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[IDV #ILT-566886]: vertical profiles with depth, not altitude

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  • Subject: [IDV #ILT-566886]: vertical profiles with depth, not altitude
  • Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:44:43 -0600
> Yuan,
> 
> Yes, this is a temp/salinity profile.  There are thousands and thousands of
> these at the GTSPP program website.  I had thought this was a very plain
> vanilla NC format.  I have plotted the file in IDV as a vertical line in
> space (going up not down), and with the graphing routine as an XY profile.
> 
> I might be nuts, but I can't see how a local ncml file can apply to a remote
> file on a THREDDS or OPENDAP server.  Where would you place it so IDV can
> "see" it and apply it to the NC file in question?  And if local placement of
> the NC file is required, then how could I handle dozens or hundreds of
> files?  Write ncml for each one?
> 
> Murray
> 
 
Murray,
     Yes, you can load this data to the IDV as a grid dataset, and if you do 
the volume rendering, you can see all 19 points under the surface.
     I thought you probably want to see this as a profiler dataset, and you 
need to follow the CF convention:

https://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/trac/wiki/PointObservationConventions


Yuan

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ILT-566886
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open