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[IDV #IAQ-137060]: Isentropic potential vorticity

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  • Subject: [IDV #IAQ-137060]: Isentropic potential vorticity
  • Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:22:59 -0700
Hi Andy-

> Full Name: Andrew Detwiler
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: SDSMT
> Package Version: 2.6u2 build date:2009-02-12 20:31 UTC
> Operating System: Windows XP
> Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_2.6u2\jre version: 1.6.0_11 
> j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4)
> Description of problem: Creating display: Isosurface colored by another 
> parameter
> No data selected
> 
> I am trying to plot potential vorticity surfaces and isentropi potential 
> vorticity on a constant potential temperature surface. Atthe moment, I am 
> having little success with either. Can you tell me what plots to select from 
> the standard IDV plot tree menu? Or are these plots things that must be 
> programmed individually by the user?

If you are trying to plot them on the isosurface of the constant potential 
temperature,
there is no way to do that currently.  If you have a GEMPAK grid file with the
data in isentropic coordinates, then you plot them as 2D fields.

Don Murray
> - Andy Detwiler
> 
> ******************
> Stack trace:
> java.lang.IllegalStateException: No data selected
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.selectDataChoices(IdvUIManager.java:5234)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.selectDataChoices(IntegratedDataViewer.java:987)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.collectOperands(DerivedDataChoice.java:549)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.getData(DerivedDataChoice.java:710)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:633)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:239)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:203)
> at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.init(GridDataInstance.java:204)
> at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:161)
> at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:142)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.GridDisplayControl.doMakeDataInstance(GridDisplayControl.java:298)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:2949)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:2931)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.ThreeDSurfaceControl.setData(ThreeDSurfaceControl.java:248)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.ThreeDSurfaceControl.init(ThreeDSurfaceControl.java:154)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1259)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:966)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:979)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:904)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1038)
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: IAQ-137060
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open