Unidata IDV Workshop for version 6.3 > Accessing and Displaying Data > Trajectory Data
3.10.1 Trajectory Point Display
Trajectory data can be displayed as individual point observations.
- If you do not have track data loaded see Trajectory Display.
- For performance reasons we want to subset the point data.
- Right click on the
track.nc
entry in the Data Sources
section.
- Select
- Select all fields under
Current Fields
by clicking in the list and
pressing Control-A.
- Remove all selected fields by pressing
Remove
- Select the fields of interest. e.g.,
Altitude
down to Dew/Frost Point Temperature
with successive Control-clicks or Shift-Clicks.
- Press
Add
- Press
OK
- Create the
Point Data Plot
display.
- In the
Fields
panel select the Point Data
field.
- In the
Displays
select Point Data Plot
and press
Create Display
- When the IDV asks if you want to see all of the times select
No
.
- Change the
Station Model
used to be Airplane
- Change the track time display
- Bring up the display control window for the
Track
display.
- Press Time Mode
Change
button.
- For End Time choose
From Animation Time
- For Start Time choose
Relative to End Time
- Change the Offset for the start time to be -30 minutes.
- Turn on animation.
- For the point display change the
Station Model
used to be TrackDewpoint
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