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> Wow, that stinks. Do you know of any other software that displays > cross-sections of radar data, that can handle dual-pol? > > Also, if you guys could add a note that IDV doesn't support dual-pol > yet to the webpage, or in the documentation somewhere, that would be > nice. Save folks some work. > > Thanks, Becky > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Unidata IDV Support > <address@hidden> wrote: > > 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 Becky, To clarify a little here, the IDV do support dual-pol level 2 data, but not level 3 products. You can do cross section in the IDV too. Yuan > >> > >> ****************** > >> 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 > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: YGA-505055 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: On Hold