"Empty" ocean, only shows land outline
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Description
To reproduce:
- Download some wave data from NOAA (http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/filter_wave.pl), select NPH from the dropdown, surface level, select HTSGW variable.
- Run
gribdoctor smoosh -uw -dev nph.t18z.grib.grib2 nph.tif - Then run
makesurface vectorize -b 1 --outfile nph.json nph.tif
Result is the outline of the coast but no visible ocean data.

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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with the NOAA wave data and the gribdoctor smoosh and makesurface vectorize commands shown. Trace why nph.tif produces only a coastline outline, and consider the issue resolved when the generated surface displays the ocean data as well.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data-visualization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100