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9.4.1 Viewing Observed Data Soundings in NSHARP
The OBSERVED SOUNDING SELECTION window allows the user to plot
soundings stored in GEMPAK upper air format data files.
Typical sources of observational soundings include radiosonde
and dropsonde reports.
Observed Sounding Selection in NSHARP
Use the left mouse button to select the "Load" menu and choose the
"Observed Sounding" selection.
Select the observed sounding data set type from the "File" menu.
After selecting the GEMPAK upper air source, the available times will
be displayed in the "Sounding times" list.
Use the "00Z and 12Z only" toggle to view only standard sounding
times in the "Sounding Times" list.
A single or multiple times may be selected
from the list. A range of times is selected by clicking a starting
time and dragging the mouse pointer, or by selecting the first time
and then depressing <SHIFT> while selecting the second time.
Individual times may be added by depressing <CTRL> when selecting
additional times.
Following selection of desired times, a display of available sounding locations
will be provided (using the most recent time if more than 1 time is selected).
Click on the desired station from the plot of soundings available for this time.
The soundings will be displayed in the left panel portion of the screen, while
selected computed indicies are displayed in the right panel.
The corresponding hodograph can be displayed by clicking on the
"Hodograph" button. The selected button is relabled as "Skew-T" for
toggling the return to the Skew-T.
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