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Re: COMET case study data

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  • Subject: Re: COMET case study data
  • Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 14:15:44 -0600 (MDT)
Mohan, 

Yes I feel your pain. I have been trying to have JOSS's CODIAC eliminate
this "unique" naming of files for ftp download..to no avail.

The simple way to get the data in .gem format properly is to order the
tape.

If time is a constraint the other way is to have myself get the files from
the database and put them on ftp for you without going through CODIAC.
This data would, more than likely, be in grib, so you would have to pass
it through dcgrib2 for gempak use.

Let me know which road you would like to travel, and I will proceed.

Thank you and sorry for the inconvenience,

-Jeff
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NWS-COMET Case Study Library                  FX:303-497-8690
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On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Mohan Ramamurthy wrote:

> Jeff,
> 
> I have downloaded several data files from COMET Case Study 014.  But when 
> we unpack them, the file names are cryptic and it looks like they have to 
> be manually converted to meaningful GEMPAK file names for use in GARP.
> 
> For example: tar -ztvf mohanKAANWaiPc.tar.gz produces:
> 
> -rw-rw-r-- stormdba/storm 7009792 2002-04-10 20:08:02 mohanAAADWaiPc
> -rw-rw-r-- stormdba/storm 7048704 2002-04-10 20:08:11 mohanBAAEWaiPc
> -rw-rw-r-- stormdba/storm 6992896 2002-04-10 20:08:21 mohanCAAFWaiPc
> -rw-rw-r-- stormdba/storm 7025152 2002-04-10 20:08:30 mohanDAAGWaiPc
> -rw-rw-r-- stormdba/storm 7028224 2002-04-10 20:08:40 mohanEAAHWaiPc
> -rw-rw-r-- stormdba/storm 6989824 2002-04-10 20:08:49 mohanFAAIWaiPc
> -rw-rw-r-- stormdba/storm 6989312 2002-04-10 20:08:58 mohanGAAJWaiPc
> -rw-rw-r-- stormdba/storm 6964224 2002-04-10 20:09:08 mohanHAAKWaiPc
> -rw-rw-r-- stormdba/storm 7000576 2002-04-10 20:09:17 mohanIAALWaiPc
> -rw-rw-r-- stormdba/storm 7018496 2002-04-10 20:09:26 mohanJAAMWaiPc
> 
> Is there a simple way to get files with normal GEMPAK naming conventions 
> (e.g., 1996101612_eta211.gem)?  Renaming them manually is not practical 
> since there are too many files to deal with.
> 
> Any help you can provide is much appreciated.
> 
> Mohan
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