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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: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:34:54 -0600
Young-In-

> Thank you for your reply.
> I tried Transect display, but it does not seem to work with level 2
> (swath) data that is not gridded.
> Am I correct?

Probably.  Can you provide me a sample file?

Don Murray

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 8:17 AM
> To: Won, Young-In (GSFC-610.2)[RSIS]
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: [IDV #RTQ-197798]: cross section plot in pressure
> 
> 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_transectview
> s.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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> > (301) 614 5268 (F)
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> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> Ticket Details
> ===================
> Ticket ID: RTQ-197798
> Department: Support IDV
> Priority: Normal
> Status: Open
> 
> 


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