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[IDV #WRY-586577]: IDV - Error loading MADIS METARS

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  • Subject: [IDV #WRY-586577]: IDV - Error loading MADIS METARS
  • Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:30:14 -0700
Bill-

> Okay, Don, almost there. It was easy to add -9999 to all the empty cells in 
> the Excel file. Now IDV is happy with the file and will plot the data. 
> However, look at the attached capture. The missing T and Td with -9999 in the 
> file is showing up on the plot as -17966. I changed the plot model to display 
> the peak wind speed in the upper right of the plot and if the peak wind speed 
> is missing (-9999) it plots -19436.5. Can I filter the -9999 from the plot - 
> I tried but didn't get the desired results. Is that because the values are no 
> longer -9999 but have been converted from 

Did you add the miss="-9999" to the header for each variable?  If so,
then you should never see the missing data.  It should get converted to
NaN (not a number).  

The reason the values are different than -9999 is because  of unit conversion.
If you've put in the missing flag but it's not using that correctly, send
me the sample csv file and I'll look into it.

Don


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: WRY-586577
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open