Re: COMET case study data

Mohan, 

Thank you for understanding, i will walk over to JOSS now and add your
name to the list..it really is a nuisance.

Thank you,

-Jeff
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Jeff Weber                                    address@hidden
Unidata Support                               PH:303-497-8676 
NWS-COMET Case Study Library                  FX:303-497-8690
University Corp for Atmospheric Research      3300 Mitchell Ln
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber      Boulder,Co 80307-3000
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On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Mohan Ramamurthy wrote:

> Jeff,
> 
> Thank you for a prompt response.  Unfortunately, time was a constraint.  I 
> was trying get this dataset for a student who wanted to graduate in three 
> weeks, if you can believe that.  She just approached me this week, in 
> desperation, to do an independent study for 1 hour and she picked this case 
> from the case study page.  (It was my fault - I shouldn't have directed her 
> to the COMET Case Study page.  I figured it would be straightforward to 
> download the required data and she will be on her way to using it in GEMPAK 
> and GARP.)
> 
> Normally, I order all case study datasets on tape, but couldn't in this 
> case for the stated reasons.
> 
> Anyway, I have asked this student to pick a different case - one that we 
> already have in our local library.  I will also go ahead and order the data 
> for Case Study 14 on tape for future use.
> 
> Thank you for your offer to help.  When you talk to the JOSS people, you 
> might want to add my name to the list of people complaining about the 
> dataset naming convention.
> 
> Mohan
> 
> At 03:15 PM 4/11/2002, Jeff Weber wrote:
> >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
> >____________________________                  _____________________
> >Jeff Weber                                    address@hidden
> >Unidata Support                               PH:303-497-8676
> >NWS-COMET Case Study Library                  FX:303-497-8690
> >University Corp for Atmospheric Research      3300 Mitchell Ln
> >http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber      Boulder,Co 80307-3000
> >________________________________________      ______________________
> >
> >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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