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> El 02/04/2013 10:20, Unidata IDV Support escribió: > >> Full Name: Bryan Matamoros Alvarado > >> Email Address: address@hidden > >> Organization: Universidad de Costa Rica > >> Package Version: 4.0u1 > >> Operating System: Ubuntu 12.04 > >> Hardware: > >> Description of problem: > >> > >> hello, my consult goes like this: > >> > >> I'm generating some images based on ww3 data, in specific I use > >> significant wave height (using just contour and color-shaded plan view) > >> and mean wave direction which includes local wind sea and swell direction > >> (using this formulae -uvFromWindDir(dir) not sure if it works with this > >> kind of data), the main issues are with mean wave direction an goes > >> like this: ww3 metadata says it data are present there but when IDV > >> reads it didn't appear I think IDV are taken the data as another type > >> of data or some like this but can't figure it out how to deal with and > >> which is the variable it takes and convert > >> > >> this is the url's where I take the data > >> > >> WW3 > >> //motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/fmrc/NCEP/WW3/Global/runs/NCEP-WW3-Global_RUN_2013-04-01T06:00:00Z > >> > >> or > >> > >> FNMOC-WW3 > >> //motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/fmrc/FNMOC/WW3/Global_1p0deg/runs/FNMOC-WW3-Global_1p0deg_RUN_2013-04-01T00:00:00Z > >> > >> > > > > Bryan, > > I see no problem using formula uvFromWIndDir(dir) and the mean wave > > direction to create display. Try the attached bundle. > > > > Also, the motherlode is planning to go away, please use the new > > thredds.ucar.edu server. > > > > > > Yuan > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: IDN-176406 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > Hello I check the attached bundle, but in this case I only see the > influence local wind sea not the conbination of wind sea and swell which > is mean wave direction and that is what are we looking for. > > thanks in advance for the help (even case some hints are welcome) > > -- Bryn, I didn't see the parameter of the direction of combination of wind sea and swell in the ww3 dataset. Yuan > Bryan Matamoros Alvarado Módulo de Información Oceanográfica (MIO) > Ofic.223, CIMAR Ciudad de la Investigación Universidad de Costa Rica > Tel. (506) 2511-3146 Fax. (506) 2511-3280 > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: IDN-176406 Department: Support IDV Priority: High Status: Closed