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[IDV #RTQ-197798]: cross section plot in pressure

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  • Subject: [IDV #RTQ-197798]: cross section plot in pressure
  • Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:17:00 -0600
Hi-

> I recently started using IDV using our satellite data (AIRS in netCDF
> format).
> I hope to see cross section of temperature (or other parameter) profile
> with y-axis in pressure, but the IDV automatically convert any pressure
> info into meter as I know. I wonder if there is a way to prohibit this
> pressure-height conversion?

At this point, the scale shows the height of the pressure in
the standard atmosphere since that is a linear scale.  You might
try using the Transect display which has the vertical scale in both
height and pressure.  See the section of the workshop on this at:

 http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/workshop/page_transectviews.html

Don Murray
> Thank you.
> 
> Young-In Won
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Young-In Won, Ph.D.
> NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
> Mail stop: 610.2
> Greenbelt, MD 20771
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> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: RTQ-197798
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open