WRFSI summary of changes and improvements to the GUI from version 1.3.1 released 6/17/03 to version 1.3.2 released 8/21/03: version 1.3.2a released 3/2/04: o The user can now edit center point lat/lon values at any time. o The user can access tabbed panels (pages) in any order after the initial setup of a domain in 'Domain Selection'. o An error in the Lambert projection involving standard lon was corrected. o The user can update the (MOAD)DATAROOT namelist without re-localizing. This is done in the 'Interpolate Data' 'Script' panel by pressing Update Localization 'Commit' button. o The user can now generate NCL gmeta files without having to re-localize. o There are many display improvements to the NCL gmeta image generating scripts. o The NCL scripts are successfully installed when INSTALLROOT location differs from the SOURCE_ROOT location. o The GUI application is not as likely to exit when certain files are not found. Rather, information is typically written to the log file /tmp/wrf_tools.log. o Legacy domain.gif files are no longer copied to static dirs. o On the "Localization Parms" panel, the title above the paths to the geography data was changed to 'Static Geographical Data Files' (from 'Surface Files'). o The interpolation controls has moved to the 'Interpolate Data' panel (from the 'Domain Selection' panel). o The user can set EXT_DATAROOT and GEOG_DATAROOT at the beginning of an editing session by selecting the 'Path Preferences' found under the 'Edit' pull-down menu. EXT_DATAROOT does not have to be defined at the install time. Instead of using one set of GRIB files for multiple domain settings, it is fine to have one set of GRIB data only for one domain setting in the research scenario. o The ui confirms that the specified EXT_DATAROOT exists, otherwise it will create extprd, work and static and include copying a grib_prep.nl into the static dir. o The i,j indices are displayed along with the lat/lon values as the user drags the cursor on the domain map. o New to v 1.3.2, it was discovered that on Red Hat Linux system, using Perl version 5.8 in combination with Perl/Tk800.023 causes a fatal GUI error during the domain localization process using the GUI. The solution is to build Perl/Tk800.024, or use another version of Perl. ----------------------------------------- version 1.3.2a released 3/2/04: File changes: -rwxrwxrwx mccaslin/frd 2084 2004-02-25 16:19:50 wrfsi/data/static/wrfsi.nl -rwxrwxrwx mccaslin/frd 14045 2004-03-01 11:45:19 wrfsi/etc/localize_domain.pl.in -rwxrwxrwx mccaslin/frd 21609 2004-02-25 16:54:56 wrfsi/etc/map_utils.pm -rwxrwxrwx mccaslin/frd 5861 2004-03-01 11:30:19 wrfsi/etc/wrfsi_utils.pm -rwxrwxrwx mccaslin/frd 1137 2004-02-25 14:32:42 wrfsi/gui/install_perlTk.sh.in -rwxrwxrwx mccaslin/frd 11279 2004-03-02 12:51:19 wrfsi/gui/install_gui.pl -rwxrwxrwx mccaslin/frd 3113 2004-02-25 15:11:06 wrfsi/src/grid/get_tile_list.f -rwxrwxrwx mccaslin/frd 20883 2004-02-25 15:04:41 wrfsi/src/grid/proc_geodat.f -rwxrwxrwx mccaslin/frd 2368 2004-03-02 11:01:47 wrfsi/gui/README -rwxrwxrwx mccaslin/frd 33519 2004-02-26 09:12:59 wrfsi/gui/guiTk/srt_bounding_box.pl -rwxrwxrwx mccaslin/frd 180 2004-03-02 11:02:48 wrfsi/gui/guiTk/version -rwxrwxrwx mccaslin/frd 35337 2004-02-26 08:56:23 wrfsi/gui/guiTk/ui_domain_srt.pl -rwxrwxrwx mccaslin/frd 34189 2004-02-26 09:14:02 wrfsi/gui/guiTk/ui_initial_data.pl -rwxrwxrwx mccaslin/frd 23338 2004-02-27 15:07:43 wrfsi/gui/guiTk/ui_system_tools.pl.in -rwxrwxrwx mccaslin/frd 46033 2004-02-26 09:19:23 wrfsi/gui/guiTk/ui_vars.pl -rwxrwxrwx mccaslin/frd 30571 2004-02-27 15:08:08 wrfsi/gui/guiTk/srt_localize_domain.pl -rw------- mccaslin/frdlapb 3489636 2004-02-25 14:30:27 wrfsi/gui/Tk800.024.tar.gz Discussion of changes: Domain Localization over the Dateline: The domain localization software in WRFSI version 1.3.2 fails for domains that span the dateline and Greenwich mean. Two Fortran source files were modified for this updated WRFSI version 1.3.2 1. SOURCE_ROOT/src/grid/get_tile_list.f 2. SOURCE_ROOT/src/grid/proc_geodat.f Dateline and GM domains will now localize correctly. WRFSI GUI problem areas: The WRFSI GUI now uses Perl/Tk800.024. Older versions of Perl/Tk (included in the previous WRFSI 1.3.2 tar file) caused problems on two known configurations: Dec Alpha OSF and Lunix RedHat 7.3 (or higher) when running with Perl version 5.8. On a Dec Alpha OSF the WRFSI GUI v1.3.2 using Perl/Tk800/023 does not run successfully. On a Linux RedHat 7.3 running Perl v5.8 using Perl/Tk800.023, the WRFSI GUI will die during the Domain localization step. To reiterate these are solved simply by having you, or a system administrator, install Perl/Tk800.024, or higher on your system. Also see the faq solution, http://www.wrf-model.org/gui/faq/#Q012 For systems with environment variable MACHTYPE set to i686 the WRFSI GUI may not be generating background map vectors. This has also been corrected in the updated tar file. Also see the faq for a solution, http://www.wrf-model.org/gui/faq/#Q014 To correct the issues discussed here, please download the new WRFSI v1.3.2a (which now includes Perl/Tk800.024). The updated tar file is available at http://www.wrf-model.org/si/release. ~ Paula McCaslin