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20040716: GOES-12 images in nmap2

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  • Subject: 20040716: GOES-12 images in nmap2
  • Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 16:22:01 -0600
Clint,

The simplest way to zoom at this point would be "roam 4xscreen"
to zoom in on a region that would generally be the NH area
which is typically the area when the full disk isn't available.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support

>From: Clint Rowe <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200407161816.i6GIGkaW021451

>Chiz,
>
>Here's something I've been meaning to ask for some time.  When the
>GOES-12 images went to "full-disk" on IDD, I found that I can't 
>figure out how to zoom in on the northern hemisphere to get an image 
>similar to what we had before (i.e., to "match" the GOES-10 images
>in terms of coverage).
>
>In nmap2, you can't zoom with the rubber-band box to areas in the
>upper-right corner (since that's outer space!) and, similarly, I 
>can't specify a lat-lon for the UR corner for GAREA in "Custom".
>I've also tried using the #center-extent method, but can't get out 
>beyond about 50W (at the equator), even though the image extends to 
>about 30W at the equator in "full-disk".
>
>Any ideas?
>Clint
>
>====================================================================
>Clinton M. Rowe
>Associate Professor 
>Meteorology/Climatology Program                  phone:(402)472-1946
>Department of Geosciences                          fax:(402)472-4917
>University of Nebraska-Lincoln                        address@hidden
>
>
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