[IDV #QBL-919108]: Issues with using IDV

> Good morning,
> I am Simone Di Bari a student trying to learn to use your software to 
> correctly display oceanographic data. I am trying to understand what is 
> possible to do in terms of displays to see if your software meets my needs 
> and if I could potentially use it for my papers and to suggest it to the 
> company that I am be collaborating with.
> 
> I think your software has a lot of functionalities and I am struggling in 
> what probably is the simplest of tasks, importing and displaying data. I was 
> able to make a sample of the data that I am trying to import in a netCDF file.
> 
> If possible, it would be great for me to schedule a short zoom session to 
> maybe discuss and see some options of your software. If not, I have these 
> issues at the moment and if you could help me with them, it would be great:

I think it is easier to discuss the following questions in a ZOOM meeting, you 
can set up a meeting in your late afternoon or evening time,  and send me the 
link.  If you have other
students interested in learning the software they can join us too.

Yuan
> 
> 1.  It seems like the background map has a really low quality. I am trying to 
> display data over the Mediterranean Sea, is the only way to improve this to 
> import an image of my own?
> 2.  When importing the file all the variable names go missing. It does create 
> a file listing the correspondence. I was wondering if there was a way to tell 
> the software what variable is which. For example I thought I could create 
> potentially a 3D graphs by using the depth instead of the altitude, is that 
> possible?
> 3.  After importing the data as a netCDF point file, it lets me select a 
> variable and make a display of it. How can I display a variable from all 
> different times together? Or make it to do 10 years steps for example?
> 4.  After importing the data and even if it shows single time steps, it still 
> displays nothing. I was expecting for it to display a color filled contour 
> plan view but there is onyl one small box instead of many that should cover a 
> greater area.
> 5.  Moreover, I would be interested in making an average of the points every 
> 30 years, is there a way to do so? To make it more clear I am trying to 
> obtain a map like the one attached but in much smaller areas.
> 
> 
> Thank you very much,
> Simone Di Bari
> 
> 
> [Meteo: Mediterraneo BOLLE come mare TROPICALE, ESTATE 2018 con fenomeni  
> ESTREMI, AUTUNNO-INVERNO caldi » ILMETEO.it]
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: QBL-919108
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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