20050407: Displaying FSL netCDF point data

Valentine,


>Now, I am havig a different problem.  The station model does not display
>correctly -- the wind barbs and skycover do not plot on the map; the
>temperature, dewpoint, and pressure are ok.

The  problem is that the station model does not recognize some of the 
parameter names
in the file. The simplest way to correct this is to add the parameter name
for wind speed and wind dir to the alias list.
This is convered in some detail in the IDV workshop section:
http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/idv/docs/workshop/resources/stationmodel/StationModelEditor.html

What you can do is select the Edit->Resources->Parameter Aliases menu 
item from the
main menu bar.  Go to the System aliases tab. Near the top of the table 
you should see
entries for SPEED and DIR. These are the canonical names for wind speed 
and wind direction
that the IDV uses in the station models. Right click in the SPEED line 
and choose
"Copy to User Table"
This allows you to edit the entry in your own set of aliases.
In the User aliases table right click on the SPEED line and select "Edit 
Entry"
In the aliases list add "windSpeed" (The parameter name in your file).
Select OK.
IN the main alias editor  window select OK.
We already have a windDir alias in the system file.
Now, when you create a station model display wind barbs should show up.

The following is the list of parameter names used in the your netcdf file.
I don't see cloud coverage here. If there is one you can repeat the 
above steps
with the "CC" canonical name.

-Jeff




Time
Latitude
Longitude
Altitude
invTime
prevRecord
isOverflow
wmoId
stationName
rawMETAR
correction
snowCover
pressChange3HourICR
pressChange3HourICA
pressChange3HourQCR
pressChange3HourQCA
pressChange3Hour
pressChangeChar
precip24HourICR
precip24HourICA
precip24HourQCR
precip24HourQCA
precip24Hour
precip6HourICR
precip6HourICA
precip6HourQCR
precip6HourQCA
precip6Hour
precip3HourICR
precip3HourICA
precip3HourQCR
precip3HourQCA
precip3Hour
precip1HourICR
precip1HourICA
precip1HourQCR
precip1HourQCA
precip1Hour
maxTemp24Hour
minTemp24Hour
altimeterQCR
altimeterQCA
altimeter
windGust
windSpeedICR
windSpeedICA
windSpeedQCR
windSpeedQCA
windSpeed
windDirICR
windDirICA
windDirQCR
windDirQCA
windDir
dpFromTenths
dewpointICR
dewpointICA
dewpointQCR
dewpointQCA
dewpoint
tempFromTenths
temperatureICR
temperatureICA
temperatureQCR
temperatureQCA
Temperature
seaLevelPressICR
seaLevelPressICA
seaLevelPressQCR
seaLevelPressQCA
seaLevelPress
presWeather
visibilityICR
visibilityICA
visibilityQCR
visibilityQCA
visibility
autoStationType
reportType
timeObs
locationName