Finally got around to implementing this, and apparently the data has
to be in the GVAR navigation format. The images in the RTIMAGES stream
work, but I would prefer the GINIEAST stuff which has a higher
resolution (for visible) and is updated more frequently. Is there a
way to convert from TANC to GVAR? Or is there another stream that
provides the GVAR data at higher spatial / temporal resolution?
I was reading in a previous email in the Unidata archive that this
could be done in McIDAS, but I don't have access to that. Is there a
method / function available in the IDV (via Jython) that would do
this?
Best Regards,
Robert Dewey
On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Robert Dewey <robert.d.dewey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks Tom, I'll look into this.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Robert Dewey
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Tom Whittaker <whittaker@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Robert -- I'm including my earlier note at the end of this, since I
>> neglected to forward it to the list.
>>
>> To expand up that -- you can certainly use the AreaFile class to
>> download from an ADDE server and it's save() method to put the AREA
>> file on disk. This could be run outside of the IDV. In fact, if you
>> need a GUI, there is the GetAreaGUI class which can be used to help
>> create the URL you need to get the data...
>>
>> While this would be easiest to work with in Jython, you could also
>> make a small Java program. In Jython, it would be something like
>> this:
>>
>> from edu.wisc.ssec.mcidas import AreaFile as af
>>
>> a = af("adde://yourserver.ucar.edu/image?")
>> a.save("output.file",0)
>>
>> a. the "image?", instead of a fully explicit URL will pop up a GUI to
>> help you select the data
>> b. the 2nd parameter in the save() call is "verbose" -- 0 (zero) is false/off
>>
>> tom
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Tom Whittaker <whittaker@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I do not know of any ISL that will do this. From Jython, however, you can
>>> use the AreaFile class
>>> (see:
>>> <http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/visad-docs/javadoc/edu/wisc/ssec/mcidas/AreaFile.html>
>>> )
>>> to fetch your image via ADDE and then use the "save(filename)" method in
>>> AreaFile to write an AREA file to disk. I hope this helps.
>>>
>>> tom
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Robert Dewey <robert.d.dewey@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm wondering if anyone has an ISL script to download the most recent
>>>> satellite files (GOES-E 1km visible and 4km 10.7 micron IR) from an
>>>> ADDE server and save them locally in McIDAS AREA format. I looked
>>>> through the ISL tutorials and docs, and I don't see anything that
>>>> stands out when it comes to doing this.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Robert Dewey
>>>>
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>>>> Tom Whittaker
>>>> University of Wisconsin-Madison
>>>> Space Science & Engineering Center (SSEC)
>>>> Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)
>>>> 1225 W. Dayton Street
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Tom Whittaker
>> University of Wisconsin-Madison
>> Space Science & Engineering Center (SSEC)
>> Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)
>> 1225 W. Dayton Street
>> Madison, WI 53706 USA
>> ph: +1 608 262 2759
