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Jim, Good timing. As of IDV 5u1 which will be release this week, the IDV can now handle multiple trajectories in one CF-compliant file. When wanting to view these data, select a Data Source Type of "Trajectory Sounding Files". You will have to build the trajectory file in a CF compliant manner as described here: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/developer/en/entry/ipynb_cookbooks_to_create_cf. This new IDV functionality should still be considered beta quality and there could very well still be problems. Please keep us up-to-date on your progress. Best, Unidata IDV Support > Jim > > We plot trajectories here. > > http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/cgi-bin/data/trajtool/traj.pl > > We use Fortran code to calculate the trajectories, stored the output in > nertCDF and then use a NCL script to plot them. The script works pretty > well (except where trajectories pass over 0E). We looked into CF complaint > netCDF trajectories standard a while back but didn't implement them. Part > of the reason was that the code output into it's own netCDF format. Still, > we could have reread and stored the data. I think we would have needed to > change how time was handled. Also, times went backward for back > trajectories and we weren't clear if that was okay. > > We may try to transition to CF at some point. > > Cathy Smith > > > On 8/6/14 8:42 AM, Jim Biard wrote: > > Hi. > > We are working on building a CF-compliant trajectory dataset. I'd like to > be able to verify correctness by using an existing application to plot the > trajectories, but I can't seem to find any applications that are > "trajectory aware". Any suggestions? > > Grace and peace, > > Jim > -- > [image: CICS-NC] <http://www.cicsnc.org/> Visit us on > Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/cicsnc> *Jim Biard* > *Research Scholar* > Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites NC <http://cicsnc.org/> > North Carolina State University <http://ncsu.edu/> > NOAA's National Climatic Data Center <http://ncdc.noaa.gov/> > 151 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801 > e: address@hidden > o: +1 828 271 4900 > > CF-metadata mailing > address@hidden.eduhttp://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata > > -- > ---------------------------------------------- > NOAA/ESRL PSD and CU > CIRES303-497-6263http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/cathy.smith/ > > Emails about data/webpages may get quicker responses from emailing > address@hidden > > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > address@hidden > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: GAI-830760 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed