Command line interface
alcf plot
alcf plot - plot lidar data
Usage: alcf plot <plot_type> <input> <output> [<options>] [<plot_options>]
Arguments:
plot_type: plot type (see Plot types below)input: input filename or directoryoutput: output filename or directoryoptions: see Options belowplot_options: Plot type specific options. See Plot options below.
Plot types:
backscatter: plot backscatter fromalcf lidaroutputbackscatter_hist: plot backscatter histogram fromalcf statsoutputbackscatter_sd_hist: plot backscatter standard deviation histogram fromalcf statsoutputcl: plot model cloud area fraction fromalcf lidaroutputcli: plot model mass fraction of cloud ice fromalcf lidaroutputcloud_occurrence: plot cloud occurrence fromalcf statsoutputclw: plot model mass fraction of cloud liquid water fromalcf lidaroutputclw+cli: plot model mass fraction of cloud liquid water and ice fromalcf lidaroutput
Options:
dpi: <value>: Resolution in dots per inch (DPI). Default:300.--grid: plot gridheight: <value>: Plot height (inches). Default:5ifplot_typeiscloud_occurrenceorbackscatter_histelse4.subcolumn: <value>: Model subcolumn to plot. Default:0.title: <value>: Plot title.width: <value>: Plot width (inches). Default:5ifplot_typeiscloud_occurrenceorbackscatter_histelse10.
Plot command options:
backscatter:lr: <value>: Plot effective lidar ratio. Default:true.cloud_mask: <value>: plot cloud mask. Default:true.sigma: <value>: Remove of number of standard deviations of backscatter from the mean backscatter (real). Default:5.remove_bmol: <value>: Remove molecular backscatter (observed data have to be coupled with model data via thecoupleoption ofalcf lidar). Default:true.vlim: { <min> <max }. Value limits (10^6 m-1.sr-1). Default:{ 0.1 200 }.vlog: <value>: Plot values on logarithmic scale:trueoffalse. Default:true.
backscatter_hist:vlim: { <min> <max> }. Value limits (%) ornonefor auto. Ifnoneandvlogisnone,minis set to 1e-3 if less or equal to zero. Default:none.--vlog: use logarithmic scale for valuesxlim: { <min> <max> }. x axis limits (10^6 m-1.sr-1) ornonefor automatic. Default:none.zlim: { <min> <max> }. z axis limits (m) ornonefor automatic. Default:none.
backscatter_sd_hist:xlim: { <min> <max> }. x axis limits (10^6 m-1.sr-1) ornonefor automatic. Default:none.zlim: { <min> <max> }. z axis limits (%) ornonefor automatic. Default:none.
cl:vlim: { <min> <max> }. Value limits (%). Default:{ 0 100 }.vlog: <value>: Plot values on logarithmic scale:trueoffalse. Default:false.zres: <zres>: Height resolution (m). Default:50.
cli,clw,clw+cli:vlim: { <min> <max> }. Value limits (g/kg). Default:{ 1e-3 1 }.vlog: <value>: Plot values on logarithmic scale:trueoffalse. Default:true.zres: <zres>: Height resolution (m). Default:50.
cloud_occurrence:colors: { <value>... }: Line colors. Default:{ #0084c8 #dc0000 #009100 #ffc022 #ba00ff }linestyle: { <value> ... }: Line style (solid,dashed,dotted). Default:solid.labels: { <value>... }: Line labels. Default:none.lw: <value>: Line width. Default:1.xlim: { <min> <max> }: x axis limits (%). Default:{ 0 100 }.zlim: { <min> <max> }: z axis limits (m). Default:{ 0 15 }.
Examples:
Plot backscatter from processed Vaisala CL51 data in alcf_cl51_lidar
and store the output in the directory alcf_cl51_backscatter.
alcf plot backscatter alcf_cl51_lidar alcf_cl51_backscatter

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