Setting the Time Match Basis of a Product

Purpose:

This task demonstrates how to set the time match basis of a product in order to change which loaded set of data controls the update frequency of all data sets loaded in a current CAVE window.

Tasks:

 

  1. From the Obs menu, select Surface Plot.
  2. Right-click inside the Map Editor and select Sample to enabling sampling.
  3. Sample the observations plotted by moving the mouse cursor over them.
  4. From the Satellite menu, select IR Window.
  5. From one of your dedicated radar menus, select 0.5 Z best res product.
  6. Loop through the loaded data. Notice that the data only changes every hour with the station data.
  7. Navigate to the product legend at the bottom right of the screen, then right-click and hold on 0.5 Reflectivity. Setting time matching from the product legend
  8. In the menu that appears, select Time Match Basis.
  9. Loop through the loaded data and notice that every radar volume scan is now visible.
  10. Task Complete!