Overlaying Model Image on Radar and Satellite - OCLO
- 01- CAVE Fundamentals
- Setting the Time Match Basis of a Product
- Loading and Toggling Radar Graphic Overlay Products
- Overlaying CAPE on a Base Reflectivity Product
- Overlaying a Surface Plot on a Base Reflectivity Product
- Overlaying Model Image on Radar and Satellite
- Transferring Screen Products Between the Main Display Pane and Side Panes
- Loading, Arranging, Renaming, and Unloading Additional Map Editors
- Zooming In or Out of a Product View
- Panning a Zoomed-In Image in the Main Display Panel
- Switching the Color Table for a Radar Image Product
- Editing the Current Color Table
- Unload a Map Overlay
- Loading a Map Overlay
- Changing a Map's Display Characteristics
- Loading the Alphanumeric Information for a VWP Product
- Using the AFOS Browser to Load an Area Forecast Discussion
- Move and Adjust Width of AlertViz
- Launch Text Section Log and Display Detailed View
- Loading and Using the AWIPS Data Monitor
- Blinking a Range of Data Values
- Printing the Contents of the Main Display Panel
- Creating a Screen Capture of the Main Display Panel
- Saving/Loading Editor and Perspective Displays
- 02- D2D Fundamentals
- Create a New Procedure
- Opening an Existing Procedure
- Load a Product from the Product Inventory
- Clearing a Product from the Main Display Panel
- Manually Toggling and Looping Single Elevation Angle Products in Time
- Create an Image Combination and Toggle Between the Images
- Use Panel Combo Rotate and All Panel Sample on Dual Pol
- 03- D2D Radar
- Load Radar Products for Single Radar and Radar/MRMS Mosaics
- Toggling Product Displays
- Viewing Radar Cursor Readout Information
- Loading Products into Four-Panel Displays
- Submit an OTR for a Three Hour Precip (THP) Product
- Build a New Request in the RMR GUI
- Managing Active Requests in the RMR GUI
- Loading an All Tilts Product into the Main Display Panel
- Load a VWP Hodograph
- Load a Vertical Reflectivity Cross-Section Image Product Using the Volume Browser
- Load a Horizontal Reflectivity Cross-Section Image Product Using the Volume Browser
- 04- D2D Satellite
- 05- D2D Upper Air
- Load NSHARP into your CAVE Display
- Change NSHARP Configurations
- Cycling Through the Tables
- Toggling Display Insets
- Toggling Graphs and Statistics
- Interact with the Inventory in the D2D Skewt Standard Screen Configuration and Use Keyboard Shortcuts
- Configuring a Sounding and Hodograph Display
- Changing the Parcel Lifting Method
- Display Multiple Active Soundings
- 06- D2D Tools
- 07- D2D Applications
- Issue A New Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Follow Up a Severe Thunderstorm Warning with a Severe Weather Statement
- Loading an FFMP Basin Trend Graph and Downstream Basin Trace
- Assessing QPE, Ratio, and Diff
- Closing the FFMP Table
- Loading the FFMP Basin Table
- Loading a SCAN Storm Cells Table
- Interacting with the SCAN Storm Cells Table
- Launching the MESO and TVS Tables
- Closing the SCAN Cell Table
Purpose:
This task demonstrates how to load a radar image on a satellite image and add a model image.Tasks:
- From the Satellite menu, select IR Window.
- From of your dedicated radar menus, select xxxx Z (where xxxx is the chosen radar), then select 0.5 Z best res.
- Note how the radar data blocks the satellite data.
- Right-click and hold on the Satellite text in the product legend and select Move Up.
- Note how the satellite data on top now blocks the radar data.
- Right-click and hold on the Satellite text in the product legend and select Move Down.
- Overlay RAP Lifted Index contours.
- From the Volume menu, select Browser.
- In the Volume Browser window, select RAP13 from the Volume menu in Sources, and Lifted Idx from the Stability menu in Fields. The Planes section should automatically populate with 100MB-500MB. Click Load.
- Convert the RAP Lifted Index graphic to an image.
- Right-click and hold on RAP13 Lifted Index in the product legend and select Load as Image.
- Toggle off the radar and satellite overlays by left-clicking on each in the product legend.
- You may want to right click on the RAP13 Lifted Index Img product legend, select Change Colormap, and adjust the Max to near 0 (for LI) and increase the Min to stretch the "gridded data" color table to something that better brings out the data.
- Converting graphics to images is an important strategy in analyzing model data, though the coverage can be dominant in the display. You can see that graphic contours are much better for adding subtle information over other images.
- Toggle on the radar and satellite overlays by left-clicking on each in the product legend.
- Right-click and hold on RAP13 Lifted Index Img and select Move Up . Repeat this step to move it above the Satellite product.
- Note how the "stacked" image data overlay is fairly obtrusive relative to the contours, but the image can provide a unique background to integrate datasets.
- Task Complete!