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When the spatial display is showing 3D (layered) data, a vertical profile can be extracted. A point should be drawn as described in the previous section, then select the 'Show Vertical Profile' option in the drop-down menu of the 
button to by right clicking or press Ctrl+F4 to show a time series dialog with the vertical profile for the drawn point. Alternatively a 'Show Vertical Profile For Coordinates...' option is available by right clicking or by pressing Ctrl+F5. The vertical profile will be shown as a line graph of the parameter versus the water depth. One can also create a vertcial profile with a color map by selecting the 'Use Color Map' option in the drop-down menu of the button or using Ctrl-M. The vertical profile will then be shwon as a graph of water depth over time with the colors in the plot indicating the value of the parameter.
Extracting longitudinal profiles (Xsections) from a grid time series
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Once a profile sketch has been drawn, extract the profile either by selecting 'Show Longitudinal Profile' from the drop-down menu of the button or option by right clicking or by using the Ctrl+F2 shortcut. The graph of the profile will show automatically.
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To extract a different profile just start drawing another profile. This will erase the previous sketch. The profile sketch can also be erased by selecting 'Delete Sketch' from the right-click drop-down menu of the sketch mode button or pressing the Delete key on the keyboard.
When animating the grid, the profile follows the same animation. When animating the profile only, the grid animation remains fixed. Note that the same cross section can be reused when switching to another plot (Ctrl+F2 will open a new window).
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Create a 2D longitudinal profile for 3D data a in the spatial display. A longitudinal profile should be drawn as described in the previous section. Open up the 2D longitudinal profile in the Time Series Display with Ctrl-F11, or by selecting the 'Show 2D Longitudinal Profile' option in the drop-down menu of the buttonby right-clicking. There is also a 'Show 2D Longitudinal Profile For Coordinates...' option, to allow entering coordinates of the profile points instead of sketching the profile on the map.
Note, this feature only works for
- data within 1 grid partition. In some cases 3D data model runs are run on multiple domain partitions. This data can be shown as a 2D longitudinal profile, but only if the profile remains within a single domain.
- scalar data (e.g. Water temperature or salinity), and not yet for vector data like currents.
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