20041103: Question on display of winds on isentropic surfaces

>From: "Frederick R. Mosher" <address@hidden>
>Organization: Embry-Riddle
>Keywords: 200411032106.iA3L6pvV007455 IDV isentropic coords

Hi Fred-

>I am using IDV in my Weather Analysis class to show the 3-D structure of
>fronts, jets, and mid-latitude cyclones.  I am using model data as input 3-D
>gridded data. I would like to display wind vectors on isentropic theta
>surfaces to show the structure of the winds flowing into storms, etc.  How
>would I set up an IDV display for winds on isentropic surfaces?

At the current time, IDV does not support display of data on isentropic
coordinates.  It's on our TODO list, but at this point we have no
work scheduled on this.

>Also does IDV have a gradient operator?  I would like to display fields such
>as the horizontal gradient of theta to show upper level fronts.

Again, there is no way to do this at present.  It's on our TODO list.

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

Don Murray
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