Thanks Don,
This did the trick!
goeseast_fulldisk_${time:yyyyMMdd_HHmm}.png
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-----Original Message-----
From: Don Murray [mailto:dmurray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 11:58 AM
To: Evan Lowery
Cc: idvusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [idvusers] ISL script / XIDV bundle - Finding date/time stamp
of most recent GOES East Full Disk IR Satellite image
Hi Evan-
Evan Lowery wrote:
> Hello IDV Users,
>
>
>
> Sorry if this was previously discussed in the IDV tutorial / mailing /
> support lists ..
>
>
>
> Goal: Develop an ISL script / XIDV bundle which generates a png image of
the
> most recent GOES East Full Disk IR Satellite. The png image would include
> the date/time stamp of that satellite image (i.e.
> goeseast_fulldisk_yyyymmdd_hhmm.png).
>
>
>
> So far I've been able to create an ISL script / XIDV bundle which pulls
the
> latest GOES East Full Disk IR Sat and generates a png image with the
> following settings:
>
>
>
> 1) Data Chooser
>
> a. Server (satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov)
>
> b. Dataset (PUB), Image Type (GEFDSK04I4)
>
> c. Times (Most recent)
>
> d. Data Type (Brightness)
>
> e. Channel (10.7 um IR Surface/Cloud-top Temp)
>
> f. Location (Center)
>
> g. Image Size (2705 x 5212)
>
> h. Navigation Type (Default)
>
> i. Add Source
>
> 2) Field Selector
>
> a. Imagery (Image Display)
>
> b. Unchecked (Use Default)
>
> c. Selected (Most Recent Image)
>
> d. Create Display
>
> 3) View - Properties
>
> a. Checked (Show Times in View, Auto-set Projection, Show "Please
> Wait" Message, Show Cursor Readout)
>
> b. all else unchecked
>
> c. Full Screen Dimensions (960W x 720H)
>
> d. Apply
>
> 4) View Full Screen
>
> 5) File - Save As
>
> a. goeseast_fulldisk_ir.isl
>
> i.
> Product - Generate an image (checked) (${islpath/goeseast_fulldisk.png)
>
> ii.
> Advanced - Offscreen / Debug (checked), 1 Iteration, 60s Sleep Time
>
> iii. OK
>
>
>
> This isl script / xidv bundle generates the desired "latest" GOES East
Full
> Disk IR Image.
>
> How can it also find the date / time stamp of this satellite image, and
name
> the png image with that date/time stamp?
It's not explicit in the User's Guid, but, for the file name, use
goeseast_fulldisk_${time:yyyyMMdd_HHmm}.png
See:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/IDV/docs/userguide/isl/BasicTags.html#s
impledateformat
for the correct formatting of the time: properties.
>
> I'm able to manually "Save current time as csv" when performing a Data
> Probe/Time Series on the satellite image, but can't figure out how to
> automate that process.
There is no way to do this at present that I know of.
Don
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