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Vertical cross sections icon Vertical cross sections

By selecting vertical cross sections a new window is displayed to show these. No vertical cross sections appear until model and field have been selected. When these have been selected in the Model/field dialogue the positions of the vertical cross sections will be displayed on the map in the main window.
Here, the vertical cross sections can be selected with a click or automatically follow the mouse pointer. The time follows time changes in the main window.


Main window with vertical cross sections


Vertical cross sections and time can be selected in three different ways:


Vertical cross section window

Vertical cross sections - toolbar
Vertical cross section toolbar


Vertical cross section - Model/field

Vertical cross section dialogue
  • Model - when model is selected, relevant fields are displayed.
  • Field - when a field is selected, the selection appears in "Selected fields".
  • Selected field - displays what fields that have been selected.
  • Buttons for fields
    Delete removes the marked field.
  • Delete all removes all of the selected fields.
  • Model changes model to the marked model under "models"; this applies to all fields with the same model as the marked.
  • Copy copies the marked field. In this way several levels can be displayed at once.
  • Up, down and ok buttons
    Up and down buttons are used to cycle through previous commands (including earlier diana sessions). The commands are displayed under "Selected fields".
  • OK (when the button is red) is used to use the selected command. (Also checks that the fields still exist).
Buttons for the field
  • Up and down button changes the order of the fields.
  • R resets all attributes (colour, thickness, etc) of the selected field.
  • Colour - changes colour for selected field (only applies to fields with one colour).
  • Line width - changes line width for selected field (also applies to wind arrows and currents).
  • Line type - change line type for selected field (isolines).
  • Line interval - change line interval for selected field (does not apply to precipitation etc.).
  • Density - change density of wind/vectors for selected field.
  • Unit - change unit (length) of wind-arrow/current/vector for selected field.
  • More >> /<< Less is used to show/hide more options, se below.

Vertical cross section - Model/field, advanced part

This part of the dialogue is displayed when selecting "More >>", and is hidden when selecting "<< Less"
Vertical cross section, advanced dialogue
  • Smooth lines - smoothes isolines by adding the selected amount of extra points. This gives a nicer look when a small area is shown.
  • Digit size - size of numbers on the isolines (relative standard-size).
  • Base value applies to three-coloured contoured fields, where the value of the middle value can be altered.
  • Time deviation is used to show fields with different times. The deviation is set as hours relative to "main term" (negative=earlier, positive=later.
  • Zero line can be removed from some fields (defined in the setup file).
  • Numbers on the isoline can be turned on/off.

Vertical cross section - settings

Vertical cross sections setup
      dialogue

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