Dan,
Thank you for getting back to me. I went to the web page that starts with "my.unidata" and am still going through circles. Could you please provide me with the pathway optiosn so that I can locate some sample data to download? What is the website that contains that user guide ?
The userguide comes as part of the IDV release and can be accessed through the IDVhelp menu.
You can also access the documentation through the idv home page: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/IDV/index.html at: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/IDV/docs/userguide/Introduction.html The getting started section on the web site is: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/IDV/docs/userguide/quickstart/index.html -Jeff