Adding native level smoke plots

NOAA-GSL / pygraf

ADB's Python graphics package

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Adding native level smoke plots #106

Closed Brian-Jamison closed 3 years ago

Brian-Jamison commented 3 years ago

Added changes to default_specs.yml to plot 1000ft AGL and 6000ft AGL smoke with winds.

Brian-Jamison commented 3 years ago

Names were changed from "lvl5" and "lvl12" to "1000ft" and "6000ft". vertical_index was explicitly provided. Put in an anchor for the definitions of these in default_specs.yml. Here are some new graphics to compare:

cshartsough commented 3 years ago

The wind magnitudes don't seem to match, especially for 1000ft. smoke patterns are similar but maybe off a bit as well. Maybe still having an issue with the level selected?

Brian-Jamison commented 3 years ago

I believe that maybe some round-off characteristics, along with wind barbs that don't exactly coincide, could be responsible for the differences in winds. Also, the threshold differences in plotting between NCL and Python could account for the some of the smoke contour differences. I'll re-run and post graphics from level 3 and 5, just to be sure.

Brian-Jamison commented 3 years ago

This is level 3:

This is level 5: