[McIDAS #PWA-603408]: Using Netcdf format for an AREA file

Hi Mary Ellen,

re:
> I am trying to view data from an IMGCOPY command that I wrote out in netCDF
> file format. I am unable to view in either grads or Mcidas.

I don't know about GRADS, but I can tell you that McIDAS has no capability
(meaning ADDE server) for _reading_ satellite imagery in netCDF format.

Question:

- have you tried using the IDV to see if it can display the netCDF image
  you created?

re:
> DSSERVE ADD NETCDF/GOES NCDF 5000 5009 TYPE=IMAGE
> 
> IMGCOPY MEC/G15.1 NETCDF/GOES.1 LATLON=23 157 SIZE=1400 1600 PLACE=CENTER 
> BAND=4 MAG=4 DOC=YES
> 
> Attached is the screen shot of the error message from McIDAS. In Grads I 
> can't use
> sdfopen GOES0001.nc because it says it has no "X-dimension"

I'm sorry that I can't shed any light on GRADS-related things.

Comment:

- the error shown in the screen shot you attached is:

IMGDISP: AGETSERV failed on exec of ncdfaget

  This is essentially saying that there is no ADDE AGET server for images in
  netCDF format.  This, in turn, means that McIDAS-X does not support displaying
  of images in netCDF format.

  Musing: I was somewhat surprised when SSEC created a netCDF output server but
  did not then build the corresponding server for input (list and/or display).
  I seem to recall that the output server was written so that users could 
convert
  images in AREA format to netCDF so they could be used in AWIPS.

Question:

- do you have an example image that you could send me/make available so I could
  play around with it in the IDV?

  Also, if we had an example image, we could test to see if AWIPS-II is capable
  of displaying it.

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: PWA-603408
Department: Support McIDAS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed