[IDV #XKW-332284]: Station time series plot not working

I have a fix for this - just made a release (Version 4.2.20100525.2033) with 
it. Also code ci.

> John-
> 
> I see dead people, er, I see altitudes.  However, it doesn't pick up the
> _FillValue as missing.
> 
> Don
> 
> Unidata netCDF Java Support wrote:
> > Looking at H:/support/attachments/Surface_Synoptic_latest.nc, im seeing the 
> > altitude correctly in CDM 4.2. What are you seeing?
> >
> >> Hi Reinoud-
> >>
> >> It turns out that while the fix does work, the issue you report below is 
> >> the real problem.  This is an issue in the Java netCDF library, so I'm 
> >> going to transfer this ticket over to them.
> >>
> >> Thanks for reporting the problem.
> >>
> >> Don Murray
> >>
> >>> Thanks for the quick fix. It does work now in 2.9b1.
> >>>
> >>> There seems to a problem in the Point Data List display as well: the
> >>> altitudes are all reported missing for the SYNOP file but not for the
> >>> METAR file. In both files the altitude fields are stored the same way:
> >>>
> >>> int elev(recNum) ;
> >>>
> >>> elev:long_name = "Station elevation" ;
> >>>
> >>> elev:_FillValue = -99999 ;
> >>>
> >>> elev:units = "meters" ;
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Reinoud Bokhorst
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> >>>> Hi Reinoud-
> >>>>
> >>>> Thank you for the sample files.  The problem was that some of the 
> >>>> altitudes for
> >>>> the stations are missing and that was not being handled in the code.  A 
> >>>> fix has been checked in and will be available in the 2.9b1 release 
> >>>> tomorrow.
> >>>>
> >>>> Don Murray
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> jeff mcwhirter wrote:
> >>>>>> Hi Reinoud,
> >>>>>>> However, selecting a station from the map display to look at the time
> >>>>>>> series plot only works for the METAR stations, not for the others.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> There are some differences in the NetCDF format of the files. What are
> >>>>>>> the requirements on the data to make the 'station select' feature
> >>>>>>> work? (obligatory fields, atttributes,..)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> The fields in the data shouldn't matter for selecting and displaying a
> >>>>>> time series plot.  When the user selects a station at a particular time
> >>>>>> the IDV looks at the parameters and tries to find a station id. It 
> >>>>>> looks
> >>>>>> for ID, IDN or an alias for ID or IDN. If it finds it then it looks for
> >>>>>> other observations with that same id. If there isn't a recognizable
> >>>>>> station id in the parameters then it uses the location of the selected
> >>>>>> observation to find others that match.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Can you send an example data file into address@hidden and
> >>>>>> we'll look at it.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>> Jeff
> >>>>> Attached are three example NetCDF files. As explained I can only select
> >>>>> the METAR stations.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I appreciate your help!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Regards,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Reinoud Bokhorst
> >>>>> Advisor Oceanography & ICT
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Tel:    +31 (0)527-242 299
> >>>>> Fax:    +31 (0)527-242 016
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> >>>>>
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> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Ticket Details
> >>>> ===================
> >>>> Ticket ID: XKW-332284
> >>>> Department: Support IDV
> >>>> Priority: Normal
> >>>> Status: Open
> >>>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: XKW-332284
> > Department: Support netCDF Java
> > Priority: Urgent
> > Status: Open
> 
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> Don Murray                               UCAR Unidata Program
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: XKW-332284
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Urgent
Status: Closed