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[IDV #PNW-510251]: NOAA Profiler Plots

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  • Subject: [IDV #PNW-510251]: NOAA Profiler Plots
  • Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 12:47:34 -0600
> > > Good morning,
> > >
> > > Has any progress been made on the CAP wind profiler plot items that were 
> > > previously discussed a few months ago?
> > >
> > > Laura
> >
> > Hi Laura,
> > Sorry for letting you wait for so long. Nothing changes since my last 
> > reply, I will try to see if I can finish this after my current project.
> 
> Hi Laura,
> I got some changes checked in this afternoon, these changes should address 
> most issues listed expect the last one.
> >
> > The to do list is below, and correct me if I missed anything.
> >
> > 1) When do you project the profiler station plots will be available?
> 
> It is available now. But somehow the projection is not ideal when loading the 
> CAP data, you may need to zoom out a bit.
> >
> > 2) Has there been any progress on a better y-axis display as you mentioned 
> > in a previous email? This was in reference to the option that allows the 
> > most recent data to be located on the right side of the chart as opposed to 
> > the left. When clicked, the height expands making the data appear to shrink 
> > into a very small vertical layer.
> >
> 
> This is fixed.
> 
> > 3) Have you had a chance to look into the vertical extent issue (see below 
> > for reference)?
> 
> This is fixed.
> >
> > 4) I noticed that the wind barbs do not appear to not match the input 
> > data's magnitude. See attached IDV-generated and MADIS-generated charts for 
> > time/height wind barb plots on 9/26/2007 at 12-18 UTC. Note that IDV's 
> > highest color range has been changed to 50 kts (red) and the chart shows 
> > ~30 kts (yellow) as highest wind speeds for this time period. However, the 
> > problem lies in the wind barb icon itself - the yellow wind barbs have a 50 
> > kt-flag and extra barb indicating wind speeds of ~60 kts instead. Double 
> > checking the data using MADIS-generated charts shows that the IDV color 
> > scheme is correct and the IDV wind barb icons are wrong. Can this be fixed?
> >
> 
> I am still working on this one.

Hi Laura,

Ok, This one is fixed too. Please test the nightly build as soon as possible 
and let me know if anything wrong when I still have
kind of fresh memory of the source code. It would make it easier.


Yuan
> > 5) Is adding the option to choose the data's QC level still a consideration?
> 
> We are not going to do it without additional resource located.
> 
> Yuan
> >
> > Yuan
> >
> >
> >
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: PNW-510251
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed