[IDV #YGA-505055]: Unable to load dual-pol radar

> Ah ha, interesting.  Which dual-pol products are level-2?  From the
> NCDC HAS website they all look to be level 3?
> 
> Dual-pol does work with the WCT.

As far as I know, WCT is still waiting for me to finish the level3 code. Both 
IDV and WCT rely on the same netCDF-Java library.

Yuan
> 
> Thanks, Becky
> 
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Unidata IDV Support
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> 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
> >
> 
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: YGA-505055
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open