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3.7.12 Overlaying Lightning Data on Radar Data
Overlaying lightning data on radar data.
- Load some radar data
- Open the
Data Choosers. 
- In the
Data Chooser tree click on the Files node.
- Go to the radar data directory:
/data/idv/lightning/.
- Select all the
*.nids files
- Under the
Data Source Type pulldown menu, select "Radar files (NEXRAD/DORADE/UF)"
- Press
Add Source
- Create the display
- In the
Fields panel select Reflectivity.
- In the
Displays select Radar Sweep View in 2D and press Create Display
- Press
Create Display
- As an exercise for the reader, turn on various geographic data sets such as US State lines.
- Turn on animation
- Where are strikes occurring relative to areas of high reflectivity?
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