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[IDV #UJV-462839]: Plotting point weather observations (UNCLASSIFIED)

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  • Subject: [IDV #UJV-462839]: Plotting point weather observations (UNCLASSIFIED)
  • Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 10:03:34 -0700
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
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Ticket ID: UJV-462839
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed