A Beginner's Guide to Solo.

This site describes the first version of solo and the translaters which are no longer being maintained. The newer versions called soloii and xltrsii are supported on Linux and Solaris operating systems. All versions of solo are available on our anonymous ftp site in /pub/archive/rdpdist. Be sure to get the REAME.soloii file and the lastest version which will have a name like soloii103.tar.gz.

The purpose of Solo is to be able to peruse and edit radar data that is in DORADE format. This software is interactive and window oriented. In the future it could also operate in batch mode. The data to be perused is expected to be in the form of DORADE sweep files. Sweep files are just DORADE data broken up into one sweep per file. Sweep files are generated by a translator program developed at NCAR/RDP. This program takes a few select formats of radar data and produces sweep files as well as other products. It is possible to begin perusal once one or more sweep files are complete even though the translation process may result in many more sweeps.

• Preparing Data
  • Data Translaters
  • Translaters Enviornment Variables
  
  
• WARNING on solo file naming conventions
  
  
• Starting Solo
• Editing Text In Widgets
• Warning on Shared Memory
• Using The Control Bar
  • Menu Options
    • SWEEP FILES Widget
    • PARAMETER widget
      • Color Info
    • VIEW widget
      • CENTER OF FRAME widget
      • LANDMARK widget
      • FRAME CONFIG widget
    • FRAME LOCKS widget
  • ARROW BUTTONS
• ICONS AND OTHER WIDGETS
  • FRAME WIDGETS
  • PANNER WIDGET
  • Frame Enlargement Window
  • EXIT Icon
  • STOP Icon
  • FRAME SAVE Icon
    • FRAME STATES widget
• Setting Color Table directory before entering Solo
• Starting Solo with save window information
  
  
• EDITING with Solo
  
  
• Examining and Editing ASCII data in Solo
  
• For information on plotting time series data, see the VIEW widget