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STAR / SMCD / OPDB - NOAA Products Validation System (NPROVS) - NPROVS ProfileDisplay Utility

NOAA/NESDIS ProfileDisplay

ProfileDisplay Updates


    Version 6.48 (February 8, 2017)
  • The program was updated to be able to better handle NPROVS collocation files that are part of the Wallops simultaneous launch campaign. Default colors were set up for multiple sondes.

    Version 6.47 (December 9, 2016)
  • A new feature was added that will dump selected profile data to an output file as ASCII text. The feature is accessed from "Save Profile Data" under the File menu. The saved profiles will correspond to the profiles that are selected in the Profile Graph. This feature is still under development and the format of the output file may change in the future.

    Version 6.44 (October 14, 2016)
  • The format of images that are saved has been tweaked to improve the overall appearance.
  • When saving images, it is now possible to select Encapsulated Postscript as an output option.
  • It is also possible to save images to a Powerpoint slide. The slide can be opened within Powerpoint and everything on the slide can be edited including the text and line colors.
  • When saving the ancillary data to an output file, it is now possible to save the data to an Excel spreadsheet.

*** NOTE: Beginning with version 6.44, it is necessary to include two external libraries within a "lib" directory that is in the same directory as ProfileDisplay.jar. If these libraries are not present, ProfileDisplay will create them and then display a dialog box that will say that the program needs to be restarted. At that point, close the dialog box and restart the program to resume normal operation.

    Version 6.31 (November 3, 2014)
  • Added the ability to display pressure layer boundaries on the profile and vertical statistic graphs.
  • Added the ability to change the pressure scale in the vertical statistics.
  • Fixed a bug that would sometimes return an incorrect time difference between a satellite and the baseline system.
  • Added ships and dropsondes to the SUAN classification.

    Version 6.23 (August 23, 2013)
  • Added support for a change that was made to the Unified Radiosonde Match that now uses different scaling factors for selected pressure levels.

    Version 6.22 (August 13, 2013)
  • Improved the efficiency of the scatter plot generation. The generation has been sped up slightly and uses less memory.
  • Improved the visibility of the text when displaying cloud top data.
  • Fixed a bug that occurred when displaying ATOVS surface level data.
  • Increased the font size in the sub-selection map in order to improved legibility when running the program on screens with low resolution.
  • Changed the color of the coastline locations to a darker orange to improve visibility in the sub-selection map.
  • The size of the collocation circles on the sub-selection map now increases when zooming.
  • Fixed a bug that affected vertical statistics at the surface for pressure layers.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the NOAA IASI / NUCASPS first guess moisture profiles from being plotted.

    Version 6.21 (July 16, 2013)
  • Added linear regression lines to the scatter plot display.
  • Updated the equation used when calculating the mositure K profiles.
  • Changed the line styles for the temperature and moisture K profiles to be the same as the temperature and dewpoint profiles.
  • Changed the scaling for the K profiles on the graph from 0-100 to 0-50.