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Subject: 20031020: Level II visualization Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:38:53 -0600 From: Don Murray <address@hidden> Organization: UCAR/Unidata To: Adam Houston <address@hidden> References: <address@hidden> Hi Adam- Adam Houston wrote:
Does the MetApps project currently have a tool for visualizing level II WSR-88D data? We have been using WATADS for a number of years now but have been steadily moving away from HP's toward Linux powered PC's. Since WATADS has been ported to HP's and Sun's only, we will have no way of visualizing this data once our last HP dies.
The current release (1.0.2) of the Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) can be used to display Level II WSR-88D data. We are in the process of putting together a beta version of the next release (1.1) which adds more functionality (isosurfaces, computed RHIs, volume displays) for Level II data. That beta release will be out the first week of November. The IDV is a Java application, so it runs on any platform that supports java and Java 3D (Windows, Solaris (SPARC), Linux, AIX, SGI, HP (the last three only with certain configurations)). You can check out more information at: http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/IDV If you know Dan Bramer at UIUC, he can help you get started. Dan has used and done some development on the IDV.