20050729: GEMPAK - Inability to show/loop analysis grids.

Stonie,

In regard to the NEXR plot which uses the $NMAP_RESTORE/radar/nexr/n0r
restore file, comment out or remove the "GDATTIM=last" line at the
top of the input, as it is overriding the time widget selection.
This was my oversight in leaving the GDATTIM parameter in the file, and
not a NCEP bug. I suspect there could be some utility in using the gdattim
explicitly.

Similarly, comment out the GDATTIM line for the RCMG plot in
$NMAP_RESTORE/radar/rcm/reflectivity, etc.

After removing the GDATTIM=last, you should see the time bar populated with
the range of times in the file.

The time binning is a feature for surface observations, and not applicable to
gridded data.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support




>From: "Stonie R. Cooper" <address@hidden>
>Organization: Planetary Data, Incorporated
>Keywords: 200507291534.j6TFYLjo017543

>Steve and Tom,
>
>Through 5.8.1, one was able to bring up an analysis grid via NMAP2 and click 
>on a single time to display a timeline of all times available.  This also 
>allowed one to have a analysis grid layer on an image that updated with the 
>image.  Finally, this also allowed one to loop several time intervals of an 
>analysis grid.
>
>With 5.8.2a, this feature stopped be accessible; if you bring up an analysis 
>grid, such as rcmg or nexr, you can now only see the specific time you 
>clicked on in the timeline, and when layering with an image, the analysis 
>grid does not continue to update with the image, instead only showing the 
>single time that was selected - and was available.  And as only one time 
>shows in the timeline, there is no longer any looping capability with 
>analysis grids.
>
>My guess is that this is related to the new time binning feature - but the 
>"Bin Source" button is grayed out for analysis grids, making it impossible to 
>deselect or otherwise in order to bring back the old functionality.
>
>I hoped that my previous emails may have caused this bug to be fixed in 
>5.8.3a, but I find that 5.8.3a is still broke in this respect.
>
>I appreciate your duties and that I am not a member of the university 
>community, but would have to think that such functionality would be equally 
>important to NCEP and the university community.
>-- 
>Stonie Cooper,
>Planetary Data, Incorporated
>(402) 727-6599
>
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