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20050315: IDV sigma coordinates

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  • Subject: 20050315: IDV sigma coordinates
  • Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 01:40:55 -0700
>From: Marco Rodriguez <address@hidden>
>Organization: CIRA
>Keywords: 200503160215.j2G2Fuv2004736 IDV sigma

Hi Marco-

>       I have been checking the mailing lists for the IDV and I wonder if the
>latest version supports sigma coordinates or not. I have a netCDF file
>that follows the CF conventions and I have followed the example on how
>to define and use sigma coordinates, yet I do not seem to be able to
>visualize this data. Any updates would be extremely helpful, thanks

The 1.2b2 release does not support the CF "Atmosphere sigma coordinate",
but does support the CF "Atmosphere hybrid sigma pressure coordinate".
If you could make your sample file available, we could add the
sigma for the next release.

Don Murray
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