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Hi Jim- > I was trying to plot an isosurface. That "works", but the result is > best described as "gobbledygook." The ability to do a 2 PVU isosurface > is really powerful for teaching PV thinking. That's when I noticed the > error. I found one error which was that absolute vorticity was being calculated incorrectly. That will be fixed in the nightly build. However, I'm now trying to get IPV correct. I compared the results from GEMPAK and they match. However, IPV is even worse now. :-( I'll have to do some plan view plots in GEMPAK to compare with since I don't have any other program to show what the isosurface should look like. Thanks for your patience. Don > Unidata IDV Support wrote: > > Hi Jim- > > > > I've moved this to the support system. Best to send questions to > > support-idv instead of me directly so we can better track these issues. > > > > Thanks for catching this. Did this ever work? I've always done this as a > > volume since IPV needs several levels. If you select 2 (or more) levels in > > the levels panel, you'll be able to do the slice for a plan view. However, > > the list of levels in the control will not reflect the levels you selected, > > but the entire list of levels. We're working on a fix to this. > > > > Don > > > > > >> ERROR: Creating display: Contour Plan View > >> org.python.core.PyException > >> Traceback (innermost last): > >> File "<string>", line 1, in ? > >> at visad.FlatField.derivative(FlatField.java:4044) > >> at visad.FlatField.derivative(FlatField.java:4485) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.data.grid.DerivedGridFactory.partial(DerivedGridFactory.java:2366) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.data.grid.DerivedGridFactory.createIPV(DerivedGridFactory.java:1954) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.data.grid.DerivedGridFactory.createIPV(DerivedGridFactory.java:1880) > >> 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.VisADException: visad.VisADException: derivative: d_partial_s not > >> in domain or reference > >> ERROR: Creating display: Contour Plan View > >> org.python.core.PyException > >> Traceback (innermost last): > >> File "<string>", line 1, in ? > >> at visad.FlatField.derivative(FlatField.java:4044) > >> at visad.FlatField.derivative(FlatField.java:4485) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.data.grid.DerivedGridFactory.partial(DerivedGridFactory.java:2366) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.data.grid.DerivedGridFactory.createIPV(DerivedGridFactory.java:1954) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.data.grid.DerivedGridFactory.createIPV(DerivedGridFactory.java:1880) > >> 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.VisADException: visad.VisADException: derivative: d_partial_s not > >> in domain or reference > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: ZDT-182699 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Open > > > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ZDT-182699 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open