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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
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<head>
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<title>GFESuite Documentation - Load/Unload Weather Elements</title>
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</head>
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<body>
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<h1 align="center">Load/Unload Weather Elements</h1>
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<br>
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<a href="#Load/UnloadWEsviaWEGroups">Load/Unload Weather Elements
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via Weather
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Elements Groups</a>
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<br>
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<a href="#CreateanewWeatherElementGroup">Create a new Weather Element
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Group</a><!-- Leave this comment in for formatting purposes -->
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<hr width="100%">
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<div class="Body">With over a dozen weather elements per database and
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many
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databases, displaying all of the available weather elements in the GFE
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would overly clutter the display. So, you can choose which weather
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elements
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you want to view and edit using the Weather Element Browser Dialog.
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This
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section describes how to use it.<br>
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<br>
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</div>
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<img alt="" src="images/WEBrowser.jpg" nosave=""
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style="width: 574px; height: 548px;">
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<div class="Body">
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<br>
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Before you can begin editing grids of sensible weather, you need to
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load forecast weather elements into the GFE. The following set of
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exercises
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shows you how to load and unload weather elements to and from the GFE.</div>
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<ul>
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<li class="4Heading"> <b>Purpose:</b> Make weather elements
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available for viewing and
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editing.</li>
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</ul>
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<div class="Step-First">
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<ol>
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<li>From the main menu bar, select WeatherElement-><a
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href="MainMenuDialogs.html#WEBrowserDialog">Weather
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Element Browser</a>. You should see a dialog appear that looks similar
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to the figure above.</li>
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<li>Start from scratch by selecting Edit->Select None located at
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the top
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of
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the Weather Element Browser dialog.</li>
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<li>Using the Source menu, select Fcst.</li>
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<li>Using the Field menu, select T, Td, Wind, and Wx. Note that all
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of the
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combinations of Fcst and the weather elements you selected now appear
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in
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the lower portion of the dialog.</li>
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<li>Select Load (in the lower left corner.)</li>
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</ol>
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</div>
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<div class="Body">Note that the combination of sources (databases) and
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weather elements listed in the lower portion of the dialog were loaded
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and are now available for viewing and editing in the GFE. If you are
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familiar
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with the AWIPS Volume Browser you may notice some similarities.</div>
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<div class="Body">Repeat this operation, but this time deselect Wind
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and
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Wx in the lower portion of the dialog by clicking with MB1. Note that
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when
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parameters are deselected, they are UNLOADED from the GFE. When the
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Weather
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Element Browser dialog first appears, the lower portion that lists
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weather
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elements reflects the list of weather elements that are currently
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loaded.
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Toggling off any weather element will cause that element to unload when
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you select the Load button.</div>
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<div class="Body">Continue to load and unload more parameters until you
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understand how this dialog behaves and how it affects the set of
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parameters
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available for viewing and editing in the GFE.</div>
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<h2 class="2Heading">
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<a name="Load/UnloadWEsviaWEGroups"></a>Load/Unload Weather Elements
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via
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Weather Element Groups</h2>
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<div class="Body">The <a href="MainMenuDialogs.html#WEBrowserDialog">Weather
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Element Browser</a> allows you to load and unload individual weather
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elements,
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but generally it is more convenient to load groups of parameters that
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are
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related. A Weather Element Group is a named group of weather elements
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that
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you can define.</div>
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<div class="Step-First">
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<ol>
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<li>From the main menu bar, press and hold MB1 over the Weather
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Element
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menu
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item.</li>
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<li>Slide the mouse cursor over the Weather Element Groups menu item.</li>
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<li>Select one of the pre-defined Weather Element groups, such as
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Public,
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from the Weather Element Groups cascade menu.</li>
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</ol>
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</div>
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<div class="Body">Note that when you selected the Weather Element
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Group,
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a new set of weather elements was loaded into the GFE. Also note that
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the
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set of weather elements that was loaded is now unloaded.<br>
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<br>
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Any weather elements that were modified will always remain loaded in
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the Grid Manager. The GFE refuses to unload unsaved weather
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elements. You must <span style="font-weight: bold;">Save</span>
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or <span style="font-weight: bold;">Revert</span> them before they can
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be unloaded.<br>
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</div>
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<h2 class="2Heading">
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<a name="CreateanewWeatherElementGroup"></a>Create a new Weather
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Element
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Group</h2>
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<div class="Body">Saving a group of weather elements as a Weather
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Element
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Group is done via the Weather Element Browser Dialog. To make your own
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Weather Element Group, follow the steps below.
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<blockquote><li>Purpose: Create a Weather Element Group</li>
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</blockquote>
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</div>
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<div class="Step-First">
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<ol>
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<li>From the main menu bar, select WeatherElement-><a
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href="MainMenuDialogs.html#WEBrowserDialog">Weather
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Element Browser.</a></li>
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<li>Select any group of weather elements as you did in the previous
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exercise.</li>
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<li>From the Weather Element Browser dialog menu bar, select File-><a
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href="MainMenuDialogs.html#SaveWEGroupDialog">Save
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Weather Element Group...</a>.</li>
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<li>In the dialog that appears, enter a Weather Element Group name of
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your
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choice and select Save.</li>
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</ol>
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</div>
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<div class="Body">Now your new Weather Element Group has been saved and
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is ready to be used. Close the weather Element Browser by clicking
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Cancel
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in the lower right corner. Move your cursor to the Weather
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Element
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menu item and load your newly created Weather Element Group to
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verify
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that you correctly created it.
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</div>
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</body>
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</html>
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