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[IDV #RQE-360993]: Developing Contours From METAR Data

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  • Subject: [IDV #RQE-360993]: Developing Contours From METAR Data
  • Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 12:58:32 -0600
Hi Jacob-

> Full Name: Jacob Gore
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: Educational
> Package Version: 2.7a1 build date:2009-05-11 07:08 UTC
> Operating System: Linux
> Hardware: Java: home: /home/jacob/IDV_2.7a1/jre version: 1.6.0_13 j3d:1.5.2 
> fcs (build4)
> Description of problem: I have a question regarding developing contours from 
> METAR data.  Is there a way to formulate contours and/or color-filled 
> contours based     upon a certain parameter from a METAR plot and have the 
> IDV display the contours? 

When you load in the METARs, you should get a Gridded Fields category in
the Field Selector.  Expand that and find the parameter that you want
to contour.  Select the parameter, and the type of display.  You can control
the analysis through the Grid Parameters tab in the Data Subset section of
the Field Selector.  I find for a first pass, using the automatic calculation
works best.
 

For example, if I wanted to observe contours of              dewpoints from a 
pre-specified METAR plot, could I do this in the IDV and if so, how could I do 
this?

Select the Gridded Fields->TD field.

Don Murray


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: RQE-360993
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open