[GEMPAK #LQB-992766]: BND filling over radar graphics

> I'm working on building some base reflectivity graphics (nids) and I've
> discovered the BND command to fill in the map areas with color.  I've
> noticed that the BND command draws on top of the radar imaging and
> covers it up.  Reading around the message archives, I see that there
> was a post that instructed them to draw the map first with gpmap and
> then use gdplot (or gpnids in my case) to draw the radar data on top.
> Is this the approved method?  Currently I'm using just gpmap and then
> filling in the radfil variable with my nids data.
> 
> Thanks
> Kelly Koehn
> 
> 
> 


Kelly,

The example use of gridded programs (GDPLOT2) to overlay radar is for gridded 
radar 
composites produced by GDRADR. There is no way to  Overlay an image on
top of BND in GEMPAK. It is possible to create a BND graphic as a GIF image 
using
the radar projection etc, and create a separate GOF file of the radar image for 
the
same area, and then use commonly available image manipulation programs
to graphically add the images where the radar image is not black.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: LQB-992766
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed