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>just a quick query, are these supposed to be in the distribution file glm.xml,
>or goesr.xml in edex.
There shouldn't be a glm.xml file in your distribution directory - that is old
and not used any more.
If you are using Unidata's AWIPS Build, you shouldn't have to update anything.
The gridded GLM data uses the goesr.xml distribution and the flash points use
the dmw.xml distribution file.
goesr.xml
<!-- Unidata GLM Gridded Products -->
<regex>OR_GLM-L2-GLM</regex>
<regex>OR_GLM-L3-GLM</regex>
dmw.xml
<!--GLM Full Disk Stitched Files -->
<regex>OR_GLM-L2-GLMF-M\d_G\d\d.*</regex>
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Tiffany Meyer
AWIPS Lead Software Engineer
UCAR-Unidata
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