A while back, I helped a user create a formula that would ultimately show
up under the derived node in the field selector.
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/support/help/MailArchives/idv/msg07259.html
There are some tricky UI steps (described in screenshots in the above
thread), but it is doable. Once you have it working you can provide your
solution via a plugin.
On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 7:03 AM, Don Murray <don.murray@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Brian-
>
> You have two choices:
>
> - Convince Unidata to do this for you.
> - Write it up yourself and contribute it back.
>
> I would opt for #2. Here's how to create a formula that will show up in
> your list of derived parameters:
>
> https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/workshop/form
> ulas/DerivedData.html
>
> Don
>
>
> On 2/24/17 12:11 AM, Mapes, Brian Earle wrote:
>
>> Does anyone make these common but complex quantites from gridded datasets
>> in the IDV?
>>
>> How great it would be if one “formula" could calculate and create both
>> displays from (u,v,q) or (u,v,T,RH) without tediously repeating the
>> variable selection process! Has one of you Jython or Java wizards done it
>> already?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brian
>>
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