[gradsusr] GrADS and WSR-88D imagery

[Jeff Lake]

I'm not sure is GrADS can plot the NEXRAD NIDS Data

I've been successful in using GEMPAK to make a gif,
then using GDAL to convert to geoTIFF

-Jeff Lake
MichiganWxSystem.com
AllisonHouse.com
TheWeatherCenter.net
GRLevelXStuff.com

On 10/10/2012 10:01, Sytske Kimball wrote:
> Dear GrADS users,
> Has anyone ever tried overlaying GrADS plots with WSR-88D (NCDC 
> archived) imagery?
> I can envision 2 ways of accomplishing this:
> 1) Importing the radar data into GrADS.
> 2) Exporting Grads plots into GIS raster format and merging the images 
> in ArcMap.
> I like the latter option because ArcMap is designed to work with 
> layers of maps and you can
> adjust the transparency for better viewing. However, if no one has 
> done that, I am willing to
> try number 1.
> Any suggestions would be more than welcome.
> Thanks in advance,
> Sytske Kimball
> Sytske (seets-kah) Kimball
> Professor of Meteorology
> Director, South Alabama Mesonet
> Dept. of Earth Sciences
> University of South Alabama
> Mobile, AL
> phone (251) 460-7031
> fax       (251) 460-7886
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>
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