Re: [thredds] Projection issues

• To: Roy Mendelssohn <Roy.Mendelssohn@xxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: [thredds] Projection issues
• From: Kyle Shannon <ksshannon@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 10:41:54 -0700

Thanks,

http://motherlode.ucar.edu/thredds/ncss/grid/fmrc/NCEP/NDFD/CONUS_5km/NDFD-CONUS_5km_best.ncd?spatial=bb&north=44.0311&west=-113.738&east=-113.474&south=43.7768&temporal=all&time_start=present&var=Maximum_temperature,Total_cloud_cover,Wind_direction_from_which_blowing,Wind_speed&accept=netcdf

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Kyle Shannon
Physical Science Technician
RMRS Fire Sciences Lab
Fire, Fuels & Smoke - RWU 4405
5775 Highway 10 W.
Missoula, MT 59808
(406)646-6577
kshannon@xxxxxxxxx
ksshannon@xxxxxxxxx
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On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Roy Mendelssohn
<Roy.Mendelssohn@xxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Can you give the URL?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Roy
> On Jan 5, 2010, at 9:33 AM, Kyle Shannon wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> > I am using the unidata thredds server to download some NDFD data.  I
> noticed that the projection specified is a Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP and
> both standard parallels are specified as 0.   In the metadata, if I am
> reading it correctly, the projection is actually a
> Lambert_Conformal_Conic_1SP with a standard parallel of 25.  I am using GDAL
> to hangle the files and proj4 has trouble with the 1st scenario, but not the
> second.  Is the projection set at the source (NOAA NDFD) or by the NetCDF
> subsetting service?  Who can I contact to deal with this issue?  Thanks.
> >
> > kss
> >
> > # ===================
> > Kyle Shannon
> > Physical Science Technician
> > RMRS Fire Sciences Lab
> > Fire, Fuels & Smoke - RWU 4405
> > 5775 Highway 10 W.
> > Missoula, MT 59808
> > (406)646-6577
> > kshannon@xxxxxxxxx
> > ksshannon@xxxxxxxxx
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