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2.7 Profiler Winds
This section describes how to make plots from the NOAA National Profiler Network. The set of steps involve:
2.7.0  Connect to NOAA National Profiler Network data
2.7.1  Making the Profiler displays
2.7.2  Additional Profiler Displays
2.7.0 Connect to NOAA National Profiler Network data
In the Data Chooser select the Profiler tab.
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In the Server: selection box, use the pull down list to select a remote ADDE server with Profiler data, such as adde.ucar.edu. In the Data interval selection box you can choose from Hourly, 30 minute, 12 minute, or 6 minute. The Profiler data has a 6 minute interval; this selection lets you determine what time step will be used in your IDV displays. Click on Connect. Some times first appear selected - highlighted. Check individual times on or off with control-click. Select end times and times of a range with shift-click.

Select a station by clicking on it on the map. Select a group of stations by dragging the mouse cursor with the shift key to make a rubber band box, or do shift-click to select more than one station. The map shows Profiler station names.

To see more stations check the Declutter box off, The Declutter check box allows you to show all stations (not checked), or only a limited number of stations that do not overlap each other (checked). More stations appear as you zoom in. You may need to zoom in to see all the stations clearly separated. The icons below the map allow you to zoom and pan.

Once you have selected one or more stations and a set of times, click the Add Source button at bottom. You have selected this data to be accessible by the IDV. (You have not yet downloaded any profiler data to the IDV. Loading data occurs only when a display is made.)

2.7.1 Making the Profiler displays
A label like "Profiler Hourly - 3 stations" appears in the Data sources panel in Field Selector window.
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The "Profiler winds" item in the Fields panel allows you to make any of the Profiler displays for all the stations selected. You can use the individual station fields to make a display only for that station.

Click on "Time-Height Display" in the Displays panel, to choose this type of display. Then make the display by clicking on Create Display in the bottom of the Field Selector window.

The time/height plot of Profiler data at this station or stations is made. The colored globe in the lower right corner of the main IDV window indicates that processing and making displays is in progress.

Similarly you can choose the Station Plot Profiler display (a mapped plan view of profiler winds at any single level above sea level) , or the 3D View of Profiler data which shows winds at all levels and at all stations selected.

2.7.2 Additional Profiler Displays
For examples of the Profiler displays, and how to control them, see Profiler Controls.

 


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