Package ucar.unidata.data.radar

Class VCP

java.lang.Object
ucar.unidata.data.radar.VCP
public class VCP extends Object
Static class for describing Volume Coverage Patterns (VCP) for Archive Level II data files. Will probably change in the future. Adapted with permission from the Java Iras software developed by David Priegnitz at NSSL.
Version:
$Revision: 1.11 $ $Date: 2006/12/01 20:42:39 $
Author:
MetApps Development Team

  • Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor
    Description
    VCP()
    Constructor.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    static double[]
    getAngles(int vcp)
    Get the elevation angles for a given VCP.
    static float
    getCutAngle(int vcp, int cut)
    Get the elevation angle for a given VCP and cut.
    static int
    getNumCuts(int vcp)
    Get the number of cuts for a particular VCP value

    Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

  • Constructor Details

    • VCP

      public VCP()
      Constructor.

  • Method Details

    • getNumCuts

      public static int getNumCuts(int vcp)
      Get the number of cuts for a particular VCP value
      Parameters:
      vcp - value for VCP
      Returns:
      number of cuts

    • getCutAngle

      public static float getCutAngle(int vcp, int cut)
      Get the elevation angle for a given VCP and cut.
      Parameters:
      vcp - VCP value
      cut - cut index
      Returns:
      elevation angle

    • getAngles

      public static double[] getAngles(int vcp)
      Get the elevation angles for a given VCP.
      Parameters:
      vcp - VCP value
      Returns:
      array of elevation angle values