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Randy- > Should i download a new nightly build then last Thursday's to try and load > that .nc file correctly. The nightly build from Feb 13 should have the fix. Don > ----- Original Message ---- > From: northrop grumman <address@hidden> > To: address@hidden > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 9:26:48 AM > Subject: Re: [IDV #SUD-184603]: problem loading polar stereographic data into > idv > > Hi Don, > > i downloaded and installed 2.7a1. Unfortunately the .nc file is not handled > correctly by this version of idv. It still plots the data in Europe. > > randy > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Unidata IDV Support <address@hidden> > To: address@hidden > Cc: address@hidden > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:48:56 PM > Subject: [IDV #SUD-184603]: problem loading polar stereographic data into idv > > Hi Randy- > > > > update: i installed 2.6u2 and loaded the same file and it still loaded in > > > the wrong location. > > > i placed the file in the ftp directory. Please let me know if you were > > > able to access it. > > > > The problem is that the Stereographic projection class is ignoring the false > > easting/northing attributes. I'm working on a fix. > > This required a change to the underlying netCDF stack. It will be > available in the next nightly build, but not in 2.6u2. There have > been some major changes to the netCDF library that I don't want > in the official release until it can be well tested. > > Don > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > From: northrop grumman <address@hidden> > > > To: address@hidden > > > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 8:42:51 AM > > > Subject: Re: [IDV #SUD-184603]: problem loading polar stereographic data > > > into idv > > > > > > Hi Don, > > > > > > we had upgraded to 2.6u1 and then downgraded back to 2.6 (which is what i > > > used to load this file) after finding some bugs which were reported. We > > > were told they would fix those and release a 2.6u2 last week. I am not > > > sure if this is the issue or not. > > > > > > The file is 1.6Gig. i can put on our ftp server ftp://wx1.it-protect.com > > > username: nemo password: nemo > > > the file is called: clt_CRCM_1991010103.nc > > > > > > > > > We can try and install 2.6u2 test and see if that works. I'll let you > > > know. > > > > > > randy > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > From: Unidata IDV Support <address@hidden> > > > To: address@hidden > > > Cc: address@hidden > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 6:07:40 PM > > > Subject: [IDV #SUD-184603]: problem loading polar stereographic data into > > > idv > > > > > > Hi Randy- > > > > > > What version of the IDV are you running? See the Help->About menu > > > and send us the version and build date. If you can send the > > > file, that would help. > > > > > > Don > > > > > > > i have loaded a .nc file into idv but it is not plotting the data in > > > > the correct location. As a test i ran the application Panoply which > > > > displays netcdf data and it plots the data in the correct location. See > > > > enclosed tiff file. > > > > > > > > Below is an ncdump -c of the .nc file. > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > randy > > > > > > > > netcdf clt_CRCM_1986010103 { > > > > dimensions: > > > > xc = 140 ; > > > > yc = 115 ; > > > > time = UNLIMITED ; // (14600 currently) > > > > variables: > > > > double yc(yc) ; > > > > yc:units = "m" ; > > > > yc:long_name = "y-coordinate of polar_stereographic projection" ; > > > > yc:standard_name = "projection_y_coordinate" ; > > > > yc:axis = "Y" ; > > > > yc:coordinate_defines = "point" ; > > > > yc:actual_range = 0.f, 5700000.f ; > > > > double xc(xc) ; > > > > xc:units = "m" ; > > > > xc:long_name = "x-coordinate of polar_stereographic projection" ; > > > > xc:standard_name = "projection_x_coordinate" ; > > > > xc:axis = "X" ; > > > > xc:coordinate_defines = "point" ; > > > > xc:actual_range = 0.f, 6950000.f ; > > > > double time(time) ; > > > > time:long_name = "time" ; > > > > time:calendar = "365_day" ; > > > > time:standard_name = "time" ; > > > > time:axis = "T" ; > > > > time:units = "days since 1968-01-01 00:00:0.0" ; > > > > time:delta_t = "0000-00-00 03:00:00" ; > > > > time:coordinate_defines = "point" ; > > > > time:actual_range = 6570.125f, 8395.f ; > > > > double lon(yc, xc) ; > > > > lon:units = "degrees_east" ; > > > > lon:long_name = "longitude" ; > > > > lon:standard_name = "longitude" ; > > > > lon:axis = "X" ; > > > > lon:actual_range = 199.8962f, 326.4349f ; > > > > double lat(yc, xc) ; > > > > lat:units = "degrees_north" ; > > > > lat:long_name = "latitude" ; > > > > lat:standard_name = "latitude" ; > > > > lat:axis = "Y" ; > > > > lat:actual_range = 20.60496f, 73.2522f ; > > > > char polar_stereographic ; > > > > polar_stereographic:straight_vertical_longitude_from_pole = 263.f ; > > > > polar_stereographic:standard_parallel = 60.f ; > > > > polar_stereographic:false_easting = 3450000.f ; > > > > polar_stereographic:false_northing = 7450000.f ; > > > > polar_stereographic:latitude_of_projection_origin = 90.f ; > > > > polar_stereographic:grid_mapping_name = "polar_stereographic" ; > > > > polar_stereographic:resolution_at_standard_parallel = 50000.f ; > > > > float clt(time, yc, xc) ; > > > > clt:units = "1" ; > > > > clt:actual_range = 0.f, 0.999f ; > > > > clt:add_offset = 0.f ; > > > > clt:scale_factor = 1.f ; > > > > clt:coordinates = "lon lat" ; > > > > clt:grid_mapping = "polar_stereographic" ; > > > > clt:level_desc = "Surface" ; > > > > clt:grid_desc = "polar_stereographic" ; > > > > clt:standard_name = "cloud_area_fraction" ; > > > > clt:long_name = "Total Cloud Fraction" ; > > > > clt:cell_methods = "time: mean (interval: 3 hours)" ; > > > > > > > > // global attributes: > > > > :Conventions = "CF-1.0" ; > > > > :institution = "Ouranos (Ouranos, Montreal, PQ, Canada)" ; > > > > :source = "CRCM(2006):atmosphere:CRCMv4.2.0(50km,29levels):sea > > > > ice:AMIPII:land:CLASSv2.7" ; > > > > :project_id = "NARCCAP" ; > > > > :realization = "1" ; > > > > :experiment_id = "1968-2000 climate simulation using CGCM3 member #4 > > > > (mc_abv experiment)" ; > > > > :experiment_id2 = "Ouranos operational simulation afv" ; > > > > :contact1 = "Sebastien Biner" ; > > > > :contact2 = "address@hidden" ; > > > > :contact3 = "550 Sherbrooke Ouest, 19e etage, Montreal, PQ, H3A 1B9, > > > > Canada" ; > > > > :contact4 = "tel : (514)282.6464 poste 263" ; > > > > :history = "Tue Feb 3 17:31:29 2009: ncrename -a > > > > conventions,Conventions clt_CRCM_1986010103.nc\n", > > > > "created 24/04/2004 by Ton Nom (netCDF3.6.1 udunits1.12.4)" ; > > > > :table_id = "Table 3" ; > > > > data: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > =================== > > > Ticket ID: SUD-184603 > > > Department: Support IDV > > > Priority: Normal > > > Status: Open > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > =================== > Ticket ID: SUD-184603 > Department: Support IDV > Priority: Normal > Status: Open > > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: SUD-184603 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open