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20041025: IDV s-coordinate problem when elevation is packed

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  • Subject: 20041025: IDV s-coordinate problem when elevation is packed
  • Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:01:15 -0600
>From: Rich Signell <address@hidden>
>Organization: USGS
>Keywords: 200410251819.i9PIJNvV029300 IDV vertical transform

Hi Rich-

>Here's an teeny bug:
>I discovered that IDV 1.1 does not compute the
>vertical coordinate correctly when the sea surface height
>variable (used in the formula terms) is stored as a packed
>variable (nc_short w/ scale_factor & add_offset) instead of
>the usual floating point.   It could be this holds for the
>bottom depth as well -- I didn't check.

Good catch.  It would be the same problem.  I'm working on
the fix and will have an update for this soon.

I'm also working on your grid relative u & v question.  That
uncovered another bug. ;-)

Don Murray
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