Launch the IDV GUI, and capture views as you navigate through it

To launch the IDV linked to this notebook, type `showIdv()`.



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showIdv()









    



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Now you can load any bundle, on local disk or URL.

For a local file, just put its name in loadBundle('/path/mybundle.xidv'). For a Mapes IDV collection bundle, find it at http://bit.ly/Mapes_IDV. Copy the URL into the loadBundle('My_bundle_URL') command, and change "show" to "get" in the URL as seen below:



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loadBundle('http://weather.rsmas.miami.edu/repository/entry/get?entryid=8bc7c055-ca2c-4533-93cf-604db757b128')









    



<bundle  file="http://weather.rsmas.miami.edu/repository/entry/get?entryid=8bc7c055-ca2c-4533-93cf-604db757b128" ></bundle>

Ready for action!

Work the GUI, and capture the view any time with showImg()



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showImg()



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showImg() # January's jet streams > 40 m/s

Caption for initial images: Monthly mean T (color), SLP (contours), and jet stream isotach (40 m/s surface, pink) from NCEP 30-year long term mean. Thanks to NOAA ESRL for the live data feed. Note you will get different images when you capture YOUR journey through the IDV bundle!

How about an animation? Write it as a .gif



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writeMovie('MyMovie.gif')

Then bring it into the notebook: seems not to work?



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%Image 'MyMovie.gif'









    



  File "<stdin>", line 1
    %Image 'MyMovie.gif'
    ^
SyntaxError: no viable alternative at input '%'



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