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[IDV #GDD-561087]: Dewpoint function is broken

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  • Subject: [IDV #GDD-561087]: Dewpoint function is broken
  • Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 11:03:42 -0700
> How about 1.2 or 1.5 or 2?
> Supersaturation with respect to ice does occur in nature.
> RH is dimensionless so it seems reasonable to have software assume that a 
> lack of units means it is a fraction of saturation.
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> I’ll still hope Goddard fixes their end, so that IDV 5.3 and prior versions 
> will work OK for our lab manual. It goes off to press March 1!
> 
> 
> Brian

I can let the formula fix the problem of no unit or bad unit, this is quick and 
easy. How about not changing the value and the user can always call a formula
to do it yourself.


Yuan
> 
> 
> 
> > On Feb 23, 2017, at 11:11 PM, Unidata IDV Support <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> Yeah that should work, unless RH slightly greater than 1 occurs.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Well, I did see RH slightly greater than 1 in your dataset, is it ok to set 
> > the range between 0 and 1.1?
> >
> > Yuan
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: GDD-561087
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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