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[IDV #NTD-951399]: plotting ATOVS data in IDV

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  • Subject: [IDV #NTD-951399]: plotting ATOVS data in IDV
  • Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 10:41:21 -0700
Dear Ms. Melnik,

It looks like there is a problem with both the Time coordinate as well as the 
lat/lon coordinates. See 
http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.6/cf-conventions.html#idp5559280
 regarding how to handle 2D lat / lon variables. Therein you will also find 
information about how to handle the time coordinate.

To learn more about parameter aliases, please see 
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/userguide/

Best Wishes,

Unidata IDV Support

> Dear support team,
> Thank you very much for your quick reply!
> Can you please explain what "your data are not CF compliant with respect to 
> time" means for me when it comes to using IDV? The thing is that my NetCDF 
> does not contain climate or forecast data - it's satellite obsevations data.
> And can you please explain what "you will have to create parameter aliases" 
> means? Is it described in the IDV manual?
> When you manage to generate the Skew-T out of my NetCDF, please, do tell me 
> how to do it!
> Thank you very much!
> 
> Sincerely yours,
> Katerina Melnik
> 
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> 19.11.2013, 00:09, "Unidata IDV Support" <address@hidden>:
> > Dear Katerina,
> >
> > We spent some time looking at your data. We are close to being able to 
> > generate a Skew-T (aerological diagram). Your data, however, are not CF 
> > compliant with respect to time 
> > (http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions). Also note in the IDV 
> > you will have to create parameter aliases for "Temperature_retrieval" and 
> > "Dewpoint_retrieval" in order to generate the Skew-T.
> >
> > Best Wishes,
> >
> > Unidata IDV Support
> >
> >>  Dear Sir  or Madam,We have our own recieving stations where we recieve 
> >> NOAA and Metop data. We process it with IAPP software and in the output we 
> >> have NetCDF files with 3D fields of temperature and dew point. I wanted to 
> >> open such NetCDf file using IDV and plot the data to an aerological 
> >> diagram. But I haven't managed to do it yet. I get as far as opening 
> >> NetCDF as my data source and IDV reads the names of the data arrays, but I 
> >> don't inderstand how to plot it as an aerologic diagram.I enclose a file 
> >> I've been working with and I'd apprehiate your help very much! Sincerely 
> >> yours,Katerina MelnikSpecialist in hydrometeorologyScanEx R&amp;D center 
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> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: NTD-951399
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: NTD-951399
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed