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[IDV #ILT-566886]: vertical profiles with depth, not altitude



> Yuan,
> 
> I'm trying to understand your note.  Please see the attached 2 files, which
> should correct the typo in the GTSPP original source.  You say you can load
> them into IDV as nc grids?  And then you can visualize them with the volume
> rendering display?  Can you tell me the exact steps, because I've tried that
> and only get a single blue spot at sea level in the wire cube that IDV
> draws.
> 
> Murray
> 

I think you are getting there. First, change the vertical scale (the scale icon 
on the left of the view window) to 0 to 160 m, and then change the color table 
range to "From all data".



Yuan
> 
> 
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 5:44 PM
> Subject: [IDV #ILT-566886]: vertical profiles with depth, not altitude
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> 
> >> Yuan,
> >>
> >> Yes, this is a temp/salinity profile.  There are thousands and thousands
> >> of
> >> these at the GTSPP program website.  I had thought this was a very plain
> >> vanilla NC format.  I have plotted the file in IDV as a vertical line in
> >> space (going up not down), and with the graphing routine as an XY
> >> profile.
> >>
> >> I might be nuts, but I can't see how a local ncml file can apply to a
> >> remote
> >> file on a THREDDS or OPENDAP server.  Where would you place it so IDV can
> >> "see" it and apply it to the NC file in question?  And if local placement
> >> of
> >> the NC file is required, then how could I handle dozens or hundreds of
> >> files?  Write ncml for each one?
> >>
> >> Murray
> >>
> >
> > Murray,
> >     Yes, you can load this data to the IDV as a grid dataset, and if you
> > do the volume rendering, you can see all 19 points under the surface.
> >     I thought you probably want to see this as a profiler dataset, and you
> > need to follow the CF convention:
> >
> > https://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/trac/wiki/PointObservationConventions
> >
> >
> > Yuan
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: ILT-566886
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: ILT-566886
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open