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< h1 > Volume Browser< / h1 >
< p > The Volume Browser provides access to numerical models, other gridded data, and selected point data sources, such as RAOB, METAR, and Profiler. Through the Browser interface, you can choose the data source(s), field(s), plane(s), and point(s), and generate a customized list of model graphics or images for display.< / p >
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< p > The dropdown menus in the Volume Browser menu bar contain options for controlling and manipulating the Volume Browser or the products chosen through the Volume Browser< / p >
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< p > Selecting Baselines displays 10 lines, labeled A-A' to J-J', along which cross-sections can be
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< p > If you are zoomed in over an area when you load baselines and none appear, press the middle mouse button (B3) to "snap" a baseline to where the mouse cursor is. The system chooses a baseline that has not been recently used. If you
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< p > Points are used to generate model soundings, time-height cross-sections, time series, and variable vs.
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< li > < strong > "Snapping" an Interactive Point< / strong > : If you are zoomed in over an area when you load Interactive
Points and no Points appear, click B3 to "snap" a Point to where the mouse cursor is positioned.
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< li > < strong > Dynamic Reference Map< / strong > : When you generate a model sounding, a time-height cross-section, a
time series, or a variable vs. height plot, a small reference map indicating the location(s) of the
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< p > Points may be created, deleted, hidden, and manipulated (location, name, font, and color). Points are
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< p > The default option for the Volume Browser. From the Plan-view perspective, data are plotted onto horizontal surfaces. The Plan view Planes are discussed in the planes section that follows. The additional options menu that appears in the Volume Browser menu bar allows you to choose whether you want the Plan view data to Animate in Time or Animate in Space.< / p >
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< p > Allows you to view gridded data as vertical slices along specific baselines. You need to use either the Interactive Baseline Tool or the predefined latitude/longitude baselines to specify the slice you wish to see. One of the additional options menus that appear in the Volume Browser menu bar allows you to choose whether you want the cross-section data to animate in time or space, while the other options menu allows you to adjust the vertical resolution. Descriptions of these options follows. (Note that the Fields and Planes submenu labels have changed after selecting "Cross section.") < / p >
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< p > Used in conjunction with the Interactive Points Tool to enable you to view a time height cross section of a full run of gridded model data for a specific location. Additional options menus in the Volume Browser menu bar allow you to choose the direction in which you want the data to be plotted, and to adjust the vertical resolution. < / p >
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< p > Enables you to view a profile of a meteorological model field as it changes through height, which is displayed in millibars. By using the Interactive Points Tool, you can select one or more locations from which to plot the data.< / p >
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< p > Works in conjunction with the Interactive Points Tool to enable you to generate a Skew-T chart for a specific location, no additional menus appear in the Volume Browser when the Soundings setting is chosen.< / p >
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< p > Used in conjunction with the Interactive Points Tool to enable you to plot gridded data on a time versus data value graph for a specified point.< / p >
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< p > The default option for the Volume Browser. It allows you to view model data through time< / p >
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< p > Allows you to loop through a series of predefined latitude or longitude cross-sectional slices at a fixed time.< / p >
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