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> Some more observations regarding radar coordinate system. > I can share a sample file also along with code if required > > I was going through visad.bom.RadCoordinateSystem3D class. > > Just wanted to know if we have any reference for the formulations being > used in toReference methods. > > Taking an example of let us say, having a gate size of 300m and number of > cells along a ray of 830 cells. (Total Range of 300*830= 250 Km) and at > elevation of 0.5 degree, I expect elevation at 250 Km range to be around > ~2.5 Km but it is coming out to be 7.5 Km. Is there something I am missing? > It looks like the gate size was set to be 1km for the old low-resolution radar dataset. You need to check and set the gate size accordingly. Yuan Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: LEA-863736 Department: Support IDV Priority: High Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.