[GEMPAK #BWT-519283]: Plotting NEXRAD Level II data in Mercator projection

By the way I found this out a year or so ago when I was putting together a 
Google Maps mashup with level3 N0Q transparent images output with a black 
background.  the N0R low-res files looked fine, but the higher res N0Q scans 
from different stations were overlapping incorrectly.  I thought I had found 
that the projections for these NIDS files was written into the file itself and 
depended on radar site calibration, which would be batch re-projection of the 
this supposed stereographic projection rangent to earth's surface may not work. 
But I need to find where I was in the code a ~year ago to confirm.

Michael

> Michael,
> Thanks - I'm going to give Daryl's stuff a try but I'd really like to get 
> level 2 imagery in a GIS format. Chiz also mentioned that the rad projection 
> is essentially a polar stereographic projection that is tangent to the 
> Earth's surface at the radar location so I'll see if I can warp that to a 
> mercator using the gdal routines.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: BWT-519283
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Normal
Status: Open