1. 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).
2. 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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