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> Full Name: Alan Bol
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: COMET
> Package Version: 2.8u1 build date:2010-02-02 22:30 UTC
> Operating System: Windows XP
> Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_2.8u1\jre version: 1.6.0_17
> j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4)
> Description of problem: Hi guys,
> I'm tring to plot mslp using NOGAPS data from USGODAE. I succeeded in
> plotting 500mb heights, so I expect that there's real data here. There is one
> weird thing, though, the data comes up with a range of -infinity to
> +infinity. I also see that it appears the data is expressed in Pascals, so I
> manually edited the range to be 90,000 to 110,000 with a contour interval of
> 400.
>
> So, I basically have 2 questions:
> Will this data plot?
> If it plots, how do I change the units to hPa (or mb). (using the change
> units dialog didn't seem to work).
>
> thanks for your patience,
> alan
>
>
>
Alan,
I am not familiar with this dataset, will you upload a sample file to:
http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload
If it does plot, we can change the unit, under Display control, you can go
Edit--> Change Display Unit.
Yuan
Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: FLG-389627
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open