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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Attached are two images of the same data, one is a close up view and one is a view from space.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The grid was made by taking the Lambert Conformal Conic grid in meters and projecting it to Mercator for display in Google earth.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The sample data set was plotted with GrADS using PDEF to transform it again for display in Google earth.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The view from space looks correct.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The close up view shows the GrADS grid cells vertically up and down and they do not match the LCC grid.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is this the correct behavior for the plot?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John Huddleston <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>