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[IDV #FLG-389627]: difficulty plotting mslp from USGODAE NOGAPS

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  • Subject: [IDV #FLG-389627]: difficulty plotting mslp from USGODAE NOGAPS
  • Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:04:04 -0600
> Full Name: Alan Bol
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: COMET
> Package Version: 2.8u1 build date:2010-02-02 22:30 UTC
> Operating System: Windows XP
> Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_2.8u1\jre version: 1.6.0_17 
> j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4)
> Description of problem: Hi guys,
> I'm tring to plot mslp using NOGAPS data from USGODAE. I succeeded in 
> plotting 500mb heights, so I expect that there's real data here. There is one 
>  weird thing, though, the data comes up with a range of -infinity to 
> +infinity. I also see that it appears the data is expressed in Pascals, so I 
> manually edited the range to be 90,000 to 110,000 with a contour interval of 
> 400.
> 
> So, I basically have 2 questions:
> Will this data plot?
> If it plots, how do I change the units to hPa (or mb). (using the change 
> units dialog didn't seem to work).
> 
> thanks for your patience,
> alan
> 
> 
> 
Alan,
    I am not familiar with this dataset, will you upload a sample file to:

 http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload

If it does plot, we can change the unit, under Display control, you can go 
Edit--> Change Display Unit.

Yuan

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: FLG-389627
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open