[IDV #HGM-161345]: About IDV

Jiwen
We're cleaning up old unresolved support requests. If you are still having this 
problem please
put the data file somewhere where we can access.

THanks,
Jeff


> Hi Jiwen-
> 
> I just noticed that the message you sent bounced because the
> attached file was too big.  Could you place it on a web or ftp
> server and send me a pointer to the file?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Don Murray
> >
> > > Hi, I want to view 3-D cloud fields from the outputs of the
> > > cloud-resolving model (nercdf format). Is IDV able to do that since I do
> > > not have latitudes and longitudes? If so, do I need to process my output
> > > data with some kind of tools? Or can IDV directly read files with netcdf
> > > format? Thanks for help.
> >
> > At the present time, the IDV needs to know how to geolocate the data.
> > That can either by by having the lat/lon information in the file, or
> > having some information about the map projection which can turn
> > the data from grid index to lat/lon.  In both cases, we recommend
> > adhering to the CF metadata conventions for the netCDF files:
> >
> > http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/
> >
> > So, if you can tailor your netCDF output to fit that convention,
> > then the IDV should read it.  If you want to provide a small,
> > sample file for us to look at, we can look it over and let you
> > know what is missing.
> >
> > Don Murray
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: HGM-161345
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Critical
Status: Closed