1 235E 2 25 7 540E 6 35 T T T T T 21 41 61 81 101 June 1 2002 00 00 00 UTC Min 95 55 9 082E 3 Max 54 48 8 147E 2 Metadata Datasets Areas Formulas 9 3 Specify Domain Rang
122. plete i We eaas Installation Complete T Setup was completed successfully S Completed Extract plugin xml 100 Output folder C Program Files WERDI_1 3 plugins verdi data loaders ib Output folder C Program Files VERDI_1 3 Extract VERDI exe 100 Create folder C Users Liz AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Start Menu Progra Create shortcut C Users Liz AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Start Menu Pro Created uninstaller C Program Files VERDI_1 3 Uninstall exe Create folder C Users Liz AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Start Menu Progra Create shortcut C Users Liz AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Start Menu Pro Completed joo a j t 4 T 3 4 Setting VERDI Preferences The VERDI installation package contains a file called config properties On Windows this file is copied into the verdi subdirectory of your USERPROFILE directory e g C Documents and Settings yourusername verdi Users are encouraged to edit this file to specify default directories for saving files for placing the location of configuration files and for saving project files An example of the contents of a Windows version of this file is verdi dataset home D VERD verdi project home C Documents and Settings user_a verdi verdi config home D Program Files VERDI 1 3 config On Linux this file is copied into the USER_HOME verdi subdirectory An ex
123. projects and loading existing projects Note again that the plots created in VERDI are not saved with the project 6 9 Configuring Default Directories A config properties file discussed previously in Section 3 4 allows the user to customize where VERDI will look by default for the location of datasets and project files This file is located in the USER_HOME verdi subdirectory and can be edited to specify where datasets and or project files are saved and stored An example is as follows This file should be put in SUSER_HOME verdi subdirectory Please use double backslash for windows platform or slash for UNIX like platforms Please uncomment the following lines and modify them to suit your local settings verdi dataset home D data verdi project home D programs verdi config home D config UNC Chapel Hill 33 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 7 Working with Formulas All plots in VERDI are generated from formulas A formula is used to compare or manipulate variables in one or more gridded datasets A formula can be as simple as a single variable from one gridded dataset or it can be an equation that uses variable s from one or more gridded datasets Formulas are used to create visualizations that can assist with model performance evaluations for example or that help in comparing model results with observations 7 1 Adding and Removing a Formula After loading the desi
124. r tiles select Custom from the Interval pull down menu and change the interval start values in the list at the bottom of the dialog box Specify the interval start values for each color in the legend and then click Apply If you try to enter a value for an interval that does not fall between the interval start values that are above and below the value that you are changing then the value will not be accepted and the number will revert back to the previous value When you have chosen to create custom intervals the Min and Max text boxes and the Rebuild button are disabled and grayed out because you are choosing to override automatic calculation of the color interval spacing and instead define the min max and number of tiles manually Once the settings are finalized click OK and the Configure Plot dialog will close UNC Chapel Hill 65 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 e The Labels tab contains options to edit the labels of the Domain Axis x axis the Range Axis y axis axis and the Legend e The Other tab allows you to enable or disable showing the grid lines and to edit the vector arrow color and the series color The edit series color allows the user to specify the colors used to shade the bars for the time series bar plot or the colors of the lines on the Time Series Plot UNC Chapel Hill 66 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 11 3 Configure Plot Titles Tab Figure 11 4 Configure P
125. ra ae e i 38 Open Area File Select Name Field iss sissies iets sd sscdtiestantiasseea ee haccateaaaetlad ena 38 UNC Chapel Hill vi Institute for the Environment VERDI User s Manual 1 3 Figure 8 4 Coordinate System sssini uisi ies a whine diana 39 Figure 8 5 Projection Information 236 oie1 ean Ghes Maca Bk cde iid a Se on cde tee diliels pee eee 39 Figure 8 6 Additional Data Fields appear depending on projection selected ccceeeeeeeeeeeees 39 Figure 8 7 Area Name Fields available for Shapefile 0 0 0 eesceeseeceseceseeesseecaeceseeeseeeeneees 41 Figure 9 1 Specify Time Step Range aatoas soca cocsaudedizsacsasseqess ba soacsu te smidusiasedanag naan dace cetaa i eaenians 42 Figure 9 2 Edit Layer Range in Formula Pane 224 4 nice ied aelged deni eee agate 43 Figure 9 3 Using the Slider to View the Domain Panel ceeceesceesseceseceseeeeseecaeceseeeseeeeneees 44 Figure 9 4 Edit Domain Dialog Box sci hece ks ee Bevo eh aes eo etek ees 44 Figure 9 5 Error obtained when incompatible subset domains are created using the Datas tpane sisie cscs eens ea hte cee art ed at eee et ee td ae lates E 46 Pisure Oe Wile Plot see E E E Sa ae el 47 Fig re 10 2 Fast Tle Plot sco as aio eee Ble ee eee a ed Seine Ee ve BAe eins 48 Figure 10 3 Areal Plot Area Average cc lt co cte costed coc coecaiets ecole cai detietadenl oaceteaateaie tu etineds 50 Figure 10 4 Areal Plot Area Total siisciscctecgpectans ascot cscncescisceesdu
126. rams that are easy to script for automating analysis and post processing An example of an I O API Utility that may be useful to VERDI users is m3merge This utility merges selected variables from a set of input files for a specified time period and writes them to a single output file with optional variable renaming in the process Another utility that you may find useful is m3xtract This program allows you to extract a few species from a large file and save them to a smaller file on your local computer so you can explore them using VERDI The I O API Related Programs and Examples can be found at the following web site http www baronams com products ioapi AA html tools Airs2m3 is an example of a data conversion program that converts the standard AIRS AMP350 observational data format to the I O API format The airs2m3 program requires the following inputs e The input AIRS AMP350 print format file name e The time zone conversion file provided with the obs2api program tzt dat e Additional hour shift variable The AIRS data are hourly averaged and a 00 time flag represents the hour 00 01 You may wish to represent that data segment by the ending hour In that case a 1 should be entered here e Starting year month day hour GMT e g 1997 07 10 12 e Ending year month day hour GMT e g 1997 07 16 12 e Name of output variable 8 characters max e g O3_OBS 14 Contributing to VERDI Development If you have made an
127. rary writes the default projection information to a text file in the directory where the CAMx binary UAM IV file is located This allows the user to review and edit the projection information to make it consistent with the projection specified in the CAMx diagnostic text files The definitions of the projection parameters used in the camxproj txt file are defined using Models 3 IO API format http www baronams com products ioapi GRIDS html The user must edit the camxproj txt file to match the grid description information provided in the corresponding camx diag file Figure 12 5 shows the definition for the grid projection parameters for a Lambert projection Figure 12 5 Models 3 IO API Map Projection Parameters for Lambert Lambert Conformal Conic GDTYP 2 P_ALP lt P BET are the two latitudes which determine the projection cone P GAM is the central meridian X_CENT Y_CENT are the lat lon coordinates for the center 0 0 of the Cartesian coordinate system Coordinate units are meters Figure 12 6 shows the values of the camxproj txt once it was edited to match the values of the camx diag file Figure 12 4 using the definitions of the Models 3 grid parameters Figure 12 5 Figure 12 7 shows the resulting Fast Tile Plot of the CAMx sample dataset UNC Chapel Hill 91 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 12 6 Sample Projection File camxproj txt Projection parameters are based on IOAPI For details
128. red gridded datasets you can use the variables in them to create formulas To use a variable to create a simple formula double click on the name of the variable This will add the formula lt Variable Name gt lt Dataset Number gt to the formula list in the Formulas pane for example O3 1 To add a variable to the formula editor window highlight the variable right click on the variable name in the Datasets pane and select Add Variable s to Formula Editor To add all or a subset of variables from the Dataset pane to the formula editor window click on the first variable to highlight it hold the Shift key down and click at the last variable that you want to include then right click and select Add Variables s The formulas that are highlighted using this method will be added to the formula editor Figure 7 1 Figure 7 1 Adding Multiple Variables to Formula Editor E veRDI File Plots Window Help DER rr Q Tile Plot Fast Tile Plot Areal Interp Vertical Cross Section Time Series Time Series Bar Plot Scatter Plot Vector Plot Contour Plot Selected Formula NO 1 NO2 1 O3 1 CS Formulas z a A Formulas ka lge CEI a 1 INO 1 NOZ 1 O3 1 1 CCTM46_P16 baseO2a 36k O3MAX 1 008E 1 Variables Double click to add the variable as a formula 8 822E 2 INO ppmv 1 NO 1 NOZ 1 O3 1 C NO2 ppmv 1 lt 7 562E 2 03 Add Variabl
129. reeen 112 UNC Chapel Hill Vv Institute for the Environment Figure 1 1 Figure 1 2 Figure 1 3 Figure 1 4 Figure 1 5 Figure 1 6 Figure 1 7 Figure 1 8 Figure 1 9 Figure 3 1 Figure 3 2 Figure 3 3 Figure 3 4 Figure 3 5 Figure 3 6 Figure 4 1 Figure 4 2 Figure 5 1 Figure 5 2 Figure 6 1 Figure 6 2 Figure 6 3 Figure 6 4 Figure 6 5 Figure 6 6 Figure 6 7 Figure 6 8 Figure 7 1 Figure 8 1 Figure 8 2 Figure 8 3 VERDI User s Manual 1 3 Figures Top of Main VERDI Web Site Pac 2 254 245 nie a ae eee Baek 3 Downloading VERDI from the CMAS Web Site Step 1 eee eeeeceeseeeesteeeenteeeenes 3 Downloading VERDI from the CMAS Web Site Step 2 00 eee eeescceesseceesteeeenteeeeees 4 Downloading VERDI from the CMAS Web Site Step 3 00 eee eeeeeceeseeceesteeeenteeeenes 5 Getting Documentation on VERDI from the CMAS Web Site seeren 6 VERDI Documentation on the CMAS Web Site eee eeecceesseceesteceesteceesneeeenaeeeaes 7 Top of Bugzilla Form for VER DU wife ects Gitte ene Aes 8 Bottom of Bugzilla Form for VERDI occu locssbsputustvestigesadcdctes dacs fyaeseesghesbiaesiocdaieegoasaavete 9 Add Attachment Form in Bugzilla cece eecssscecssceessccecsscceesscceescesesscceeeceseeeeees 10 VERDI Setup Wizard ecnin snared sandaeedetie a a a a AERE 14 License Aprecment 2 252 oe ce Rk A A A RE A eis EAER 15 Selecting an Installation Directory e esseeeseseeesesresseseresressessresressessrerreesereeesress
130. ript in the script editor UNC Chapel Hill 100 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 17 5 Close Dataset s Warning Message Tr Close Datasets o Please close all datasets before running any batch script The multifiles txt sample script that is provided as part of the VERDI 1 3 release demonstrates how to create a tile plot that uses a mathematical combination of variables an excerpt of which is shown here lt Task gt dir D verdi dist2 data model f copy 36k O3MAX f CCTM46_P16 baseO2a 36k O3MAX f another 36k O3MAX s 03 1 03 2 03 3 2 gtype tile saveImage jpeg imageDir D werdi dist2 imageFile three_components_36k 03MAX lt Task gt The above task specifies the name of three input files The input files are assigned a number based on the order that they are specified 1 Copy 36k O3MAX 2 CCTM46_P16 baseO2a 36k O3MAX 3 another 36k O3MAX s O03 1 O3 2 03 3 2 defines a formula that uses variables from the three filenames This formula takes ozone in file 1 and subtracts the ozone in file 2 and adds two times the ozone in file 3 The type of plot is specified as a tile plot by setting the parameter gype to tile ie gtype tile The image file format is specified by setting the parameter saveImage to jpeg ie saveImage jpeg The output directory where the images will be stored is specified by setting the parameter imageDir ie imageDir D verdi dis2 The image f
131. rmula for each polygon in the selected area file By comparing the colors of the polygons to those shown in the legend users can see the relative values of the formula for each polygon area The Areal Interpolation Plot includes several capabilities that are not available for other plot types so these are described below rather than in Section 11 Plot Menu Bar 10 3 1 Option Pull down Menu Item The Areal Interpolation Plot Menu contains an Options pull down menu to allow the user to change the map to display either the Area Averages Figure 10 3 the Area Totals Figure 10 4 or the value of the formula contained in the Gridded Dataset uninterpolated Figure 10 5 The Options pull down menu may also be used to display All area segments that are loaded in the area list or to display only the area segments that are selected by highlighting the name field from the area list Figure 10 6 UNC Chapel Hill 49 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 10 3 Areal Plot Area Average Jre lner Ste File Configure Controls Plot GIS Layers Show Area Averages Time Step 01 01 2001 01 00 Soy Area Totals lt Slow 50 Show Grid D Selected Areas RYOX_N 4 All Areas jaseCase dat 16 139 14 128 12 116 10 105 a 6 083 6 082 4 070 2 059 17 16 15 T T T T T T T T T T 0 047 89 94 99 104 109 114 119 124 129 134 January 1 2001 01 00
132. rmulas Both formulas and datasets can be saved using the Save Project item in the File pull down menu on the VERDI main window Saving new projects and loading existing projects was discussed in Section 5 1 UNC Chapel Hill 35 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 7 5 Time Step Range Layer Range and Edit Domain Instructions for using the Time Steps Layers and Domain panels that you see in Figure 7 1 are discussed in the next section Spatial and Temporal Data Subsetting 8 Working with Area Files 8 1 Area File Formats Area files are defined as shapefiles that contain area features such as watersheds and counties or any other shapefile that consists of a set of closed polygons The shapefile format ESRI 1998 consists of four files The shp file contains the actual shape vertices The shx file contains the index data pointing to the structures in the shp file The dbf file contains the attributes e g gridded concentrations The prj file contains the map projection information used for the gridded concentrations haat 8 2 Example Area File Shapefiles that contain closed polygons are used by VERDI to interpolate gridded data to geographic boundary regions to create Areal Interpolation Plots Shapefiles containing state county or census block for example or any other shapefile containing polygon areas may be used in VERDI to calculate and map formulas to the user selected geographic re
133. s are not rendered within VERDI but may be viewed using an image viewer The batch scripting language is described in the sample script files and will be described in more detail in Section 17 VERDI Script Editor UNC Chapel Hill 21 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 5 2 Plots Menu Options VERDI opens a single window for plots to the right of the Dataset Formula and Area panes As plots are created each in its own sub window the most recent plot is displayed on top of previously created plots Each plot has a tab beneath it listing the type of plot and the formula used to create it If you want to view a previously created plot select the tab associated with its sub window underneath the current plot and the desired plot will be brought to the front 5 2 1 Undock All Plots As with the Dataset Formula and Area panes Section 4 3 plot sub windows can be undocked so that you can move them into separate windows This allows side by side comparisons of plots Note that undocking is performed only on previously created plots any newly created plots are docked to the VERDI main window 5 2 2 Animate Tile Plots This option opens an Animate Plots dialog box Figure 5 2 that allows you to select one or more plots select a subset of the time range and create an animated GIF file There is also a separate way to create a Quicktime movie instead of a GIF if desired Within the Animate Plots dialog box you can sel
134. s should be inside one of the two blocks lt Global gt or lt Task gt Number of blocks is not limited Only one lt Global gt block is recommended lt Global gt blocks should contains different items if use multiple lt Global gt blocks Ed Parameter values in lt Task gt blocks will override those in lt Global gt Currently supported parameters keys case insensitive configFile configuration file full path dataset file path name dir dataset file folder pattern dataset file name pattern gtype plot type tile line bar vector vectorTile vector vector plot variables vectorTile vector plot variables s variable name titleString plot tile subTitlel plot subtitle one subTitle2 plot subtitle two savelImage image file type png jpeg eps etc imageFile image file path name imageDir image file folder drawGridLines draw grid lines on the tile plot if yes imageWidth image width imageHeight image height Author IE UNC at Chapel Hill Date 4 29 2010 Version 0 SFE SS TSS ESS S SESS ESSE TSS ESSE SSS SESE SESE ESS EES SESS TESS ESSE ESS ESSE ESSE ESTES EHEHEHE A m UNC Chapel Hill 99 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 17 4 Bottom of Sample Script File VERDI_1 3 data scripts tile_patterns txt FFF TF FT STF F FTF F FFF
135. saas Akotes Sek nad eaten 71 11 4 3 1 Observational Data Overlays ccccccscccccecessesssecececesesseseaeeeeecesseseaeaeeeeeeessussaeaeeeeeens 77 11 4 3 1 1 Fast Tile Plot Observational Dialog ccccccssccccecessessnseceeeeecessesseaeeeeeeseessessaaees 77 11 4 3 1 2 Tile Plot Observational Dialog cccccccccccssssssscecececessessnneceecescessessaeseesesesssessaaees 79 UNC Chapel Hill iv Institute for the Environment VERDI User s Manual 1 3 i Ra es oy amen 0 oh Overlays arere reae a aeeai a aaea aer a aeaa eaa raa e a e C aea EANES 80 11 5 GIS Layer Options Fast Tile Plot cc c4 5 628 SA Se OES 82 Al ACG Map Asa yer eina a E E Suet 82 11 5 2 Configure GIS Layers Fast Tile PlOt sse 2t st scctonecceinales centesecebict cctaticdcsiae 84 11 5 3 Set Current Maps as Default Location igiccvisel vee ieee baleen ee gees 87 12 Supported Grid and Coordinate Systems Map Projections secessocssocsssccssocesocessossose 87 12 iO AP ietormatted Da a e a r E O a om sceieeca ast 87 12 2 CAMx Gridded Wal ale hes sori E E O ENE E A 90 13 T O API Utilities Data Conversion Programs and Libraries eescoessocsssecssocesocesooseose 93 14 Contributing to VERDI Development sccsssccssssccssscccssrsccsscscssscssssscsssecssssesseseeees 93 15 Known BUDS siecdenalacieceseiivcadncecrsdeaaeevecialecactoccuuasdaseatsuandeoatwaikossuiesaveuesdasoaseiocdeausudulessteeelaueciacess 94 16 Mathematical
136. script is provided that documents the compiler flags and options used to build the executables Edit the runit script to specify DATA_DIR as the directory where your shapefiles are located Run the script using the syntax runit The bin files will be written to the same directory as where the shapefiles are located After the script has run copy the new bin file from the DATA_DIR directory to the bin map directory VERDI_HOME Verdi_1 3 plugins bootstrap data as this is where VERDI looks 83 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 for the bin format files Several shapefiles and their converted bin files are provided under the bin map directory Windows o Extract the win_shape2bin zip file provided under the VERDI_LHOME Vverdi_1 3 directory by double clicking on the file o Copy the two files cygwin1 dll and shape2bin exe to the bin map directory VERDI_HOME VERDL_1 3 data o Place the shapefile s that you would like to convert into the bin map directory o Start a command line prompt by using Run and type in cmd o cd C Program Files WERDI_1 3 plugins bootstrap data o type the command shape2bin and it will provide the format that the user should use to convert a shape file to a bin file see Figure 11 23 Figure 11 23 shape2bin command usage C Program Files VERDI_1 3 plugins bootstrap data gt shape2bin shape2bin Convert Shapefile shp to map_ bin file usage shape2bin file shp gt map_file bin ex
137. ses the region of interest VERDI will create a spreadsheet displaying the grid values and will place it in the plot area of the VERDI main window as a tabbed window Figure 11 10 The File gt Export menu option at the top of the spreadsheet allows you to save probed data as a comma delimited text file csv UNC Chapel Hill 71 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 11 10 Spreadsheet Showing Probed Values for Region of Interest j lolx File Plots Window Help e amp Tile Plot Vertical Cross Section Time Series Time Series Bar Plot Scatter Plot vector Plot Contour Plot eiec Tile Probe O3b_ 1 0 0 7 21 12 31 cs File Tile Probe O3b_ 1 0 0 7 21 12 31 0 05774375 0 05772105 0 06014926 0 05688525 0 05313238 0 05393084 0 05057155 0 05704820 0 05155760 0 05378941 0 05655036 0 05715896 0 05165763 0 05354829 0 05437502 0 05822665 0 05187001 0 05041530 0 05405997 0 05748555 0 05083859 0 05285481 0 05435295 0 05611136 0 04434832 0 05448048 0 05496275 0 04998178 0 05310810 0 05112159 0 05288953 0 04726538 0 04970066 0 05371705 0 04923818 0 05075091 0 04897014 0 05019323 0 05208801 0 05654102 0 05157429 0 05146443 0 05127602 0 05134670
138. sive shed a e e e Et a at Es ave 43 UNC Chapel Hill iii Institute for the Environment VERDI User s Manual 1 3 9 4 Rules of Precedence for Subsetting Data j iicccsciesasscesassavsdaatssssscaes sesecatecessacevanedentensceasee 45 BOC ea GAT PIOUS AE A E E eee Ra 46 10 Wale Plot bs scat a e acs cette sb raat et a Daas aa retested he Sah Ae sebelah aera ass SEa 46 10 2 Fast Tile Plot sccisstsctunc thea ahesaats naian sa eas thaesceey sic wi E a ERE 48 10 3 Arca l Interpolation PIO gesc did eee de wisca acs duh cele Ghee santo eases Ea Qoaha deen e aS 49 10 3 1 Option Pull down Menu Item eceececeeececsscecseececseececsneeeceeeesseeeeseeeenaeeees 49 10 3 2 Areal Values for Polygon Segment ec ceeecscsercecsscceessccecsscceessccesseceseneeeees 53 10 3 3 View and Export Areal Plot Data in Spreadsheet Format cee eeceeeeeereeeee 54 10 3 4 Export Areal Plot Data to Shapefiles 0 cece eesscecseccecescceestcceesscceensceeeeeeees 55 10 4 Vertical Cross Section Plotis irena sireni o rai E A A A Ea i ie 56 10 5 Time Series Plot iien eein oeta e e a cas Ged e ree a an aa a ae ens 58 10 6 Time Senes Bar POU scoarec schist oa ctaueaetedundzanienecetont anecaden T E E SSE 58 TOT Scatter Plot oree aa a a a te eee eee een 59 KONATO a SA O AEE EE EE E EE EA E ala de Ms ae te 61 10 9 Cntr of 8 Semen ne rere men NE Cnn ONES GREER Ne ANE ENE SAAR NERA ar rey mee Ne mE eT en 63 TD Phot Menu Bar ccsececesisecentcs co
139. ss the option is grayed out for all plot types so it is easier to describe the function of these configuration menu options UNC Chapel Hill 63 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 once rather than repeat the same information for each type of plot Only options that are applicable to a particular plot type are enabled others are grayed out and cannot be selected Menu options were rearranged and or added in VERDI 1 3 which resulted in the Plot Menu Bar being significantly different for the Tile Plot and the Fast Tile Plot Currently the Vector Plot is based on the Tile Plot The Areal Plot is based on the Fast Tile Plot In a future release the vector plot will also be based on the Fast Tile Plot and the Tile Plot will be removed The Plot menu bars options will be discussed separately The items listed in red font in Figure 11 1 are new options supported in the Fast Tile Plot and Areal Plot the items listed in blue font are features of the Tile Plot that for the Fast Tile and Areal Plots were moved to a new column labeled GIS Layers that is applicable only to those two plot types Configure GIS Layers is supported in the Tile Plot as an option of Configure gt Maps gt Configure GIS Layers Plot configuration options that are available in VERDI are discussed in this section Figure 11 1 Fast Tile and Areal Plot Pull down Menu Options File Configure Controls Plot GIS Layers Print Configure
140. t questions and answers http lists unc edu read forum m3user UNC Chapel Hill 1 Institute for the Environment 6 1 2 VERDI User Manual 1 3 To query bugs and submit bug reports questions and or requests http bugz unc edu enter_bug cgi product VERDI If you do not already have a login and password click the Home link for instructions on how to obtain them Where to Obtain VERDI You can download the latest version of VERDI from http www verdi tool org see Figure 1 1 When you click on the link to download VERDI you will be sent to the CMAS Model Download Center To download and install VERDI follow the instructions below skipping step 2 Alternatively you may also begin at the CMAS web site http www cmascenter org and follow the instructions below 1 2 Log in using an existing CMAS account or create a new CMAS account Hover the cursor over the Download Center link on the left hand side of the web site and choose MODELS from the menu that appears Select a model family to download as shown in Figure 1 2 Use the pull down list to select VERDI and then click Submit Select the product you wish to download as shown in Figure 1 3 Also specify the type of computer you are planning to run VERDI on such as Linux PC Windows or Other from the items in the scroll list Note that the compilers question is not relevant for VERDI so it can be skipped Finally click Submit In the table
141. te the plot you have requested a dialog box appears to prompt you for that information Each plot contains its own menu bar at the top that has options for configuring and exploring the plot the four pull down menus there are File Configure Controls and Plot The options for each of these menus are described in more detail in Section 11 Configuring Plots Using the Plot Menu Bar 10 1 Tile Plot Tile plots show a color contour of the selected formula The tile plot currently only supports Lambert conformal and UTM projections Users are encouraged to use the Fast Tile Plot to create tile plots In the future release the Tile Plot will be removed as a plot option as it does not have the functionality of the Fast Tile Plot Figure 10 1 shows a tile plot created in VERDI The UNC Chapel Hill 46 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 legend on the right side of the window shows the range of values contained in the data displayed The current time step can be changed using the Time Step spinner control above the plot When you make a change this is reflected in the information below the x axis label on the plot You can use the Layer spinner control to change the current layer When you make a change in the layer the layer number is automatically updated in the plot title To zoom in and out use either the left mouse button to click and drag or the right mouse button to right click on the plot and access a pull down menu
142. teps 1 10 C Use Time Range Min 1 05 11 2007 00 00 00 Max 10 05 11 2007 09 00 00 Layers 1 34 C Use Layer Range Min lt gt Max 34 lt gt Domain Datasets 6 4 2 Adding Additional Remote Hosts The VERDI 1 3 release contains the RemoteFileUtility and ncvariable programs that enable VERDI to add your IO API netCDF or WRF netCDF formatted dataset from a remote file system A gzipped tar file is available in the VERDI_LHOME directory 1 Provide the RemoteFileReader tgz file to a System Administrator for the linux server that contains data files you need to access remotely using VERDI UNC Chapel Hill 30 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 2 The RemoteFileUtility c shell script and ncvariable binary need to be installed in usr local bin by the System Administrator A future release of VERDI will allow the user to specify the location of these programs rather than requiring the use of usr local bin 3 A README file provided with the software contains instructions on how to compile the source code if the binaries provided do not match your operating system 4 Edit the ui properties file in your VERDI_LHOME plugins bootstrap folder Add the name or IP address of the linux server preceded by a comma at the end of the list of machines defined as remote hosts in the ui properties file as shown in Figure 6 6 You will need to restart VERDI
143. that appears follow the links to the Linux or Windows installation instructions the release notes file the user s manual the test documentation and either a zip archive for Windows or a gzipped tar archive for Linux see Figure 1 4 UNC Chapel Hill 2 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 1 1 Top of Main VERDI Web Site Page ESE A AA SEDER A File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help http www verdi tool org Wy airs2m3 P 9 ES 2 Most Visited Cary_IBT_certificate pd amp Low Impact Developm ProPublica Journalis Ol Web Soil Survey H Breaking News and Op Time com Business News amp Fina 8B o CaryCitizen jo Disabler Cookies CSS E Forms Images Informationr C Miscellaneous Outline Resizer g Tools 2 View Sourcer 2 gt Options 700 o o wensen 0 y VERDI Visualization Environment f X ___ http www cmasc LEASE NOTES bt x __ VERDI Visualization Environmen X VERDI Tool ORG Visualization Environment for Rich Data Interpretation VERDI home O w Documentation wnload VERDI Help with VERDI VERDI T Welcome to VERDI tool org This is the official VERDI website hosted by the Community Modeling and Analysis System CMAS Center at the University of North Carolina at Windows Linux Chapel Hill r 1024 Mb RAM z All needed VERDI VERDI version 1 3 components are c
144. the jre1 6 0_06 directory d chmod a x java3d 1_5_1 linux i586 bin e java3d 1_5_1 linux i586 bin this will place the lib ext and 1ib i386 files where they are needed 3 Download JAI 1 1 3 a For all platforms go to https jai dev java net binary builds html Release_builds b Installation instructions http download java net media jai builds release 1_1_3 INSTALL html c Download the tar gz package and untar This will create a directory jai 1_1_3 d Copy the following files i cpjai 1_1_3 lib libmlib_jai so path to verdi_1 3 jre1 6 0_13 lib i386 ii cpjai 1_1_3 lib jar path to verdi_1 3 jre1 6 0_13 lib ext If JRE 6 is already installed on your Linux platform and you would like to use the already installed version you will need to add Java 3D support Copy the following files from the included version of Java into the JRE_HOME bin directory used by your version of Java j3dcore d3d dll j3dcore og dll j3dcore ogl cg dll j3dcore og chk dll j3dutils dll For Linux platform with ia64 architecture please find the installed jre or jdk library directory ex usr java jre1 6 0_13 lib ext or usr java jdk1 6 0_1 1 jre lib ext and copy all missing library files from VERDI_LHOME jre1 6 0_13 lib ext directory If ia64 jre jdk package is not installed please go to java sun com download the install file and install the package Then copy the missing library files from VERDI_HOME jre1 6 0_13 lib ext directory
145. the variable as a formula or you can to add it into the formula editor so that it can be used to compose more complex formulas Formulas are described in more detail in Section 7 UNC Chapel Hill 31 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 6 7 Right Click on Variable in Dataset Pane File Plots Window Help r g EA Tile Plot Fast Tile Plot Areal Interp Vertical Cross Section Time Series Time Series Bar Plot Scatter Plot Vector Plot Contour Plot Selected Formula O3 1 Ey Tile 03 1 ox Datasets A File Configure Controls Plot GIS Layers Time Step 1 06 01 2002 00 00 00 Layer lt I gt gt slow 50 1 CCTM46_P16 base02a 36k O3MAX Layer 1 O3 1 1 ECCTM46_P16 base02a 36k 03MAX 1 008E 1 Variables eevee Double click to add the variable as a formula 81 OS pa Add Variable s to Formula Editor Y Add Variable s as Formulats Time Steps 1 25 7 562E 2 6 302E 2 gt 2 2 5 041E 2 3 781E 2 Use Time Range 2 521E 2 Min 1 06 01 2002 00 00 00 Max 25 06 02 2002 00 00 00 1r 1 260E 2 g Layers 1 3 4 2 790E 7 Use Layer Range 1 25 49 73 97 121 145 Min 12 June 1 2002 00 00 00 UTC d Min 124 45 5 111E 3 Max 54 48 8 010E 2 Max 3 Domain z Datasets Formulas Areas 6 6 Time Steps Layers Panels The range that is available for the dataset is listed in t
146. ubsetting has been done for a particular data type time steps layers or domain in the Dataset pane then any subsetting done for that parameter in the Formula pane will take effect When a subset of data is requested in the Dataset pane this deactivates the ability to further subset the data for this range in the Formula pane For example if the data are subset in the Dataset pane to a layer range of 2 7 and then in the Formula pane you attempt to further subset the layer range to 4 5 the further subsetting will be ignored and the plot will be created with a layer range of 2 7 When the user wants to create formulas using variables from multiple datasets it is important to use the Formula pane to subset the domain range if such subsetting is needed The user should not try to create matching subset domain ranges for multiple datasets using the Dataset pane for each dataset because if all of the subsetted domains do not match exactly an error will occur when the user attempts to create a formula using variables from those datasets Figure 9 5 Using the Formula pane instead to do the domain subsetting allows the user to select a subset of the domain to be applied for all dataset variables used in the selected formula UNC Chapel Hill 45 Institute for the Environment VERDI User Manual 1 3 Figure 9 5 Error obtained when incompatible subset domains are created using the Dataset pane FA veRDI 5 lol x File Plots Window Help
147. ugh 11 6 show the dialog boxes that appear when you select Configure Plot The Configure Plot dialog box contains four tabbed options Titles Color Map Labels and Other e The Titles tab allows you to edit and set the font and color for the title and two subtitles of the plot e The Color Map tab allows you to select the number of tiles the palette type to be used the color interval and the number format to be used As you vary the number of tiles the palette types that are available to choose from are automatically updated The palette type options include sequential similar to what users typically use for PAVE plots qualitative and diverging The Interval pull down menu is set to Automatic by default The color intervals are automatically calculated based on the Min and Max values of the dataset and the number of tiles To change the Min or Max value type a new value into the text box and then click Rebuild To specify the number format used in the map legend enter the format in the entry box using the C language s printf routine s format syntax and then click Rebuild e g for 1 2E a zero in the legend would be printed with the format 0 00E0 Click Apply to review changes made to the map while the Configure Plot dialog is open Use the Apply button as needed to make additional adjustments to the color map legend range and or number of tiles in the range To use an irregular spacing or to change the spacing between the colo

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