20050727: IDV - Error trying to plot local GRIB file 2-D and 3-D f ields (Mac OS X 10.3.9) (cont.)

Hi Dave,

Yes, the IDV does read MCIDAS AREA files. It can also read such data 
remotely via an ADDE server.

Cheers,
Doug

Dave Dempsey wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Doug Lindholm wrote:
>
>
> > Well, it's not a hardware problem. This is a thin grid (the x dimension
> > decreases to 1 as the latitude increases) and our software does not
> > support direct access of the GRIB file. However, you can run the
> > gribtonc decoder (http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/decoders/)
> > to convert these to NetCDF files that the IDV can then read.
> >
> > As I understand it, as things move to GRIB2 there will no longer be
> > these thin grids to deal with so we have no plans to support thin grids
> > in their raw GRIB format.
>
>
> Doug,
>
> Thanks for the diagnosis. I knew I'd be having to set up automatic
> decoding of several other types of files anyway, so this won't be a big
> deal.
>
> I just realized, though, that I don't know if the IDV can read MCIDAS AREA
> files. Does it, or will I have to convert those to something else?
>
> -- Dave