Hi Mike....
By "default settings", what are you referring to? Color table?
Range? Things like that? If so, then you want to use the Parameter
Defaults (from the "Tools" menu....but you might want to read the User
Guide on this!). Also, if the names in the parameter defaults table
are not matched to your data field names, you can either create a new
entry there, or add one to the Parameter Alias table.
Regarding aggregating your netCDF files -- you can use probably use
NcML to do this externally...but first I would look at the "Formula"
in the Field Selector: Misc -> Make a time sequence...
If you elect to use NcML, you might want to explore using the
netCDF-java project's "ToolsUI" -- it provides a nice GUI for doing
mundane things like "ncdump", but it also contains an NcML editor that
allows you to get the NcML description of your file and then modify
it, if needed -- we use this a lot to "fix up" things like units. For
"time aggregation", though, you should look at the on-line NcML
information as there are some examples there.
Good luck,
tom
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Mike VandenBerg
<Michael.Vandenberg@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> First-time poster here, and new to IDV. I'm currently working on a project
> that involves using IDV to read in .nc radar data files to manually track the
> motion of individual storm cells for a convective event. Optimally, I would
> like to be able to display all of my files using the same Field Selector and
> Display settings, but am having trouble figuring out how to do this (right
> now, after adding the files as sources, I manually have to change the
> settings of each image individually, which is becoming a pain). I know that
> creating default settings is likely very trivial, but I haven't had any luck
> finding the solution. Any tips on how I would go about doing this would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Also, I would like to be able to view all of these files in sequential order
> using the Time Animation widget (the files contain radar data at 15-minute
> intervals), but cannot find the option to do this. Does the Time Animation
> widget only work for specific file types?
>
> Thank you for your patience and for any information.
>
> - Michael
>
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