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Greetings Becky! The IDV does not handle dual-pol data at the moment, but it is on our list of things to do. I don't have an ETA on when it will be working, but I will send you a message once it's available. Cheers! Sean > Full Name: Rebecca Selin > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: AER, Inc. > Package Version: 3.0u2 build date:2012-02-10 17:21 UTC > Operating System: Linux > Hardware: Java: home: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0/jre version: > 1.6.0_20 j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: > > There was an error loading the data: > > Error creating data source:file.radar with: > /home/local/adamsr/dual-pol/KSEW_SDUS86_N0XLGX_201203270221 > null > Unable to handle this radar product! > > > I'm trying to load a dual-pol radar product from one of the new WSR-88Ds. > I've obtained differential reflectivity at one time from NCDC and stored > the file locally on my computer. However, when I try to load the file, > I am given the above error. Viewing composite reflectivity from the > same radar/time works just fine though. > > Do the dual-pol products work on IDV? > > Thanks, Becky > > ****************** > Stack trace: > visad.VisADException: Unable to handle this radar product! > > at ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarAdapter.init(CDMRadarAdapter.java:496) > at ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarAdapter.<init>(CDMRadarAdapter.java:211) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarDataSource.makeRadarAdapter(CDMRadarDataSource.java:670) > at ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource$1.run(RadarDataSource.java:297) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:273) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:245) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:212) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource.makeAdapters(RadarDataSource.java:319) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource.getAdapters(RadarDataSource.java:251) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarDataSource.getRadarAdapters(RadarDataSource.java:631) > at > ucar.unidata.data.radar.CDMRadarDataSource.doMakeDataChoices(CDMRadarDataSource.java:394) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getDataChoices(DataSourceImpl.java:1839) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1579) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1980) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1897) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1831) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1804) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:943) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFilesInner(FileChooser.java:656) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFiles(FileChooser.java:525) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.doLoadInThread(FileChooser.java:547) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1062) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1090) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: YGA-505055 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open