Ken --
It is my understanding that we (SSEC) will be exploring the
feasibility of doing this, but since the output from the ODT is
apparently a list of a few numbers, it is not altogether clear that it
could not be more easily accomplished with a little Java and/or Python
(Jython) and the visad and netcdf-java libraries. We'll see.
I applaud your use of NetCDF with CF conventions!! Good show! It is
vital for our community to start encouraging the use of this
combination so that tool developers (and scientists) can ultimately
spend less time "dealing" with file formats, etc.
Thank you!!
tom
On 12/12/06, Ken Knapp <Ken.Knapp@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have recently developed a hurricane database of satellite observations
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/b1utc/b1utc.html). These have been
calibrated for homogeneity in time and are stored in netCDF using the CF
convention. However, most analysts want the data in a form which McIDAS
can read because from there, they can produce Objective Dvorak Technique
(ODT) estimates of tropical cyclone intensity.
Does anyone plan to develop an ODT technique for IDV?
Does anyone have any suggestions aside from completely re-formatting the
data to McIDAS?
Thanks-
-Ken
[Note: Evidently, McIDAS can read netCDF files, but assumes they are
grids and the McIDAS AODT algorithm doesn't work on grids, but on
images. Hence, completely reformatting the data seems to be the only option]
[Also: This question is also being posed to the MUG (McIDAS Users Group)]
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Tom Whittaker
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