% This example code illustrates how to access multiple GES DISC % 3B42 Grid files and calculate monthly 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_2019_7_nc4_m % % Tested under: MATLAB R2023a % Last updated: 2023-06-06 % 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.2019*.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_m = 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); end % Average data. [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); % Extract month. [filepath, name, ext] = fileparts(FILE_NAME); strs = split(name, "."); str = strs(2); day = extractBetween(str, 5, 6); time = str2double(day) writematrix(horzcat(time, mean(data_s(:), "omitmissing")), 'out_m.csv', ... 'WriteMode','append'); netcdf.close(file_id); end % Read filtered data to calculate average. A = readtable('out_m.csv'); B = varfun(@mean, A, 'InputVariables', 2,... 'GroupingVariables', 1); % Draw plot. f = figure('Name', '3B42 2019 Monthly Average from Jan to Feb', ... 'visible', 'off'); plot(B.Var1, B.mean_Var2); xtickformat('%d'); xticks(B.Var1); xlabel('Month in 2019'); % Put title. ln_strs = split(long_name, 'with'); s = '3B42_2019 Monthly Average [0~30N] & [20~60E]'; tstring = {s, ln_strs(1), strcat('with ', ln_strs(2))}; title(tstring, 'Interpreter', 'none', 'FontSize', 16, ... '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.2019.7.nc4.m.m.png']); exit;