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[IDV #JKS-756536]: Cross-sections from non-gridded data

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  • Subject: [IDV #JKS-756536]: Cross-sections from non-gridded data
  • Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:45:31 -0600
> Full Name: Loren White
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: Jackson State University
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> Description of problem: I'm trying to figure out a way to plot a 
> cross-section of data imported from csv files of soundings, surface obs, etc. 
> along a track. I can get the data to load correctly, but am not clear about 
> how to plot as a cross-section. It seems the only documentation on 
> cross-sections is for 3-d gridded model data. Presumably there should be a 
> way though to incorporate a Barnes analysis (or similar) in the 2-d 
> cross-section plane, just as is done to plot surface or isobaric analyses. I 
> would think this would have been done before in using aircraft data 
> transects. Should be similar also to what's required to do a Hov-Muller 
> diagram.
> 
> 
HI Loren,
       After loading the csv data in the IDV, there is a display type "Data 
Transect". This basically a 2-d cross section, but not sure if this is what you 
are thinking about. Let us know if I didn't get it right.


Yuan

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: JKS-756536
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed