% This example code illustrates how to access multiple GES DISC % 3B42 Grid files and calculate daily average over some region in MATLAB. % % If you have any questions, suggestions, comments on this % example, please use the HDF-EOS Forum (http://hdfeos.org/forums). % % If you would like to see an example of any other NASA HDF/HDF-EOS data % product that is not listed in the HDF-EOS Comprehensive Examples page % (http://hdfeos.org/zoo), feel free to contact us at eoshelp@hdfgroup.org % or post it at the HDF-EOS Forum (http://hdfeos.org/forums). % % Usage:save this script and run (without .m at the end) % % $matlab -nosplash -nodesktop -r TRMM_3B42_Daily_20190101_7_nc4_d % % Tested under: MATLAB R2023a % Last updated: 2023-05-09 % We assume that all TRMM files are in the current working directory. thepath = '.'; % Read data from a data field. DATAFIELD_NAME = 'precipitation'; D = dir(fullfile(thepath, '3B42_Daily.2019010*.7.nc4')); for k = 1:numel(D) FILE_NAME = fullfile(thepath, D(k).name) % Open netCDF-4 file. file_id = netcdf.open(FILE_NAME, 'nowrite'); data = ncread(FILE_NAME, DATAFIELD_NAME); % Convert the data to double type for plot. data=double(data); if k == 1 % Read units. units = ncreadatt(FILE_NAME, DATAFIELD_NAME, "units"); % Read long_name. long_name = ncreadatt(FILE_NAME, DATAFIELD_NAME, ... "long_name"); % Read lat and lon data. lon = ncread(FILE_NAME, 'lon'); lat = ncread(FILE_NAME, 'lat'); lon=double(lon); lat=double(lat); data_m = data; else data_m = data_m + data; end netcdf.close(file_id); end % Average data. data_m = data_m / double(numel(D)); [lon_m, lat_m] = meshgrid(lon, lat); f_x = (lon > 20.0 & lon < 60.0); f_y = (lat > 0.0 & lat < 30.0); data_s = data_m(f_y, f_x); lon_s = lon_m(f_y, f_x); lat_s = lat_m(f_y, f_x); % Create the plot. f = figure('Name', '3B42_Daily', 'visible', 'off'); axesm('MapProjection','eqdcylin',... 'Frame','on','Grid','on', ... 'MeridianLabel','on','ParallelLabel','on','MLabelParallel','south') coast = load('coastlines.mat'); scatterm(lat_s(:), lon_s(:), 1, data_s(:)); colormap('Jet'); h=colorbar(); plotm(coast.coastlat, coast.coastlon, 'k'); % Draw unit. set(get(h, 'title'), 'string', units, ... 'FontSize', 12, 'FontWeight','bold', ... 'Interpreter', 'none'); % Put title. tstring = {'3B42_Daily 2019-01-01~2019-01-03 Avg. [0~30N] & [20~60E]'; ... long_name}; title(tstring, 'Interpreter', 'none', 'FontSize', 8, ... 'FontWeight','bold'); % The following fixed-size screen size will look better in PNG if % your screen is too large. scrsz = [1 1 800 600]; set(f, 'position', scrsz, 'PaperPositionMode', 'auto'); saveas(f, ['3B42_Daily.20190101.7.nc4.d.m.png']); exit;