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[IDV #SRY-572364]: 3D (or 2D) plots of dropsonde data

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  • Subject: [IDV #SRY-572364]: 3D (or 2D) plots of dropsonde data
  • Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:53:27 -0700
> Hi,
> 
> My name is Mark Boothe, and I'm a researcher working with the GV dropsonde 
> data from the PREDICT experiment of 2010.  I'm an IDV novice, so bear with 
> me!  I have used Aspen v3.1 to convert the original text files into NetCDF 
> format, and I can load them into IDV.  I can create skew-t plots, but I was 
> hoping to create 3D plots (or even 2D plots) of the data.  At first glance of 
> the documentation, this seems possible with gridded model data, but I'm not 
> sure if it can be done with irregularly-spaced dropsonde data.  Can it?
> 
> Thanks for any guidance you can give!
> Mark Boothe
> Naval Postgraduate School
> 
> 
> 
Hi Mark,
     When you loaded the data in the IDV, if you selected the data source type 
as "upsonde/dropsonde files", you should have the option in the field selector 
like: Track, Skew-T and Sonde Start Locations. I am not sure if this is what 
you mean 2D/3D plot. Can you upload a dataset here:

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


Yuan

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: SRY-572364
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open