dtcenter · georgemccabe · Jul 14, 2022 · Feb 2, 2022 · Mar 15, 2022 · Mar 15, 2022
diff --git a/docs/Users_Guide/glossary.rst b/docs/Users_Guide/glossary.rst
@@ -9605,3 +9605,46 @@ METplus Configuration Glossary
      Guide for more information on multi-variate MODE.
 
      | *Used by:* MODE
+
+   CYCLONE_PLOTTER_GLOBAL_PLOT
+     Set to True to plot entire global extent in CyclonePlotter or set to False
+     to generate a plot of a defined region of the world, then define lons and
+     lats with :term:`CYCLONE_PLOTTER_WEST_LON`,
+     :term:`CYCLONE_PLOTTER_EAST_LON`, :term:`CYCLONE_PLOTTER_SOUTH_LAT`, and
+     :term:`CYCLONE_PLOTTER_NORTH_LAT`.
+
+     | *Used by:* CyclonePlotter
+
+   CYCLONE_PLOTTER_WEST_LON
+     Set the west longitude boundary for CyclonePlotter.
+     Only used if :term:`CYCLONE_PLOTTER_GLOBAL_PLOT` is False.
+
+     | *Used by:* CyclonePlotter
+
+   CYCLONE_PLOTTER_EAST_LON
+     Set the east longitude boundary for CyclonePlotter.
+     Only used if :term:`CYCLONE_PLOTTER_GLOBAL_PLOT` is False.
+
+     | *Used by:* CyclonePlotter
+
+   CYCLONE_PLOTTER_SOUTH_LAT
+     Set the south latitude boundary for CyclonePlotter.
+     Only used if :term:`CYCLONE_PLOTTER_GLOBAL_PLOT` is False.
+
+     | *Used by:* CyclonePlotter
+
+   CYCLONE_PLOTTER_NORTH_LAT
+     Set the north latitude boundary for CyclonePlotter.
+     Only used if :term:`CYCLONE_PLOTTER_GLOBAL_PLOT` is False.
+
+     | *Used by:* CyclonePlotter
+
+   CYCLONE_PLOTTER_ANNOTATION_FONT_SIZE
+     Set the annotation font size for CyclonePlotter output.
+
+     | *Used by:* CyclonePlotter
+
+   CYCLONE_PLOTTER_RESOLUTION_DPI
+     Set the resolution for CyclonePlotter output.
+
+     | *Used by:* CyclonePlotter
diff --git a/docs/Users_Guide/wrappers.rst b/docs/Users_Guide/wrappers.rst
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ METplus Configuration
 | :term:`CYCLONE_PLOTTER_CROSS_MARKER_SIZE`
 | :term:`CYCLONE_PLOTTER_GENERATE_TRACK_ASCII`
 | :term:`CYCLONE_PLOTTER_ADD_WATERMARK`
+| :term:`CYCLONE_PLOTTER_GLOBAL_PLOT`
+| :term:`CYCLONE_PLOTTER_WEST_LON`
+| :term:`CYCLONE_PLOTTER_EAST_LON`
+| :term:`CYCLONE_PLOTTER_NORTH_LAT`
+| :term:`CYCLONE_PLOTTER_SOUTH_LAT`
+| :term:`CYCLONE_PLOTTER_ANNOTATION_FONT_SIZE`
+| :term:`CYCLONE_PLOTTER_RESOLUTION_DPI`
 |
 
 .. warning:: **DEPRECATED:**

diff --git a/parm/use_cases/met_tool_wrapper/ASCII2NC/ASCII2NC.conf b/parm/use_cases/met_tool_wrapper/ASCII2NC/ASCII2NC.conf
@@ -1,79 +1,72 @@
 [config]
-## Configuration-related settings such as the process list, begin and end times, etc.
 
-# List of applications to run - only ASCII2NC for this case
+# Documentation for this use case can be found at
+# https://metplus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/generated/met_tool_wrapper/ASCII2NC/ASCII2NC.html
+
+# For additional information, please see the METplus Users Guide.
+# https://metplus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Users_Guide
+
+###
+# Processes to run
+# https://metplus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Users_Guide/systemconfiguration.html#process-list
+###
+
 PROCESS_LIST = ASCII2NC
 
-# time looping - options are INIT, VALID, RETRO, and REALTIME
+
+###
+# Time Info
+# LOOP_BY options are INIT, VALID, RETRO, and REALTIME
 # If set to INIT or RETRO:
 #   INIT_TIME_FMT, INIT_BEG, INIT_END, and INIT_INCREMENT must also be set
 # If set to VALID or REALTIME:
 #   VALID_TIME_FMT, VALID_BEG, VALID_END, and VALID_INCREMENT must also be set
-LOOP_BY = VALID
+# LEAD_SEQ is the list of forecast leads to process
+# https://metplus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Users_Guide/systemconfiguration.html#timing-control
+###
 
-# Format of VALID_BEG and VALID_END using % items
-# %Y = 4 digit year, %m = 2 digit month, %d = 2 digit day, etc.
-# see www.strftime.org for more information
-# %Y%m%d%H expands to YYYYMMDDHH
+LOOP_BY = VALID
 VALID_TIME_FMT = %Y%m%d%H
-
-# Start time for METplus run - must match VALID_TIME_FMT
 VALID_BEG = 2010010112
-
-# End time for METplus run - must match VALID_TIME_FMT
 VALID_END = 2010010112
-
-# Increment between METplus runs (in seconds if no units are specified)
-#  Must be >= 60 seconds
 VALID_INCREMENT = 1M
 
-# List of forecast leads to process for each run time (init or valid)
-# If unset, defaults to 0 (don't loop through forecast leads
 LEAD_SEQ = 0
 
-# Order of loops to process data - Options are times, processes
-# Not relevant if only one item is in the PROCESS_LIST
-# times = run all wrappers in the PROCESS_LIST for a single run time, then
-#   increment the run time and run all wrappers again until all times have
-#   been evaluated.
-# processes = run the first wrapper in the PROCESS_LIST for all times
-#   specified, then repeat for the next item in the PROCESS_LIST until all
-#   wrappers have been run
 LOOP_ORDER = times
 
-# Verbosity of MET output - overrides LOG_VERBOSITY for ASCII2NC only
-#LOG_ASCII2NC_VERBOSITY = 1
 
-# MET Configuration file for ASCII2NC
-# References CONFIG_DIR from the [dir] section
-ASCII2NC_CONFIG_FILE = {CONFIG_DIR}/Ascii2NcConfig_wrapped
+###
+# File I/O
+# https://metplus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Users_Guide/systemconfiguration.html#directory-and-filename-template-info
+###
+
+ASCII2NC_INPUT_DIR =
+ASCII2NC_INPUT_TEMPLATE = {INPUT_BASE}/met_test/data/sample_obs/ascii/precip24_{valid?fmt=%Y%m%d%H}.ascii
+
+ASCII2NC_OUTPUT_DIR =
+ASCII2NC_OUTPUT_TEMPLATE = {OUTPUT_BASE}/ascii2nc/precip24_{valid?fmt=%Y%m%d%H}.nc
 
-# If set to True, skip run if the output file determined by the output directory and
-# filename template already exists
 ASCII2NC_SKIP_IF_OUTPUT_EXISTS = False
 
-# Time relative to valid time (in seconds if no units are specified) to allow files to be considered
-#  valid. Set both BEGIN and END to 0 to require the exact time in the filename
-#  Not used in this example.
 ASCII2NC_FILE_WINDOW_BEGIN = 0
 ASCII2NC_FILE_WINDOW_END = 0
 
-# Value to pass with the -format argument to ascii2nc. See MET User's Guide for more information
+###
+# ASCII2NC Settings
+# https://metplus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Users_Guide/wrappers.html#ascii2nc
+###
+
+#LOG_ASCII2NC_VERBOSITY = 1
+
+ASCII2NC_CONFIG_FILE = {PARM_BASE}/met_config/Ascii2NcConfig_wrapped
+
 ASCII2NC_INPUT_FORMAT =
 
-# Value to pass with the -mask_grid argument to ascii2nc. See MET User's Guide for more information
 ASCII2NC_MASK_GRID =
-
-# Value to pass with the -mask_poly argument to ascii2nc. See MET User's Guide for more information
 ASCII2NC_MASK_POLY =
-
-# Value to pass with the -mask_sid argument to ascii2nc. See MET User's Guide for more information
 ASCII2NC_MASK_SID =
 
-# For defining the time periods for summarization
-# False for no time summary, True otherwise
-# The rest of the ASCII2NC_TIME_SUMMARY variables are ignored if set to False
-# See the MET User's Guide section regarding ASCII2NC time summary options for more information.
 ASCII2NC_TIME_SUMMARY_FLAG = False
 ASCII2NC_TIME_SUMMARY_RAW_DATA = False
 ASCII2NC_TIME_SUMMARY_BEG = 000000
@@ -85,22 +78,3 @@ ASCII2NC_TIME_SUMMARY_VAR_NAMES =
 ASCII2NC_TIME_SUMMARY_TYPES = min, max, range, mean, stdev, median, p80
 ASCII2NC_TIME_SUMMARY_VALID_FREQ = 0
 ASCII2NC_TIME_SUMMARY_VALID_THRESH = 0.0
-
-
-# End of [config] section and start of [dir] section
-[dir]
-# location of configuration files used by MET applications
-CONFIG_DIR={PARM_BASE}/met_config
-
-# Input/Output directories can be left empty if the corresponding template contains the full path to the files
-ASCII2NC_INPUT_DIR = 
-ASCII2NC_OUTPUT_DIR =
-
-# End of [dir] section and start of [filename_templates] section
-[filename_templates]
-
-# Template to look for input to ASCII2NC relative to ASCII2NC_INPUT_DIR
-ASCII2NC_INPUT_TEMPLATE = {INPUT_BASE}/met_test/data/sample_obs/ascii/precip24_{valid?fmt=%Y%m%d%H}.ascii
-
-# Template to use to write output from ASCII2NC
-ASCII2NC_OUTPUT_TEMPLATE = {OUTPUT_BASE}/ascii2nc/precip24_{valid?fmt=%Y%m%d%H}.nc
diff --git a/parm/use_cases/met_tool_wrapper/ASCII2NC/ASCII2NC_python_embedding.conf b/parm/use_cases/met_tool_wrapper/ASCII2NC/ASCII2NC_python_embedding.conf
@@ -1,84 +1,75 @@
 [config]
-## Configuration-related settings such as the process list, begin and end times, etc.
 
-# List of applications to run - only ASCII2NC for this case
+# Documentation for this use case can be found at
+# https://metplus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/generated/met_tool_wrapper/ASCII2NC/ASCII2NC_python_embedding.html
+
+# For additional information, please see the METplus Users Guide.
+# https://metplus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Users_Guide
+
+###
+# Processes to run
+# https://metplus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Users_Guide/systemconfiguration.html#process-list
+###
+
 PROCESS_LIST = ASCII2NC
 
-# time looping - options are INIT, VALID, RETRO, and REALTIME
+
+###
+# Time Info
+# LOOP_BY options are INIT, VALID, RETRO, and REALTIME
 # If set to INIT or RETRO:
 #   INIT_TIME_FMT, INIT_BEG, INIT_END, and INIT_INCREMENT must also be set
 # If set to VALID or REALTIME:
 #   VALID_TIME_FMT, VALID_BEG, VALID_END, and VALID_INCREMENT must also be set
-LOOP_BY = VALID
+# LEAD_SEQ is the list of forecast leads to process
+# https://metplus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Users_Guide/systemconfiguration.html#timing-control
+###
 
-# Format of VALID_BEG and VALID_END using % items
-# %Y = 4 digit year, %m = 2 digit month, %d = 2 digit day, etc.
-# see www.strftime.org for more information
-# %Y%m%d%H expands to YYYYMMDDHH
+LOOP_BY = VALID
 VALID_TIME_FMT = %Y%m%d%H
-
-# Start time for METplus run - must match VALID_TIME_FMT
 VALID_BEG = 2010010112
-
-# End time for METplus run - must match VALID_TIME_FMT
 VALID_END = 2010010112
-
-# Increment between METplus runs (in seconds if no units are specified)
-#  Must be >= 60 seconds
 VALID_INCREMENT = 1M
 
-# List of forecast leads to process for each run time (init or valid)
-# If unset, defaults to 0 (don't loop through forecast leads
 LEAD_SEQ = 0
 
-# Order of loops to process data - Options are times, processes
-# Not relevant if only one item is in the PROCESS_LIST
-# times = run all wrappers in the PROCESS_LIST for a single run time, then
-#   increment the run time and run all wrappers again until all times have
-#   been evaluated.
-# processes = run the first wrapper in the PROCESS_LIST for all times
-#   specified, then repeat for the next item in the PROCESS_LIST until all
-#   wrappers have been run
 LOOP_ORDER = times
 
-# Verbosity of MET output - overrides LOG_VERBOSITY for ASCII2NC only
-#LOG_ASCII2NC_VERBOSITY = 1
 
-# MET Configuration file for ASCII2NC
-# References CONFIG_DIR from the [dir] section
-ASCII2NC_CONFIG_FILE =
+###
+# File I/O
+# https://metplus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Users_Guide/systemconfiguration.html#directory-and-filename-template-info
+###
+
+ASCII2NC_INPUT_DIR =
+ASCII2NC_INPUT_TEMPLATE = "{MET_INSTALL_DIR}/share/met/python/read_ascii_point.py {INPUT_BASE}/met_test/data/sample_obs/ascii/sample_ascii_obs.txt"
+
+ASCII2NC_OUTPUT_DIR =
+ASCII2NC_OUTPUT_TEMPLATE = {OUTPUT_BASE}/met_tool_wrapper/ASCII2NC/ascii2nc_python.nc
 
-# If set to True, skip run if the output file determined by the output directory and
-# filename template already exists
 ASCII2NC_SKIP_IF_OUTPUT_EXISTS = False
 
-# Time relative to valid time (in seconds if no units are specified) to allow files to be considered
-#  valid. Set both BEGIN and END to 0 to require the exact time in the filename
-#  Not used in this example.
 ASCII2NC_FILE_WINDOW_BEGIN = 0
 ASCII2NC_FILE_WINDOW_END = 0
 
-# Time relative to each input file's valid time (in seconds if no units are specified) for data within the file to be
-# considered valid.
+
+###
+# ASCII2NC Settings
+# https://metplus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Users_Guide/wrappers.html#ascii2nc
+###
+
+#LOG_ASCII2NC_VERBOSITY = 1
+#ASCII2NC_CONFIG_FILE =
+
 ASCII2NC_WINDOW_BEGIN = 0
 ASCII2NC_WINDOW_END = 0
 
-# Value to pass with the -format argument to ascii2nc. See MET User's Guide for more information
 ASCII2NC_INPUT_FORMAT = python
 
-# Value to pass with the -mask_grid argument to ascii2nc. See MET User's Guide for more information
 ASCII2NC_MASK_GRID =
-
-# Value to pass with the -mask_poly argument to ascii2nc. See MET User's Guide for more information
 ASCII2NC_MASK_POLY =
-
-# Value to pass with the -mask_sid argument to ascii2nc. See MET User's Guide for more information
 ASCII2NC_MASK_SID =
 
-# For defining the time periods for summarization
-# False for no time summary, True otherwise
-# The rest of the ASCII2NC_TIME_SUMMARY variables are ignored if set to False
-# See the MET User's Guide section regarding ASCII2NC time summary options for more information.
 ASCII2NC_TIME_SUMMARY_FLAG = False
 ASCII2NC_TIME_SUMMARY_RAW_DATA = False
 ASCII2NC_TIME_SUMMARY_BEG = 000000
@@ -90,22 +81,3 @@ ASCII2NC_TIME_SUMMARY_VAR_NAMES =
 ASCII2NC_TIME_SUMMARY_TYPES = min, max, range, mean, stdev, median, p80
 ASCII2NC_TIME_SUMMARY_VALID_FREQ = 0
 ASCII2NC_TIME_SUMMARY_VALID_THRESH = 0.0
-
-
-# End of [config] section and start of [dir] section
-[dir]
-# location of configuration files used by MET applications
-CONFIG_DIR={PARM_BASE}/met_config
-
-# Input/Output directories can be left empty if the corresponding template contains the full path to the files
-ASCII2NC_INPUT_DIR = 
-ASCII2NC_OUTPUT_DIR =
-
-# End of [dir] section and start of [filename_templates] section
-[filename_templates]
-
-# Template to look for input to ASCII2NC relative to ASCII2NC_INPUT_DIR
-ASCII2NC_INPUT_TEMPLATE = "{MET_INSTALL_DIR}/share/met/python/read_ascii_point.py {INPUT_BASE}/met_test/data/sample_obs/ascii/sample_ascii_obs.txt"
-
-# Template to use to write output from ASCII2NC
-ASCII2NC_OUTPUT_TEMPLATE = {OUTPUT_BASE}/met_tool_wrapper/ASCII2NC/ascii2nc_python.nc