Temporal Editor Tools


Temporal Editor Scale Tools
Each pane of the temporal editor contains one tool that depends on the type of the data displayed. For example, temperature is a scalar, so the temporal Adjust Scalar tool is the only tool available when temperature is displayed. The Adjust Vector tool edits wind data and the temporal Set Value tool edits weather and obstructions. The table below lists each of the tools, mouse actions, and functions. Note that you do not select a tool icon when using the Temporal Editor as you did with the Spatial Editor since the tool is implied by the specific data type displayed in the data pane.
Data Type
Action
Function
Scalar
MB1 Click & MB1 Drag
Adjust Gridpoint Values
Vector
MB1 Click & Drag
Adjust Vector Magnitude
Vector
Shift MB1 Click & Drag
Adjust Vector Direction
Weather
MB1 Click
Set Wx Value to current pickup value
Discrete
MB1 Click
 Set Wx Value to current pickup value

Button 3 popups are available when using the Temporal Editor tools. Refer to the Button 3 Popup Reference Guide for more details.

Temporal Editor Scale Tools

In addition to the tools that modify data, there's a zoom tool associated with the vertical scale located just to the left of the time series display. The next table shows how you can manipulate the vertical scale with the mouse. An exercise follows that will help you familiarize yourself with the manipulating the temporal editor scale. Note that the scale tools only apply to Scalar and Vector data types.
Action
Function
MB1 click
Zoom out
MB2 click
Zoom in
MB1 drag
Pan (slide scale up or down)
  1. Select an edit area in the Spatial Editor so that one of the Temporal Editor pane contains some data.
  2. Move the cursor to the cursor to the far left of the Temporal Editor pane and MB2 click. Note that the scale zooms in.
  3. Now MB1 click. Note that the scale zooms out.
  4. Now MB2 click two or three times. Then MB1 press and drag up and down. Note that the scale and the data pan vertically to match your mouse movements.


The Temporal Editor scale pane offers options via the button 3 popup menu. These options control the scaling to fit to data and full view. The full set of Temporal Editor popups are described in the Button 3 Popup Reference Guide.
 

Now that you know how to manipulate the Temporal Editor pane, it's time to edit some data temporally.

For the next set of exercises, it is best to set up your GFE so that both the spatial and temporal editors are visible simultaneously. For all of the exercises, you'll be asked to define an edit area then edit the data using the temporal editor. Using the temporal editor is similar to using the grid point tools. First you define the area over which you want to edit using edit areas, then you perform the operation.