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[IDV #ZYC-601489]: Trying to make Wind Barbs from U and V components

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  • Subject: [IDV #ZYC-601489]: Trying to make Wind Barbs from U and V components
  • Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 09:55:54 -0700
Matt,

Great, glad to be of assistance.

Best,

Unidata IDV Support

> Hello,
> 
> The issue was the parameter alias was not set. Once I set it, the derived 
> True Wind Vectors worked. Thank you very much!
> 
> 
> Matt
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden]
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 16:16
> To: Matthew Muscato <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: [IDV #ZYC-601489]: Trying to make Wind Barbs from U and V components
> 
> Brian,
> 
> Can you upload your data to
> 
> http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload
> 
> and let us know when it is there?
> 
> You should just be able to plot your vectors by selecting the correct field
> under "derived" in the "Field Selector" in the IDV dashboard. You should see a
> "True Wind Vectors" option there.
> 
> If not there, it is possible you may have to set a parameter alias to have it
> recognize the U and V.
> 
> https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/userguide/tools/AliasEditor.html
> 
> Either way, let us know.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Unidata IDV Support
> 
> > Full Name: Matt Muscato
> > Email Address: address@hidden
> > Organization: Weather Routing, Inc.
> > Package Version: 5.2 build date:2015-08-26 18:19 UTC
> > Operating System: Windows 7
> > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_5.2\jre version: 1.8.0_45 
> > j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily
> > Description of problem:
> >
> > Creating display: Wind Barb Plan View 1
> >
> > I created a map with sea heights color shaded and pressure contoured in
> > a sold black line. I wanted to plot wind barbs over this from my U and
> > V components but it's failing to plot the wind barbs. I'm not sure if
> > I'm doing something wrong but I'm going into the Formulas and picking
> > "Speed from 2 components" then picking my u component for my x and the
> > v component for my v.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > ******************
> > Stack trace:
> > java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
> > at ucar.visad.display.FlowDisplayable.setFlowMaps(FlowDisplayable.java:606)
> > at ucar.visad.display.FlowDisplayable.setType(FlowDisplayable.java:876)
> > at ucar.visad.display.FlowDisplayable.loadData(FlowDisplayable.java:803)
> > at 
> > ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.loadDataAtLevel(PlanViewControl.java:1266)
> > at 
> > ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.loadDataAtLevel(PlanViewControl.java:1176)
> > at 
> > ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.setData(PlanViewControl.java:720)
> > at 
> > ucar.unidata.idv.control.FlowPlanViewControl.setData(FlowPlanViewControl.java:275)
> > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.init(PlanViewControl.java:489)
> > at 
> > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1402)
> > at 
> > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1085)
> > at 
> > ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:986)
> > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:911)
> > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243)
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> Ticket Details
> ===================
> Ticket ID: ZYC-601489
> Department: Support IDV
> Priority: Normal
> Status: Closed
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: ZYC-601489
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed