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Hi Erik- Sorry for the delay in responding. > Full Name: Erik Mason > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: SUNY Oneonta > Package Version: 2.6u2 build date:2009-02-13 19:03 UTC > Operating System: Windows Vista > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files (x86)\IDV_2.6u2\jre version: 1.6.0_11 > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: > > Creating display: Vector Plan View org.python.core.PyException > > I am currently trying to calculate Q Vectors, but when it goes through > I get the above error. > > Im typing in the Q Vector equation qvec(S,V) > I am using potential temperature as S > I am using the geostrophic wind as V > > I can get both S and V to plot individually correctly Is the data local or from a remote server? If the latter, could you please point me to the URL of the data? If local, could you upload it as a zip file to: http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/entry/show/Top/IDV+Resources/Uploads?entryid=e850985a-8a2c-44e3-8a05-e547cfb963a1 I've cc'd Todd Ellis on this since he was inquiring about this issue as well. Don Murray > ****************** > Stack trace: > Traceback (innermost last): > File "<string>", line 1, in ? > File "<string>", line 359, in qvec > File "<string>", line 289, in dvdx > File "<string>", line 105, in ddx > at visad.FunctionType.binary(FunctionType.java:283) > > at visad.DataImpl.binary(DataImpl.java:138) > > at visad.DataImpl.divide(DataImpl.java:218) > > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.DerivedGridFactory.partial(DerivedGridFactory.java:2369) > > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.DerivedGridFactory.partial(DerivedGridFactory.java:2318) > > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.DerivedGridFactory.partial(DerivedGridFactory.java:2297) > > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.DerivedGridFactory.ddx(DerivedGridFactory.java:2266) > > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) > > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) > > > visad.TypeException: visad.TypeException: FunctionType.binary: types don't > match > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: LGL-962290 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open