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[IDV #XAV-623062]: Sounding display problem

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  • Subject: [IDV #XAV-623062]: Sounding display problem
  • Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:41:04 -0700
Hi Dan-

> Full Name: Dan Harding
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: fugro geos
> Package Version: 2.6b2 build date:2008-12-16 20:59 UTC
> Operating System: Windows XP
> Hardware: Java: home: H:\IDV\jre version: 1.6.0_07 j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4)
> Description of problem: When trying to load a derived sounding display from a 
> gfs data set I get the following error (either from temp and rh only or with 
> true winds)

What GFS dataset are you using?  From what I can tell, it looks like there is
no unit for the temperature.  The IDV needs to have a temperature unit for the
calculation otherwise it doesn't know if the values are K, Celsius, F or what to
do the appropriate conversions.

> Creating display: Grid Skew-T
> org.python.core.PyException
> 
> ******************
> Stack trace:
> Traceback (innermost last):
> File "<string>", line 1, in ?
> at ucar.visad.Util.vetType(Util.java:259)
> 
> at 
> ucar.visad.quantities.SaturationVaporPressure.create(SaturationVaporPressure.java:364)
> 
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.grid.DerivedGridFactory.makeDewpointFromTAndRH(DerivedGridFactory.java:1412)
> 
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.grid.DerivedGridFactory.createDewpoint(DerivedGridFactory.java:1371)
> 
> 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)
> 
> 
> visad.TypeException: visad.TypeException: MathType of data object 
> (((lon[unit:degrees_east], lat[unit:degrees_north], lev[unit:millibar]) -> 
> tmpprs[unit:])) is incompatible with required MathType (Temperature)
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: XAV-623062
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open