[Met_help] [rt.rap.ucar.edu #47553] History for MODE Analysis Scale

[RAL HelpDesk {for John Halley Gotway}]

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Mr. Gotway

A follow on question would be, why doesn't the object register within the obj.txt file.  Is it because my threshold was too high?  Was it something to do with the theater?  Any help would be great.  Thank you.  

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From: Pelletier, Kristopher Civ USAF AFWA 16 WS/WXN 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 1:10 PM
To: 'John Halley Gotway'
Subject: MODE Analysis Scale

Mr. Gotway

 

I've finished my study using MODE Analysis to track wind objects, but I have one question.  Is there a way you can lock the scale so each model will consistently use the same scale.  I'm taking about the color coded scale that denotes the windspeeds in m/s.  

 

Thanks for the help.  Attached is an example of the slides that I put together.  

 

Kris


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Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #47553] MODE Analysis Scale
From: John Halley Gotway
Time: Wed Jun 15 09:25:15 2011

Kris,

Sorry for the delay in getting back with you.  I've created a met-help
ticket for this so that we're able to track the MET support we
provide.  But I'll be sure to copy you directly so that the
message gets through your firewall.

It sounds like you want to fix the colorscale used by MODE when
creating PostScript output images.  This is easily done in the MODE
configuration file.  Take a look in there for the following section:
   //
   // Min and max raw data values to be plotted for the forecast and
   // observation fields.  If set to non-zero values, the forecast and
   // observation raw color tables specified above will be rescaled to
   // match the specified range.
   //
   fcst_raw_plot_min = 0.0;
   fcst_raw_plot_max = 0.0;
   obs_raw_plot_min  = 0.0;
   obs_raw_plot_max  = 0.0;

Just set them to the exact range you'd like to be used and the
colortable will be scaled to that range.  By the way, if you want to
modify the colortable itself or create a new one, that is easily
done as well.  Just look in the config file right above the plot
min/max values at the entries for "fcst_raw_color_table" and
"obs_raw_color_table".

It's nice to get an easy question every once in a while :)

Regarding your second question about objects not "registering" in the
obj.txt file, I'm really not sure exactly what you're referring to.
If there's an aspect of the MODE output that's confusing,
it'd be best for you to send me the "_obj.txt" AND the corresponding
PostScript file from a single MODE run.  And then I should be able to
answer specific questions about why output is or is not
showing up in the places you expect.

Thanks,
John Halley Gotway
met_help at ucar.edu

On 06/15/2011 09:14 AM, RAL HelpDesk {for John Halley Gotway} wrote:
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> Wed Jun 15 09:14:36 2011: Request 47553 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by johnhg
>        Queue: met_help
>      Subject: MODE Analysis Scale
>        Owner: johnhg
>   Requestors: kristopher.pelletier at offutt.af.mil
>       Status: new
>  Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=47553 >
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> Mr. Gotway
>
> A follow on question would be, why doesn't the object register
within the obj.txt file.  Is it because my threshold was too high?
Was it something to do with the theater?  Any help would be great.
Thank you.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pelletier, Kristopher Civ USAF AFWA 16 WS/WXN
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 1:10 PM
> To: 'John Halley Gotway'
> Subject: MODE Analysis Scale
>
> Mr. Gotway
>
>
>
> I've finished my study using MODE Analysis to track wind objects,
but I have one question.  Is there a way you can lock the scale so
each model will consistently use the same scale.  I'm taking about the
color coded scale that denotes the windspeeds in m/s.
>
>
>
> Thanks for the help.  Attached is an example of the slides that I
put together.
>
>
>
> Kris

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