Writing

oh-keeyyhh...i am now brainstorming what to write (essential items) in 3 topics i am suppose to start writing, Siberian High,ENSO and Arctic Oscillation. and after that ( or during) i will start relating it to the malaysian NE monsoon. (>.<) Sooo many!

me: Feels like i've been brainstorming since 3 months ago! huhu..o yeah, i was distracted by learning Dynamic meteorology by myself and scripting...essential knowledge though. Vectors!! OMG. i need to brush up my vector knowledge. grrr!!!

huh~

It's been about 3 months...i have produce nothing. i should have done at least a quarter of it. and study on your own is soooooooooooooo.....oooooooooo slow, and i missed a guide from a person named TEACHER. Anyhow anyway, i need to push myself further...Ganbatteeee!!!!!

me: hup hup huuppp!!

Anomaly- GrADS and Scripting

I've been doing this for this week (and last week)...now, i need to do a control file that grab the data and save it...(..and now i'm confused. what should i do next?? i should ask Mr.O...)

************************************************************************************
* Long Term Mean Skin Temperature, NCEP/NCAR data taken from cdc.noaa.gov
* ////////////////////////////////////
* AVERAGE TEMPERATURE EACH MONTH FROM 1978 - 2008

'reinit'
'sdfopen f:\ncep\skt.temp\skt.mon.mean.nc'
'set lat -60 80'
'set lon 80 300'
*
* calculating mean by month*
*JANUARY MEAN
'define atmpjan = ave(skt,t=361,t=732,12)'
*FEB MEAN
'define atmpfeb = ave(skt,t=362,t=732,12)'
*MARCH MEAN
'define atmpmar = ave(skt,t=363,t=732,12)'
*APRIL MEAN
'define atmpapr = ave(skt,t=364,t=732,12)'
*MAY MEAN
'define atmpmay = ave(skt,t=365,t=732,12)'
*JUNE MEAN
'define atmpjun = ave(skt,t=366,t=732,12)'
*JULY MEAN
'define atmpjul = ave(skt,t=367,t=732,12)'
*AUGUST MEAN
'define atmpaug = ave(skt,t=368,t=732,12)'
*SEPTEMBER MEAN
'define atmpsep = ave(skt,t=369,t=732,12)'
*OCTOBER MEAN
'define atmpoct = ave(skt,t=370,t=732,12)'
*NOVEMBER MEAN
'define atmpnov = ave(skt,t=371,t=732,12)'
*DECEMBER MEAN
'define atmpdec = ave(skt,t=372,t=732,12)'
*******************************************************
* calculating diff for respective month
* for interested year. let 2008
* time index start with t=372 until t=732

'define djan08 = skt(t=721) - atmpjan'
'define dfeb08 = skt(t=722) - atmpfeb'
'define dmar08 = skt(t=723) - atmpmar'
'define dapr08 = skt(t=724) - atmpapr'
'define dmay08 = skt(t=725) - atmpmay'
'define djun08 = skt(t=726) - atmpjun'
'define djul08 = skt(t=727) - atmpjul'
'define daug08 = skt(t=728) - atmpaug'
'define dsep08 = skt(t=729) - atmpsep'
'define doct08 = skt(t=730) - atmpoct'
'define dnov08 = skt(t=731) - atmpnov'
'define ddec08 = skt(t=732) - atmpdec'
*
*******************************************************
p=1
while (p=1)
'c'
prompt "Enter the time index "
pull tindex
prompt "Enter the month "
pull mth

'set gxout contour'
'set csmooth on'
'set cint 0.5'
'define diffx = skt(t='tindex') - atmp'mth''
'd diffx'
'run basemap L 0 1 M'

prompt "continue? ( 1 to end 0 to cont) "
pull resp

if ( resp = 1)
p = p + resp
endif
endwhile
*endscript

*************************************************************************************

it's quite easy actually, but without strong basic it's damn confusing. anyway, manipulating it for real life use can be very confusing. well, i need to learn this a lot more. (including all the AO, ENSO writing and Dynamic meteorology stuff)

me: _"(x.x)__

my Workstation @ NARC

A.K.A my table at National Antarctic Research Center..LOL

choices

this page is so slow to load! sicko!

Anyway, while i was doing thing on GrADS and reading essentials of meteorology, a lot of thing came into my mind. well, finally i asked my currently supervisor, about the financial-assistanship offer from U.K.M. He said, he won't hold any of his student to stayu there long but adviced me to at least stay there for better exposure. and i said, of course i will at least finish my MPhil at U.M first, before I can go anywhere i chose to. The exposures he meant are so great, he said that he has connection with cambridge and univ of washington, i i need a reference for my PhD in the future. Wow, that's early right? even my MPhil's offer letter is still pending.

Good to know that, i [most probably] having job after finishing MPhil and later PhD.

In the mean time, i need to at least take a glimps of which uni i'll go for PhD. since i need to be in Math department [not earth science like i was planned way before i finished my BSc],i came across a lot of interesting applied maths field they offer, especially in modelling climate, atmosphere and enviroment. Right now, i have three uni that i will consider. Univ of Washington, Austalian National University and University of New South Wales. they have an interesting interdepartment research, which combined my both interest, maths and meteorology.
anyway, i was thinking, is it possible if they support me for graduate degree before i go for PhD...?
i pray to God that everything will be fine, and give me strength to make all this happen.

Workshop on Hydrologic Data Management and Modelling in South East Asia

I am attending this workshop this week, well as a secretariat but since they have vacant computers, so, I should not let this opportunity just passed. anyway, the presenters are actually from Univ of California,San Diego, apparently under San Diego Supercomputer Center.

This workshop anyway more to hydro information and of course data management. so, not directly related to my field of study, but i am trying to extract information as much as i can from this one week workshop. especially the model they use.

most of the participants are from South East Asian countries, representing their institutions and agencies.

Great thanks to Dr Ilya Zavlasky, Dr Tom Whitenack from SDSC, California, for this informative workshop. and other participants including Dr Dave, from UCSD.

me: remember how Prof Ganikhodjaev pronounce "have" exactly the same as Dr Zavlasky does! LOL...

First Hands-On lesson

I am so excited 'bout this.