diff --git a/WRF.md b/WRF.md index 8544fdde4d9185d3fa30e698311190dfd8cfec2b..d315aa6654c2da6a3b7a4d5d56fab36df612726a 100644 --- a/WRF.md +++ b/WRF.md @@ -631,6 +631,8 @@ For 3D visualization of WRF output, it is recommended to use either [Paraview](h ##### Paraview workflow +1. Pre-requisite: [download](https://www.paraview.org/download/) and install the Paraview application on your computer. + 1. Log in to VSC5 in a terminal window. 1. On VSC5, convert the WRF output in a format that Paraview can ingest. One option is to use [siso](https://github.com/TheBB/SISO). @@ -683,7 +685,7 @@ Not tested yet. ##### Creating a video -Whether done with Paraview or with Mayavi, the visualization will result in a collection of png files, e.g., `InnValley.%04d.png`. There are several tools to convert invidual frames into movies. Among them, `ffmpeg` and `apngasm`. +Whether done with Paraview or with Mayavi, the visualization will result in a collection of png files, e.g., `InnValley.%04d.png`. There are several tools to convert invidual frames into movies. Among them, `ffmpeg` and `apngasm`. At the moment neither of them is available on IMGW servers (precompiled binaries are available through `apt-get` for Ubuntu). The basic method to create an `mp4` movie is: ```sh @@ -722,7 +724,7 @@ It also possible to generate movies in other formats, better suited for the web: ffmpeg -framerate 12 -i InnValley.%04d.png InnValley.gif ``` -* To get a feeling of the file sizes: +* For the example dataset, the collection of raw png files takes 59 MB while the video file sizes range between 4.5 and 70 MB: ```sh (mypy39) stefano@stefano-XPS-13-9370:~/Desktop/Paraview_animation/anim$ du -hcs InnValley.0*png 59M total