Section: 3.12.0 Loading NOAA Profiler Network Data

3.12.0 Loading NOAA Profiler Network Data

NOAA Profiler Network data can be accessed in the IDV from ADDE servers. You can load and display several stations and times at once.

Setup for Profiler displays

If other displays and data are already loaded, select the Edit→Remove All Displays and Data menu item or the icon in the toolbar to clear them out..
Uncheck the Projections→Auto-set Projection menu option.
Set the projection to Kansas (Projections→Predefined→Kansas menu).

Open the Data Source Chooser for NOAA Profiler Network Data

Open the Data Choosers.
In the Data Chooser tree click on the Profiler node to see the panel for access to NOAA National Profiler Network data on ADDE servers.
The map shows Profiler station names. Zoom in to see all stations in Oklahoma and Kansas.
Select the four stations Hillsboro, Haviland, Neodesha, and Lamont, one at a time, by holding the Ctrl key down while clicking on the station name. You can put one or more stations in any IDV Profiler display. More about selecting and deselecting stations.
In the Server box, use the pull down list to select a remote ADDE server with Profiler data. Select adde.ucar.edu.
Select Hourly in the Data Interval box. You can choose from Hourly, 30 minute, 12 minutes, or 6 minute. This sets the time intervals in the display.
Click on Connect. A list of times will appear; the most recent 12 times are pre-selected.
Select the most recent 6 times available. (Shift-click on the sixth time up from the bottom.)
Click on Add Source to connect the IDV to the data for this Profiler data request.

The label Profiler Hourly - 4 stations appears in the Data sources panel in the Field Selector, and Profiler winds appears in the Fields panel.

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