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[IDV #MUO-483529]: Vertical Profile - Wind barbs

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  • Subject: [IDV #MUO-483529]: Vertical Profile - Wind barbs
  • Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:46:20 -0600
Hi Jess-

> Thanks for this, sorry it took so long to get a response back to you
> about testing it.  I was able to make the wind barbs, so that's good!
> :)  I do have one question though.  How do I (can I?) move the wind
> barbs so they're on the left/right instead of the middle of the profile?

This will be in the next nightly build.  Under View->Parameters, pick
the chart properties and set the position.

> Also, since this is related, we had a user feedback/question I thought
> I'd pass along about putting wind barbs on the vertical profile/time
> series (since they behave the same) - Why is the method to create wind
> barbs done by adding u & v separately instead of wind barbs showing up
> in the list of derived parameters?

Cuz we never implemented that. ;-)  It's in the svn repository and
will be in the next nightly build.
 
> Thanks in advanced for any information you can pass along!

Don

> Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> > Hi Jess-
> >
> >
> >>> I have a question about wind barbs with gridded data on vertical
> >>> profiles.  I attempted to load in the u and v wind components, but this
> >>> did not result in wind barbs.  I had an earlier request to allow wind
> >>> barbs to be created with gridded data on charts.
> >>>
> >> This should now work.
> >>
> >> Could this feature be
> >>
> >>> added to the vertical profile as well?
> >>>
> >> We can add it to the list but probably won't get to it for a while.
> >> It would be a good project for someone in Mc-V to tackle to learn more
> >> about modifying that part of the IDV code, though.
> >>
> >
> > It's in svn now.  I'll let you test. ;-)
> >
> > Don
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: MUO-483529
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> >
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: MUO-483529
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open