[IDV #TJV-450074]: IDV - IPV from GFS Global

Hi Marty-

> Institution: Central MIchigan University
> Package Version: 2.3 build date:2007-08-15 19:04 UTC
> Operating System: Windows XP
> Hardware Information: Java: home: C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre1.6.0_02 
> version: 1.6.0_02 j3d:1.3.2 fcs (build12)
> Inquiry: We tried to display Isentropic Potential Vorticity in a number of 
> different ways and were unsuccessfull. It reads in the grids but will not 
> display.

This is a bug in 2.3 and earlier versions listed in the Known Problems at:

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/userguide/Bugs.html#derivatives

Version 2.4b2 has a fix, let me know if that doesn't work for you.

Don
> 
> 
> An error has occurred:
> Creating display: Isosurface
> org.python.core.PyException
> 
> ******************
> Stack trace:
> Traceback (innermost last):
> File "<string>", line 1, in ?
> visad.UnitException
> at visad.RealType.binary(RealType.java:473)
> at visad.FunctionType.binary(FunctionType.java:270)
> at visad.DataImpl.binary(DataImpl.java:138)
> at visad.DataImpl.add(DataImpl.java:179)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.grid.DerivedGridFactory.createAbsoluteVorticity(DerivedGridFactory.java:655)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction.__call__(PyReflectedFunction.java)
> at org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction.__call__(PyReflectedFunction.java)
> at org.python.core.PyObject.__call__(PyObject.java)
> at org.python.core.PyObject.invoke(PyObject.java)
> at org.python.pycode._pyx29.f$0(<string>:1)
> at org.python.pycode._pyx29.call_function(<string>)
> at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(PyTableCode.java)
> at org.python.core.PyCode.call(PyCode.java)
> at org.python.core.Py.runCode(Py.java)
> at org.python.core.__builtin__.eval(__builtin__.java)
> at org.python.core.__builtin__.eval(__builtin__.java)
> at org.python.util.PythonInterpreter.eval(PythonInterpreter.java)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.getData(DerivedDataChoice.java:902)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.collectOperands(DerivedDataChoice.java:750)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.getData(DerivedDataChoice.java:844)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:581)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:239)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:203)
> at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.init(GridDataInstance.java:204)
> at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:161)
> at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:142)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.GridDisplayControl.doMakeDataInstance(GridDisplayControl.java:220)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:2770)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:2752)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.ThreeDSurfaceControl.setData(ThreeDSurfaceControl.java:248)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.ThreeDSurfaceControl.init(ThreeDSurfaceControl.java:154)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1190)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:941)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:948)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:875)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:947)
> 
> visad.UnitException: visad.UnitException
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: TJV-450074
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open