[IDV #MXT-681298]: Wind Speed Formula Error

Awesome, thanks Patrick. I'll take a look at things to see what 
I can figure out.

Cheers, and thanks for the samples (very helpful to have),

Sean

> Yes.  The surface u and v are coming from separate netCDF files as well, and 
> these work when I calculate wind speed and spatially subset.  I have uploaded 
> them for you.  They are called:
> 
> Sfc_U_wnd_20100622_23.nc
> Sfc_V_wnd_20100622_23.nc
> 
> Patrick
> ________________________________________
> From: Unidata IDV Support [address@hidden]
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 4:00 PM
> To: Patrick C. Campbell
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: [IDV #MXT-681298]: Wind Speed Formula Error
> 
> Hi Patrick,
> 
> Ok, I can reproduce the error if I try to spatially subset from within
> the field selector dialog box that appears after clicking "Create
> Display". When you do this with the surface data, are the u and
> v components of wind coming from separate netCDF files too?
> Would you mind uploaded an example of those as well?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Sean
> 
> > OK, I just realized that the error message appears when trying to specify a 
> > U.S. region after Create Display.
> >
> > See if you can reproduce the error when you don't leave it as the default 
> > region (Global).  What was confusing me was the fact that other NCEP/NCAR 
> > NETCDF files work fine when specifying a particular region.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Patrick
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Unidata IDV Support [address@hidden]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 3:23 PM
> > To: Patrick C. Campbell
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Subject: [IDV #MXT-681298]: Wind Speed Formula Error
> >
> > Hi Patrick,
> >
> > I didn't have any issues creating a 2d contour plan view using the wind
> > speed formula:
> >
> > * Load each netCDF file into the IDV through Dashboard->Data Choosers
> > * From the field selector, use the Formulas Data Sources and select Grids->
> > Speed from 2 components
> > * Select your u and v fields in the field selector dialog box that appears
> > * Choose your display
> > * Click create display
> >
> > How were your trying to create the wind speed map?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Sean
> >
> > > OK Sean,
> > >
> > > I think I have uploaded to two exact files I was using.  Their names are:
> > >
> > > 250 mb_Uwnd_20100622_23.nc
> > > 250 mb_Vwnd_20100622_23.nc
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Patrick
> > > ________________________________________
> > > From: Unidata IDV Support [address@hidden]
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 1:49 PM
> > > To: Patrick C. Campbell
> > > Cc: address@hidden
> > > Subject: [IDV #MXT-681298]: Wind Speed Formula Error
> > >
> > > Hi Patrick,
> > >
> > > Would you mind uploading the exact files you are using?
> > >
> > > http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Sean
> > >
> > > > Full Name: Patrick Campbell
> > > > Email Address: address@hidden
> > > > Organization: University of Wyoming
> > > > Package Version: 3.0u2 build date:2012-02-10 17:21 UTC
> > > > Operating System: Windows 7
> > > > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_3.0u2\jre version: 1.6.0_20 
> > > > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4)
> > > > Description of problem: Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Trying to simply plot the wind speed from two components U & V at a 
> > > > pressure level 250 mb.  The data are NETCDF files downloaded from ESRL 
> > > > NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis page 
> > > > (http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.ncep.reanalysis.pressure.html).
> > > >   I have attached the V component data file I am trying to use, to this 
> > > > support form.
> > > >
> > > > However, I get the following error:
> > > >
> > > > Creating display: Contour Plan View
> > > > visad.SetException: visad.SetException: Gridded3DSet.valueToGrid: 
> > > > ManifoldDimension must be 3
> > > > Gridded3DSet.valueToGrid: ManifoldDimension must be 3
> > > >
> > > > Funny thing is when I download the surface U and V components the IDV 
> > > > formulas for wind speed work correctly.
> > > >
> > > > Any help on this matter would be much appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Patrick Campbell
> > > >
> > > > Any hel
> > > >
> > > > ******************
> > > > Stack trace:
> > > > visad.SetException: Gridded3DSet.valueToGrid: ManifoldDimension must be 
> > > > 3
> > > > at visad.Gridded3DSet.valueToGrid(Gridded3DSet.java:1070)
> > > > at visad.Gridded3DSet.valueToIndex(Gridded3DSet.java:418)
> > > > at visad.FlatField.resample(FlatField.java:4740)
> > > > at visad.FlatField.binary(FlatField.java:2088)
> > > > at visad.FieldImpl.binary(FieldImpl.java:836)
> > > > at visad.DataImpl.binary(DataImpl.java:139)
> > > > at visad.DataImpl.add(DataImpl.java:179)
> > > > at visad.DataImpl.__add__(DataImpl.java:1393)
> > > > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> > > > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> > > > at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> > > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
> > > > at 
> > > > org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction.__call__(PyReflectedFunction.java:186)
> > > > at 
> > > > org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction.__call__(PyReflectedFunction.java:204)
> > > > at org.python.core.PyObject.__call__(PyObject.java:404)
> > > > at org.python.core.PyObject.__call__(PyObject.java:408)
> > > > at org.python.core.PyMethod.__call__(PyMethod.java:124)
> > > > at org.python.core.PyMethod.__call__(PyMethod.java:115)
> > > > at org.python.core.PyObjectDerived.__add__(PyObjectDerived.java:163)
> > > > at org.python.core.PyObject._basic_add(PyObject.java:2009)
> > > > at org.python.core.PyObject._add(PyObject.java:1995)
> > > > at org.python.pycode._pyx143.f$0(<string>:1)
> > > > at org.python.pycode._pyx143.call_function(<string>)
> > > > at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(PyTableCode.java:165)
> > > > at org.python.core.PyCode.call(PyCode.java:18)
> > > > at org.python.core.Py.runCode(Py.java:1261)
> > > > at org.python.core.__builtin__.eval(__builtin__.java:484)
> > > > at org.python.core.__builtin__.eval(__builtin__.java:488)
> > > > at org.python.util.PythonInterpreter.eval(PythonInterpreter.java:190)
> > > > at 
> > > > ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.getData(DerivedDataChoice.java:773)
> > > > at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:607)
> > > > at 
> > > > ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.getData(DerivedDataChoice.java:785)
> > > > at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:637)
> > > > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:243)
> > > > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:207)
> > > > at 
> > > > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.init(GridDataInstance.java:205)
> > > > at 
> > > > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:162)
> > > > at 
> > > > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:143)
> > > > at 
> > > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.GridDisplayControl.doMakeDataInstance(GridDisplayControl.java:284)
> > > > at 
> > > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:3153)
> > > > at 
> > > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:3135)
> > > > at 
> > > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.setData(PlanViewControl.java:643)
> > > > at 
> > > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.ContourPlanViewControl.setData(ContourPlanViewControl.java:194)
> > > > at 
> > > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.init(PlanViewControl.java:473)
> > > > at 
> > > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1402)
> > > > at 
> > > > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1085)
> > > > at 
> > > > ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:986)
> > > > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:911)
> > > > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1090)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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Ticket ID: MXT-681298
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open