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20041108: IDV - Level II radar data

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  • Subject: 20041108: IDV - Level II radar data
  • Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 05:31:32 -0700
>From: "Bryan Smith" <address@hidden>
>Organization: Ball State U
>Keywords: 200411090201.iA921nIq028567 IDV Level II radar

Hi Bryan-

>Institution: student
>Package Version: 1.1
>Operating System: os.name:Windows XP; os.arch:x86; os.version:5.1; 
>Hardware Information: java.vendor:Sun Microsystems Inc.; java.version:1.4.2_01
> ; java.home:C:\\Program Files\\IDV_1.1\\jre; 
>Inquiry: An error has occurred:
>There was an error loading the data:
>unable to create adapter(s): error reading files
>
>I completed the following steps:
>1.Data
>2.Add New Data Source
>3.Radar tab
>4.Level II
>5.I selected the files along with the radar site
>6.Kept the files as "All Files"
>
>My Level II radar data has been unzipped(un-TAR'd) by using the WinRaR program
> .
>Help is greatly appreciated.

I'm assuming you downloaded the data from NCDC.  In addition to being
tar'ed into one file for download, each volume scan is compressed.
Did you uncompress each file before trying to read them into the
IDV? (This will be in the FAQ for the next release).  If so, could
you put one of your files out on an FTP server for me to look at?

Also, I would avoid trying to do an isosurface or volume display
with many time steps as performace will be severely degraded.

Thanks.

Don Murray
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