[GEMPAK #HOR-561708]: GEMPAK with overlaid satellite images

Hi George,

SFCNTR is at the moment unable to create an OA grid of the satellite 
projection; only CED projection, which results in incomplete coverage and 
noticeable skew.  I'm looking into possible fixes.

Michael James
Unidata


> Dir Sir/Madam,
> I found another problem,
> I use sfcntr to plot contour lines and embedded satellite images, I found
> the the contour lines were chopped off diagonal.
> I attached two plots, one is no sat image overlaid, the other is with sat
> image.
> The following is the parameters I chose. The only different between two
> plots is that one choses PROJ=NPS(nosat.gif), the other uses
> PROJ=sat(sat.gif).
> 
> --------------------
> ~[448] sfcntr
> Creating process: gplt for queue 353599490
> AREA      Data area                         dset
> GAREA     Graphics area                     33;-108;46;-90
> SATFIL    Satellite image filename(s)
> /extra1/ldm/data/gempak/images/sat/EAST-CONUS/1km/VIS/VIS_20110316_1445
> RADFIL    Radar image filename(s)
> SFPARM    Surface parameter list            BRBK;TMPC;DWPC;SMSL;PMSL;;;;;;;
> DATTIM    Date/time                         110316/1500
> SFFILE    Surface data file
> /extra1/ldm/data/gempak/surface/20110316_sao.gem
> COLORS    Color list                        5;5;5;5;0;;;;;;5
> MAP       Map color/dash/width/filter flag  16
> LATLON    Line color/dash/width/label/inc
> TITLE     Title color/line/title            1/0/^?UTC _
> CLEAR     Clear screen flag                 yes
> PANEL     Panel loc/color/dash/width/regn   0
> DEVICE    Device|name|x size;y size|color   gif|./sat.gif|1280;1024
> PROJ      Map projection/angles/margins|dr  sat
> FILTER    Filter data factor                0.5
> TEXT      Size/fnt/wdth/brdr/N-rot/just/hw  0.8
> LUTFIL    Enhancement lookup table filenam
> STNPLT    Txtc/txt attr|marker attr|stnfil
> CLRBAR    Color/ornt/anch/x;y/ln;wd/freq
> CNTRPRM   Parameter to contour              PMSL
> GAMMA     Convergence parameter             .3
> WEIGHT    Barnes Weighting parameter        50
> LINE      Line color/type/width             3/1/1
> CONTUR    subbox/smooth                     3/3
> NPASS     Number of barnes passes           2
> CINT      contour interval                  2
> IMCBAR    Color/ornt/anch/x;y/ln;wd/freq|t
> Parameters requested: AREA,GAREA,SATFIL,RADFIL,SFPARM,DATTIM,SFFILE,COLORS,
> MAP,LATLON,TITLE,CLEAR,PANEL,DEVICE,PROJ,FILTER,TEXT,LUTFIL,STNPLT,CLRBAR,
> CNTRPRM,GAMMA,WEIGHT,LINE,CONTUR,NPASS,CINT,IMCBAR.
> GEMPAK-SFCNTR>
> 
> I appreciate all your help.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> George
> 
> --------------------
> Zhuo(George) Liu
> Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS)
> University of Manitoba,
> Winnipeg, MB. R3T 2N2, Canada
> Ph:  (204) 474-9980
> Fax: (204) 272-1532
> 
> 
> address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Glad to hear it's working for you.
> >
> > 5.11.4 isn't necessarily old, but I always encourage users to update to the
> > latest version 6.2.0
> >
> >
> > > Hi, Michael,
> > > It works!
> > > Thank you very much.
> > > My GEMPAK version is GEMPAK5.11.4. Too old?
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: HOR-561708
> > Department: Support GEMPAK
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: HOR-561708
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Normal
Status: Open