Re: lambert conformal coordinates

Hi Dave,

Thanks for your reply. The data set does lnclude lat/lon arrays containing
all the grid point coordinates.
So your suggestion is to loop through these arrays, until finding the proper
x/y coordinate?

It certainly would not be as efficient to loop through the arrays as
compared to an equation, but should work just fine.

Micah

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Dave Allured <dave.allured@noaa.gov> wrote:

> Micah,
>
> Does the data set come with coordinate variables containing the lats and
> lons? I have found that it is often easier to find the target point in the
> coordinate arrays, rather than implementing the transformation equations.
>
> This is also a standardized approach where the same search code will
> usually work with any map projection, provided that coordinates are included
> with the data set. HTH.
>
> --Dave
>
>
> On 10/19/2011 7:39 AM, Micah Sklut wrote:
>
>> This isn't so much an NCL question, but perhaps someone would like
>> to help me any way with a lambert conformal question!
>>
>> If I have a lat/lon, and I want to find the data values of that
>> lat/lon in a lambert conformal data set, what equations can I use to
>> find the x/y coordinates of the data set.
>>
>> Specifically I am using the NCEP nam data, which has:
>> ygrid - 428
>> xgrid - 614
>> lat-corners - ( 12.19, 14.34209, 57.32843, 54.56534 )
>> lon-corners - ( -133.459, -65.12556, -49.416, -152.8786 )
>>
>> So, if I have a lat/lon, say of 38.5/-98.0, how can i get the
>> matching x/y.
>>
>> I have found some equations, but I am still confused.
>> Thanks so much for any suggestions.
>>
>> --
>> Micah Sklut
>>
>

-- 
Micah Sklut

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