[IDV #ZGK-798386]: IDV 4.1u1 (nightly build as of 11/25/13)

Hi Dave,

Ok, this is definitely a bug with saving a display only bundle. We'll dig
into it and let you know when we find the problem.

Sean

> On Dec 2, 2013, at 9:14 AM, Unidata IDV Support 
> <address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> 
> Just a few quick questions to help us figure out what's going on here.
> 
> First, in your message you say 10 mb winds, but the error message suggests
> you are trying to use 10 m winds - which one do you mean to use?
> 
> Sean,
> 
> Typo: should be 10 m above ground winds. (Sorry about that.)
> 
> Second, could you give us a link to the exact data set you are using? It seems
> as though the error message you attached thinks U10 has units of m_s-1, but
> in the files we've seen, we do not see that (we see "m s-1"). If indeed the 
> units
> are m_s-1, then that would cause an error because that is not a udunit.
> 
> You can get a copy of the file at 
> http://virga.sfsu.edu/data/wrf/wrfout_2013-11-21_12_GFS_CenCal_BayArea_EastBay.nc.
>  (There are a number of other WRF-ARW model output files in NetCDF format in 
> the same directory.)
> 
> — Dave
> 
> Full Name: Dave Dempsey
> Email Address: address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden>
> Organization: San Francisco State University
> Package Version: 4.1u1 build date:2013-11-25 08:05 UTC
> Operating System: Mac OS X
> Hardware: Java: home: 
> /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home version: 
> 1.6.0_65 j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4)
> Description of problem: Initializing after unpersistence
> Unable to handle units of U10[unit:m_s-1]_14
> ------------------------------------------
> 
> I'm running IDV 4.1u1 (nightly build as of 11/25/13) on a brand new Mac.
> 
> I've got a bundle saved with "Data Sources" unchecked. To test it, I do the 
> following:
> 
> (1) Remove all displays and data in the IDV.
> (2) Load the desired data source (either via a just-restarted RAMADDA server 
> [virga.sfsu.edu<http://virga.sfsu.edu>:8080] or via HTTP from the same 
> machine--the results are the same). The data source is WRF-ARW model output, 
> in NetCDF format.
> (3) Load the bundle.
> 
> The IDV tries to plot 10 mb AG winds over topography (specified as the 
> terrain elevation), but it fails, with the message above. (This is true 
> whether the derived field is "flow vectors from U & V" or "true flow vectors 
> from U & V".)
> 
> It reads other fields in the display without errors. (It plots most of them 
> without errors, too, except two potential temperature fields, which it fails 
> to plot--except for display and legend labels--but doesn't issue any error 
> messages. But that's another story.)
> 
> -- Dave
> 
> ******************
> Stack trace:
> visad.VisADException: Unable to handle units of U10[unit:m_s-1]_14
> at 
> ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplay.addVerticalMap(MapProjectionDisplay.java:1135)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.GridDisplayControl.addTopographyMap(GridDisplayControl.java:564)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.FlowPlanViewControl.addTopographyMap(FlowPlanViewControl.java:477)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.setData(PlanViewControl.java:684)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.FlowPlanViewControl.setData(FlowPlanViewControl.java:206)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.init(PlanViewControl.java:500)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1421)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1106)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initAfterUnPersistence(DisplayControlImpl.java:1392)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initAfterUnPersistence(DisplayControlImpl.java:1296)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager$19.run(IdvPersistenceManager.java:3783)
> at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:273)
> at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:245)
> at visad.util.ThreadManager.runSequentially(ThreadManager.java:223)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager.instantiateFromBundle(IdvPersistenceManager.java:3796)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager.decodeXmlInner(IdvPersistenceManager.java:3107)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager$12.run(IdvPersistenceManager.java:2915)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Ticket Details
> ===================
> Ticket ID: ZGK-798386
> Department: Support IDV
> Priority: Normal
> Status: Open
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: ZGK-798386
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open