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 backscatterbackscatter_hist
: plot backscatter histogrambackscatter_sd_hist
: plot backscatter standard deviation histogramcl
: plot model cloud area fractioncli
: plot model mass fraction of cloud icecloud_occurrence
: plot cloud occurrenceclw
: plot model mass fraction of cloud liquid waterclw+cli
: plot model mass fraction of cloud liquid water and ice
Options:
dpi: <value>
: Resolution in dots per inch (DPI). Default:300
.--grid
: plot gridheight: <value>
: Plot height (inches). Default:5
ifplot_type
iscloud_occurrence
orbackscatter_hist
else4
.subcolumn: <value>
: Model subcolumn to plot. Default:0
.title: <value>
: Plot title.width: <value>
: Plot width (inches). Default:5
ifplot_type
iscloud_occurrence
orbackscatter_hist
else10
.
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 thecouple
option 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:true
offalse
. Default:true
.
backscatter_hist
:vlim: { <min> <max> }
. Value limits (%) ornone
for auto. Ifnone
andvlog
isnone
,min
is 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) ornone
for automatic. Default:none
.zlim: { <min> <max> }
. z axis limits (m) ornone
for automatic. Default:none
.
backscatter_sd_hist
:xlim: { <min> <max> }
. x axis limits (10^6 m-1.sr-1) ornone
for automatic. Default:none
.zlim: { <min> <max> }
. z axis limits (%) ornone
for automatic. Default:none
.
cl
:vlim: { <min> <max> }
. Value limits (%). Default:{ 0 100 }
.vlog: <value>
: Plot values on logarithmic scale:true
offalse
. 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:true
offalse
. 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 }
.