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[IDV #VGF-307998]: IDV and gempak support for TDWR radar data

Hi  John-

> ok, it's close enough in the local file for now.

The data plotting should be exact since the location comes from the radar file. 
 If
you see otherwise, let us know.

Don

> Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> > Hi John-
> >
> >
> >> ah, you're right. didn't realize it was in the incorrect position yet. the 
> >> correct coordinates are 40.9675,-111.930
> >>
> >
> > Actually, I'm wrong.  If you are reading from local disk, you should get the
> > correct locations.  There's an issue with remote access which we are looking
> > at.  If you plot a 2D sweep, you should see the the correct lat/lon listed
> > in the display control window.  If that's not showing correctly, let me 
> > know.
> >
> > If you plot locations from the table, though, that will be off.
> >
> >
> >> and, if you put that into google maps you can see in the street view a 
> >> nice shot of the dome. gotta love the security folks for keeping this info 
> >> tight.
> >>
> >
> > Don't tell the DHS. ;-)
> >
> >
> >> so, where do i update those coordinates>
> >>
> >
> > There should be no need to update for plotting the data.  For plotting
> > the locations, I'll need to generate a new table.  We need to update
> > our server though.
> >
> > Don
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden]
> >> Sent: Wed 1/7/2009 7:45 AM
> >> To: John Horel
> >> Cc: address@hidden
> >> Subject: [IDV #VGF-307998]: IDV and gempak support for TDWR radar data
> >>
> >> Hi John-
> >>
> >>
> >>> scratch the last query about metadata for slc. duh- it's showing up if i 
> >>> just open my eyes.
> >>>
> >> If you have the exact coords for the SLC TDWR, could you send them to
> >> me?  When comparing with the RIDGE display, it seems like our location
> >> is a bit south of theirs.  I have:
> >>
> >> SLC      725720 SALT_LAKE_CITY                   UT US  4078 -11197  1288 
> >> 99
> >>
> >> Don
> >>
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden]
> >>> Sent: Tue 1/6/2009 3:14 PM
> >>> To: John Horel
> >>> Cc: address@hidden
> >>> Subject: [IDV #VGF-307998]: IDV and gempak support for TDWR radar data
> >>>
> >>> Hi John-
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> We've asked for IDV 2.6 to be installed locally since there is some
> >>>> mention in the release notes about remote support for TDWR files.
> >>>>
> >>>> However, I have been unable to bring up locally in IDV or GARP/NMAPthe
> >>>> nids files from the SLC radar that started transmitting today . I'm
> >>>> concerned about the change of variables where reflectivity is now TR0,
> >>>> etc. Is it possible to display TDWR imagery in IDV and/or gempak?
> >>>>
> >>> How are you trying to load them into the IDV?  The preferred way would
> >>> be to use the Radar->NEXRAD Local chooser.  Change to the directory
> >>> where you are storing the files and load in several files.  You can
> >>> also load them in from the Files chooser if you set the Data Source Type
> >>> to NEXRAD Radar Files.
> >>>
> >>> Hopefully by tomorrow we will have the remote access through the
> >>> NEXRAD Remote chooser.  The THREDDS group is working on switching
> >>> over the server but has run into some issues (not related to TDWR).
> >>>
> >>> Don Murray
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Ticket Details
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> >>> Ticket ID: VGF-307998
> >>> Department: Support IDV
> >>> Priority: Normal
> >>> Status: Open
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Ticket Details
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> >> Ticket ID: VGF-307998
> >> Department: Support IDV
> >> Priority: Normal
> >> Status: Open
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
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> > Ticket ID: VGF-307998
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> >
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: VGF-307998
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open