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Pete,NCEP has a tool available that will convert a GRIB2 file into a GRIB1 file. The software can be downloaded at:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/grib2/You will need to make sure you download and compile the JPEG2000 libraries before you try to compile the CNVGRIB code.
Brent David Ovens wrote:
CONDUIT folks, I think Pete Pokrandt has summed up all of my (U.Wash Atm. Sci.) votes, concerns, and questions quite well. Ditto.