20031020: Level II visualization

Subject: 20031020: Level II visualization
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:38:53 -0600
From: Don Murray <address@hidden>
Organization: UCAR/Unidata
To: Adam Houston <address@hidden>
References: <address@hidden>

Hi Adam-

Adam Houston wrote:

> Does the MetApps project currently have a tool for visualizing level II 
> WSR-88D data?  We have been using WATADS for a number of years now but 
> have been steadily moving away from HP's toward Linux powered PC's.  
> Since WATADS has been ported to HP's and Sun's only, we will have no way 
> of visualizing this data once our last HP dies.

The current release (1.0.2) of the Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) can be
used to display Level II WSR-88D data.  We are in the process of
putting together a beta version of the next release (1.1) which
adds more functionality (isosurfaces, computed RHIs, volume
displays) for Level II data.  That beta release will be out the
first week of November.

The IDV is a Java application, so it runs on any platform
that supports java and Java 3D (Windows, Solaris (SPARC),
Linux, AIX, SGI, HP (the last three only with certain
configurations)).  You can check out more information at:

http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/IDV

If you know Dan Bramer at UIUC, he can help you get
started.  Dan has used and done some development on the IDV.