Meteorology 3410: Assignment 4

Due October 4

Purpose:

To become familiar with Fortran program syntax, access to Mesonet data, and differences between Perl, C, and Fortran.

Assignemt

  • copy the template program /home/meteor/x/class/jhorel/met3410/read_meso.f to a subdirectory in your directory
  • become familiar with the program and output the data to a file specified onthe command line.
  • using the information provided in class, determine relative humidity from the temperature and dew point temperature. Follow the same logic as was used in the Perl and C programs.
  • using the information provided in class, determine the dew point temperatur e from temperature and relative humidity
  • Experiment with the program at other locations and handle any error conditions that might occur.
  • Use xmgr as described in class to plot the output from the program for a 24 h period. This will require modification to the program to handle multiple days of output.
  • send email that includes the program, text and graphical output files. Include in the email a brief (1 paragraph) discussion of the changes in weather conditions at one site during the day.
    Last updated on 27 September 1999