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John, First off, please update your IDV. It is quite old. Please upload your data, both netCDF and ASCII to http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload Also, yes, you should just be able to plot the ASCII data. In fact, here is a video on how to do so: https://youtu.be/22TWdFunK3E?list=PLQut5OXpV-0gqVk8LFD6Riv6X3QcAVw_U It concerns earthquake data, but should be applicable to most CSV/text data. Best, Unidata IDV Support PS I think we used to collaborate when I worked on the ATEC project at NCAR-RAL. > CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED > > I use the Model Evaluation Tools (MET) utility "ASCII2NC" to convert > weather observations in little_r formatted text files to NetCDF > format. The files contain the standard location information such as > latitude, longitude and elevation in addition to the meteorological data > for many stations at a given hour. I've tried using IDV V4.1 to plot > this data but it can't seem to handle this data. What do you recommend to > enable plotting of this data? Can IDV plot the data in little_r formatted > text files? > > Thanks. > > Mr John W. Raby, Meteorologist > U.S. Army Research Laboratory > White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002 > (575) 678-2004 DSN 258-2004 > FAX (575) 678-1230 DSN 258-1230 > Email: address@hidden > > CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: UJV-462839 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed