[Datastream #ZNQ-179731]: Request for Wind Profiler(FSL2) data for February 4-February 7

Hi Samuel-

> I don't understand what you mean by "The IDV does not support ...  historical 
> ADDE access."  I can point my IDV browser to adde.ucar.edu, and observe 1 hr 
> profiler winds from Bloomfield for 00:00Z-13:00 today, even though it is 
> 14:18Z now.  This would lead me to believe that I can view non-realtime 
> profiler data thru IDV (Historical IDV access thru ADDE).  I have the 
> necessary NetCDF files I need, I simply want to view them.  If it means 
> converting them to a format an ADDE server can understand, then so be it.


For better or worse, the chooser is hardwired for the realtime
data on an ADDE server.

Notice that the times only go back to 00Z which means that the chooser
only looks at the current day's data in position 0.  There is also
no way to specify a dataset other than RTPTSRC.  The only way you
might be able to look at your historical data would be to:

- convert it to McIDAS MD format from netCDF
- install it as the realtime data under RTPTSRC/PROFHOURLY
(or RTPTSRC/PROF6MIN depending on the type of data).

However, I can't guarantee that even then it would work because
the chooser looks for position 0 in the ADDE dataset and that
might not end up giving you the correct day.

You would also not be able to select days other than the last
day in the dataset (or whatever ends up being position 0).

Sorry.

Don Murray

> Hi Samuel-
> Zehel, Samuel wrote:
> > I have a PROFILER_wind_01hr file with an .nc extension.  I would like
> > to view it in IDV.  Is it possible, why isn't it working for me?  Is
> At this point, we can only load in realtime profiler data through an
> ADDE server.  The IDV does not support loading in the netCDF files
> or historical ADDE access.
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Don Murray
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> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Unidata IDV Support [address@hidden]
> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 5:53 PM
> To: Zehel, Samuel
> Cc: address@hidden; Staffen, William
> Subject: [Datastream #ZNQ-179731]: Request for Wind Profiler(FSL2) data for 
> February 4-February 7
> 
> > Is there a way to view these files in IDV, thru an ADDE server?
> 
> Not at present.  The profiler interface is only for realtime data.
> 
> Don Murray
> 
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Zehel, Samuel
> > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 3:04 PM
> > To: address@hidden
> > Subject: RE: [Datastream #ZNQ-179731]: Request for Wind Profiler(FSL2) data 
> > for February 4-February 7
> >
> > How can I view this data in IDV?
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Unidata Datastream Support [address@hidden]
> > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 2:38 PM
> > To: Zehel, Samuel
> > Cc: address@hidden; Staffen, William
> > Subject: [Datastream #ZNQ-179731]: Request for Wind Profiler(FSL2) data for 
> > February 4-February 7
> >
> > > Would it be possible to request archived Wind Profiler(FSL2) data? We are 
> > > trying to gather data for a project a student is planning to do on this 
> > > timeframe, and it turns out our data stream was intermittent/nonexistant 
> > > during that time frame.  If it would help, we only need data for the most 
> > > Eastern sites in the lower 48 United States.
> > >
> > >
> > Hello Samuel,
> >
> > We "generally" are not a data archive center, we do, however, provide a 
> > service to do exactly what you are asking (fill in holes in case of 
> > hardware or network issues). We maintain a THREDDS catalog of the IDD data 
> > streams and keep 1 to 2 weeks of data (feedtype dependent).
> >
> > The URL for the catalog that has the data I believe you desire is:
> >
> > http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/idd/obsData.html
> >
> > ...or if you are pointing a THREDDS enabled client, use a ".xml" suffix 
> > instead of the ".html"
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jeff
> > Jeff Weber
> > Unidata User Support
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu
> >
> > Ticket Details
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> > Ticket ID: ZNQ-179731
> > Department: Support Datastream
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> >
> 
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> Ticket Details
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> Ticket ID: ZNQ-179731
> Department: Support IDV
> Priority: Normal
> Status: Open
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ZNQ-179731
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open