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AWIPS Tips: Explore the CAVE Volume Browser: Cross Section and Time Series

22 September 2021

Welcome back to AWIPS Tips! Previously, we showed you how to open and use the Volume Browser to create plan view displays. This week we're exploring two additional display types you can create in the Volume Browser: vertical cross sections and time series. These display types use the Points and Baselines tools, which we introduced in the last AWIPS Tips blog.

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Posted by Nicole Corbin

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AWIPS Tips: Using CAVE's Points and Baselines Tools

08 September 2021

Welcome back to AWIPS Tips! This week's tip is all about working with the Points and Baselines tools. These tools are interactive reference graphics in a map editor that we use for creating any non-plan view display type in the Volume Browser. Watch the video below for a demonstration and a few tips for working with these two tools.

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AWIPS Tips: Get to Know EDEX

25 August 2021

Welcome back to AWIPS Tips! Today we're going to go over a brief overview of the backend component of AWIPS: EDEX. EDEX is the Environmental Data Exchange system that comprises the server side of AWIPS; it handles functions such as requesting raw data, decoding and ingesting data, storing processed data, and dealing with data requests from CAVE and python-awips connections.[Read More]

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AWIPS TIPS: Explore the CAVE Volume Browser: Plan Views

11 August 2021

Welcome back to AWIPS Tips! Today's focus is on CAVE'S Volume Browser. The Volume Browser is a tool for accessing model output and point sources like RAOB, METAR, and Profiler datasets. Rather than choosing from the preconfigured options in the default Data Menus, the Volume Browser allows you to select the exact sources, fields, planes, or points to display. The Volume Browser also has options for vertical cross sections, time series, and other display types, but today we will focus specifically on the default display type: plan views.

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AWIPS Tips: Plot New GOES Products From Unidata's Public EDEX

28 July 2021

Welcome back to AWIPS Tips! With last month’s release of AWIPS, we have updated Unidata's public EDEX to include new GOES products like Geocolor, CloudSnow, and DebraDust. Check out this video below to see how you can create your own GOES geocolor plots using Jupyter Notebooks and python-awips without downloading any data.

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Posted by Nicole Corbin