[IDV #AJH-348949]: fole format for timeseries data

Hyun-Min,

No worries. Glad to help. Actually this was a good case study for both of us.

Best,

Unidata IDV Support

> Dear Unidata IDV Support,
> 
> Thank you very much. This looks much closer to what I wanted. I may need to 
> spend more time to verify this not because of IDV problems, but because of my 
> clumsiness with IDV yet. Thanks again.
> 
> Hyun-Min Shin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden]
> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 10:16 AM
> To: Shin, Hyun-Min@DWR
> Cc: address@hidden; address@hidden
> Subject: [IDV #AJH-348949]: fole format for timeseries data
> 
> Hyun-Min,
> 
> Indeed, our second attempt did not handle a few things correctly, especially 
> time. Thankfully, I had a our resident netCDF expert, Russ Rew, help me out.
> 
> Please see the attached new CDL file. Pay special attention to the Time 
> coordinate variable definition and values. I made a few assumptions that you 
> will need to verify (but the gist of it should be correct).
> 
> Best,
> 
> Unidata
> 
> > Dear Unidata IDV Support,
> >
> > Thank you very much for your help. I am giving you updates on where I am 
> > FYI.
> > 1) I was able to bring the netCDF file converted from what you sent into 
> > IDV.
> > 2) I could see either some symbols at the locations or numeric values, 
> > though the verification is yet to be done.
> > 3) The time variable may be also a factor I have to dig more - IDV shows 
> > times with increments in seconds against what I intended, which is hourly.
> >
> > I think I have to play around with IDV as you suggest to get what I exactly 
> > want. Thanks again.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Hyun-Min Shin
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 1:32 PM
> > To: Shin, Hyun-Min@DWR
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Subject: [IDV #AJH-348949]: fole format for timeseries data
> >
> > Hyun-Min,
> >
> > You won't know until you try. :-)
> >
> > But seriously, I went ahead and fixed the CDL file in question (see 
> > attached).
> >
> > You can open this file in the IDV and view it in the same manner as ADDE 
> > synoptic surface data.
> >
> > Please select a Data source Type of "netCDF/GEMPAK Point Data files".
> >
> > You may have to play around with the layout model to get something to
> > your
> > liking:
> >
> > https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/userguide/tools/Station
> > ModelEditor.html
> >
> > Let us know if you run into trouble.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Unidata IDV Support
> >
> >
> >
> > > Dear Unidata Support,
> > >
> > > Thank you for your response. I may have to study much the information you 
> > > provided to solve the problem.
> > > My intention is to have a display of temperature as shown in the 
> > > attached. The attached is displaying the ADDE synoptic surface data, not 
> > > the temperature I wanted.
> > > My goal is to display the temperature time-series observed at 546 
> > > stations in California. The 546 stations have fixed locations for a 
> > > certain period (not a specific time) of interest, although there are many 
> > > possible missing data from time to time.
> > > I think that IDV can provide the display, but your confirmation on 'yes, 
> > > possible' or 'not' would be very helpful to me. I will look forward to 
> > > hearing from you. Thanks again.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > >
> > > Hyun-Min Shin
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 10:07 AM
> > > To: Shin, Hyun-Min@DWR
> > > Cc: address@hidden
> > > Subject: [IDV #AJH-348949]: fole format for timeseries data
> > >
> > > Hyun-Min,
> > >
> > > You are on the right track, and kudos for describing the data with CF 
> > > conventions in mind, but unfortunately, things are little complicated 
> > > here.
> > >
> > > First off, a good model or exemplar for describing these data can be 
> > > found here:
> > >
> > > http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/data/formats/netcdf/v1.1/
> > >
> > > and specifically
> > >
> > > http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/testdata/netCDFTemplateExamples/timeSeries
> > > /B
> > > odegaMarineLabBuoyCombined.cdl
> > >
> > > I think your CDL file strongly resembles this CDL example already, but 
> > > may be missing some important global attributes related to CF.
> > >
> > > At a minimum, I believe I would add:
> > >
> > > :featureType = "timeSeries" ;
> > > :Conventions = "CF-1.6" ;
> > >
> > > and perhaps
> > >
> > > :Metadata_Conventions = "Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0" ;
> > > :nodc_template_version =
> > > "NODC_NetCDF_TimeSeries_Orthogonal_Template_v1.0" ;
> > >
> > > Also ensure that your CDL file is following the conventions described in 
> > > BodegaMarineLabBuoyCombined.cdl. I believe that it is for the most part, 
> > > but please double-check (I just noticed that the dimensions and 
> > > dimensions associated w/ the variables needs to be better adhered to).
> > >
> > > On the IDV side what is your intention for the display? Unfortunately, 
> > > once we have fixed the problems with the data, I am not entirely sure the 
> > > IDV will render your data in the manner you want without some work on the 
> > > IDV.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Unidata IDV Support
> > >
> > > > Full Name: Hyun-Min Shin
> > > > Email Address: address@hidden
> > > > Organization: California Department of Water Resources Package
> > > > Version: 5.1u2 Operating System: Windows 7
> > > > Hardware: Inter Xeon with 6GB memory Description of problem: I
> > > > want to bring a time-series data into IDV. Attached are the CDL file 
> > > > and netCDF file (using ncgen) containing hourly temperature data for 
> > > > 546 stations in California for 10 hour-span. I failed to bring the data 
> > > > into IDV. Could you let me know if IDV can display time-series data for 
> > > > multiple stations (synoptic) from a local file? And if yes and my file 
> > > > has errors, what could be fix of the problems. Any response would be 
> > > > appreciated much.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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> > > Ticket ID: AJH-348949
> > > Department: Support IDV
> > > Priority: Normal
> > > Status: Closed
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: AJH-348949
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed