[IDV #BBE-605859]: Viewing raday data

> Full Name: Alexander Panko
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: Plymouth State University
> Package Version: 2.9u3 build date:2011-01-14 00:05 UTC
> Operating System: Windows 7
> Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_2.9u3\jre version: 1.6.0_20 
> j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4)
> Description of problem: I have three months of Radar data that I am trying to 
> view,  I ordered the data from the NCDC website and found that it came in 
> .tar bundles  therefore i unzipped them, to .gz ....  I still have the 
> original tar files is there any better way that i can view them on your 
> program?
> 
> Alexander Panko
> 
> There was an error loading the data:
> Error creating data source:file.profiler2 with: X:\KDIX20100729_062208_V03.gz
> Could not open trajectory file:X:\KDIX20100729_062208_V03.gz
> 

Hi Alexander,
     When you run the IDV to view these radar files, you need to specify the 
data source type as "radar file", and you can select one or more files at a 
time, and I believe that .gz file is ok, you don't need to unzip it.


Yuan
> ******************
> Stack trace:
> ucar.unidata.data.BadDataException: Could not open trajectory 
> file:X:\KDIX20100729_062208_V03.gz
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.profiler.CDMProfilerDataSource.initProfiler(CDMProfilerDataSource.java:390)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.profiler.CDMProfilerDataSource.initProfilerAll(CDMProfilerDataSource.java:367)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.profiler.CDMProfilerDataSource.<init>(CDMProfilerDataSource.java:180)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.profiler.CDMProfilerDataSource.<init>(CDMProfilerDataSource.java:158)
> at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
> at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
> at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
> at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1552)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1998)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1915)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1849)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1691)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.handleAction(DefaultIdv.java:114)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1623)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.doOpenInThread(IntegratedDataViewer.java:2854)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.doOpen(IntegratedDataViewer.java:2794)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.doOpen(IntegratedDataViewer.java:2864)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction.__call__(Unknown Source)
> at org.python.core.PyMethod.__call__(Unknown Source)
> at org.python.core.PyObject.__call__(Unknown Source)
> at org.python.core.PyInstance.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at org.python.pycode._pyx59.f$0(<string>:1)
> at org.python.pycode._pyx59.call_function(<string>)
> at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(Unknown Source)
> at org.python.core.PyCode.call(Unknown Source)
> at org.python.core.Py.runCode(Unknown Source)
> at org.python.core.Py.exec(Unknown Source)
> at org.python.util.PythonInterpreter.exec(Unknown Source)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.JythonManager.evaluateTrusted(JythonManager.java:1508)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleFileOrUrlAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1559)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1659)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.handleAction(DefaultIdv.java:114)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1623)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.actionPerformed(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1706)
> at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
> at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
> at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
> at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source)
> at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(Unknown Source)
> at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(Unknown Source)
> at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(Unknown 
> Source)
> at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
> at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
> at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)
> at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)
> at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
> at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
> at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
> at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
> at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
> at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
> at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
> at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
> at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
> at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
> at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
> at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
> at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
> at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
> at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
> 
> 
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: BBE-605859
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed