DKRZ NCL ESMF regridding curvilinear to rectilinear example

DKRZ NCL script:

;-----------------------------------------------------------------
;  DKRZ NCL Example:  NCL_rotated_grid.ncl
;
;  30.10.14 kmf
;-----------------------------------------------------------------
begin
;-- define file name

   diri = "./"
   fili = "diff_tas_rcp45_20060101.nc"

;-- open file and read variable
   f           =  addfile(diri+fili, "r")
   tas         =  f->tas
   tas@lat2d   =  f->lat                       ;-- set 2D latitude data
   tas@lon2d   =  f->lon                       ;-- set 2D longitude data
   var         =  tas(0,:,:)                   ;-- only first time step

;-- define the workstation (plot type and name)
   wks = gsn_open_wks("png","plot_rotated_grid")

;-- set resources
   res                       =  True
   res@gsnMaximize           =  True            ;-- maximize graphics output
   res@gsnAddCyclic          =  True            ;-- add cyclic point

   res@mpMinLonF             =  -50.0           ;-- min lon
   res@mpMaxLonF             =   80.0           ;-- max lon
   res@mpMinLatF             =   10.0           ;-- min lat
   res@mpMaxLatF             =   90.0           ;-- max lat

   res@cnFillOn              =  True            ;-- turn on contour fill
   res@cnFillMode            = "CellFill"       ;-- use CellFill method
   res@cnLinesOn             =  False           ;-- Turn lines off
   res@cnLineLabelsOn        =  False           ;-- Turn labels off
   res@cnCellFillEdgeColor   = -1               ;-- transparent edges

   res@tiMainString          = "Curvilinear grid regridded to rectilinear grid using ESMF" ;-- title string
   res@tiMainFontHeightF     =  0.02            ;-- title font size

;-- draw the contour map
   plot = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,var,res)

end

Result: