20030910: GOES-11 IHOP 6/12 data

>From:  Christina Hannon <address@hidden>
>Organization:  Penn State University
>Keywords:  200309101533.h8AFXjLd024139 McIDAS AREA Vis5D

Hi Christina,

>Do you have any suggestions for me as far as getting GOES-11 IMG files 
>into a vis5d format?

Since I am not a Vis5D expert, please accept the following as things
I would try :-)

The first thing I did was to look at the invocation syntax for Vis5D:

Usage: vis5d file.v5d [options]

Options:

  -alpha
   Use alpha blending instead of screen door transparency.

  -area N 
   Specifies the first McIDAS AREA file in a sequence to display in the 3-D box.

  -box alon alat ahgt 
   Set aspect ratio of the 3-D box (longitude:latitude:height).
   Example: vis5d LAMPS.v5d -box 4 2 1

 ...

This makes it look like imagery in AREA file format can be included in
the Vis5D display by specifying the '-area' flag.  To test this I will
need to build Vis5D on my Sun SPARC E450.

Could you make one of the images you have been trying to import
into Vis5D available to me (ftp, web link, ADDE, etc.)?  This would
help me see the problem more clearly.  Thanks.

>I've been having problems with McIDAS and would 
>like to have the data in vis5d if that is possible.

Can you describe the problems you have been having with McIDAS?  Perhaps
this would provide clues that should be explored further.

>Thanks.
>
>Steve Williams wrote:
>> Christina,
>> Probably the best person to ask is Tom Yoksas of UNIDATA. He is the UCAR
>> local Guru when it comes to manipulating McIDAS data. I have cc:ed him 
>> on this
>> e-mail to see what he suggests.
>> 
>> Steve
>> 
>> 
>> Christina Hannon wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Steve,
>>>
>>> I have a quick question. I have the GOES-11 McIDAS image data for 12 
>>> June 2002.  I have been having problems using McIDAS at school since 
>>> my computer has been upgraded to RedHat9.  What I am trying to do is 
>>> convert the McIDAS data to Vis5D if that is possible. The problem I am 
>>> running into is the data are IMG format and I only know how to convert 
>>> GRID format to Vis5D. Is it possible for the GOES-11 data be converted 
>>> to Vis5D? Or is there another format of the data available for this?
>>>
>>> Christina
>>>
>>>
>> 
>-- 
>Christina Hannon
>Graduate Research Assistant
>
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>  Penn State University
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Tom
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