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>From: David Harper <address@hidden> >Organization: NCAR/RAP >Keywords: 200003012325.QAA04248 McIDAS-X GINI netCDF Dave, >I grabbed an image from 10:00 (local) this morning. I don't have access to >the program we were using to look at the images, so I'll have to assume it is >the same as the one Lauri was looking at. > >I have it set up in the mcidas account on 4dwx-dev. There is a .gini file >in the correct location. ??? >The output is a netCDF file named GINI0001.nc in >the workdata directory. The script I use is vis_convert.sh. It also might >be interesting to ingest the netCDF into your version of Mcidas to see if you >see the same dislocation. The only problem with this is I have no way of looking at the image in netCDF format. McIDAS only supports output to the netCDF form. I have to believe that this _should_ be OK since the code was written for use by AWIPS (but you never know). >Anyway it should give you a gini file straight from the NOAAport and >the netCDF I use to go into Zebra. OK, so Zebra is viewing the McIDAS-generated netCDF directly? >I also have a converted netCDF file, >but I assume mcidas won't like the version of netCDF I have to use for Zebra. Are you converting the McIDAS-generated netCDF to some other netCDF? >I do not have the imager. ??? I ran a couple/three quick tests with GINI GOES-West VIS images: o loaded a GW1KVIS GINI image we have access to in McIDAS in the same way that you are doing the copy in vis_convert.sh: IMGDISP RTGINI/GW1KVIS LATLON=33.1 106 I get the LAT,LON of the center of white sands to be approx 32:53N, 106:18W. o I created a local dataset in AREA file format on 4dwx-dev: cd workdata dsserve.k ADD MYDATA/IMAGES AREA 1 9999 \"Local images in AREA format o I then copied a GW1KVIS GINI image to this local dataset: imgcopy.k RTGINI/GW1KVIS MYDATA/IMAGES.1234 LATLON=33.1 106 SIZE=800 800 o I FTPed this AREA file (AREA1234) back to my machine and displayed it in a frame: IMGDISP MYDATA/IMAGES.1234 REFRESH='EG;MAP H 9' o I then interrogated this image to see where the white sands are depicted to be and I again got approx. 32:53N, 106:18W. This agrees well with your follow-up email that said that the white sand blob should be centered at about 32.9N, 106W (32:54N, 106W). This demonstrates to me that the GINI server that I wrote is spitting back reasonably navigated images. The question now is whether or not the netCDF output image is somehow screwed-up, or if the display of the image is screwed up. We will have to look at this more tomorrow as I have to leave now. >From address@hidden Wed Jul 19 17:53:23 2000 >References: The white sand should be a white blob centered at about 32.9N 106W >a dark flow lava should also appear North of that angling to the North-East. >I really appreciate the time, it would take me many times as long to verify >this, Perhaps we should get together to take a look at the display you have. Send me email tomorrow with a good time (not lunch!). Tom