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Hi Randy- > I am unaware of any documentation. I only know the 'special' Level II > format of dual-pol data is converted to netCDF. I've attached files > from a radar volume. Thanks for the samples. I'll pass these along to the folks who are working on the radar code. We are trying to support standard formats and have readers for Level II, Level II, DORADE. How widely used is this format? Since there's no documentation, does the format change? Thanks. Don > Unidata IDV Support wrote: > > Hi Randy- > > > > > >> Institution: NWS, Radar Operations Center > >> Package Version: 1.3b2 > >> Operating System: os.name:Windows XP; os.arch:x86; os.version:5.1; > >> Hardware Information: java.vendor:Sun Microsystems Inc.; > >> java.version:1.5.0_06; java.home:C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre1.5.0_06; > >> j3d.version:1.3.2 fcs (build12); j3d.vendor:Sun Microsystems, Inc.; > >> j3d.renderer:OpenGL; > >> Inquiry: The Unidata IDV is new to me. After viewing "realtime" Level III > >> data, the IDV > >> capabilities seem extensive. > >> > >> I was unable to view dual polarization moments (in netCDF format) with > >> IDV. Is there an easy > >> way to display the NSSL dual pole radar files using IDV? > >> > > > > The only netCDF radar format we support is the NCAR sweep file format. > > Could you send a copy of your format that we could take a look at? > > We are currently working on supporting a variety of radar formats natively > > and we could possibly add this to the list. Is there documentation on > > the standard? > > > > > >> Here is the reported error from my first attempt to display: > >> > >> An error has occurred: > >> Creating ui:C:\DATA\A P P S Dual > >> Pole\Reflectivity_0.00_20050513-070524.netcdf > >> Content is not allowed in prolog. > >> > > > > When you opened the file, it looks like the IDV is trying to open it > > as an XML file for some reason. I don't think we would support your > > format natively, but if you change the data type to netCDF Sweep Files, > > I'm sure you'd get a different error message. ;-) > > > > Don Murray > > > > > >> Thanks. Randy Steadham > >> > >> ****************** > >> Stack trace: > >> org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content is not allowed in prolog. > >> at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.DOMParser.parse(Unknown > >> Source) > >> at > >> com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(Unknown > >> Source) > >> at javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder.parse(Unknown Source) > >> at ucar.unidata.xml.XmlUtil.getDocument(XmlUtil.java:1048) > >> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.XmlChooser.makeUiFromPath(XmlChooser.java:340) > >> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.XmlChooser.makeUiFromPath(XmlChooser.java:310) > >> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.XmlChooser.doUpdateInner(XmlChooser.java:597) > >> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > >> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > >> at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > >> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) > >> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$1.run(Misc.java:867) > >> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:895) > >> > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: RGX-739687 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Open > > > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: RGX-739687 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open