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On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Unidata Support wrote: > > ------- Forwarded Message > > >To: address@hidden > >cc: Teresa Van Hove <address@hidden> > >From: Doug Hunt <address@hidden> > >Subject: Troubles getting AVN forecast data via LDM > >Organization: UCAR > >Keywords: 200201151654.g0FGsVx09070 > > Hi: > > We have been getting AVN analysis data via LDM for a while with this > pqact entry: > > HDS ^(H[HRT][I-P]A..) KWB. > ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9]).*(/mAVN|/mSSIAVN) > PIPE /usr/bin/gribtonc > -q "lin,dlat=1.25,dlon=1.25" > /usr/etc/avn-1.25x1.25.cdl > > /pub/suomiday/level1a/ancMet/ancMet_(\2:yyyy).(\2:ddd).\3.00.0360_nc > > Now we need forcast data, so we tried this modified pqact entry: > > HDS ^(H[HRT][I-P]C..) KWB. > ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9]).*(/mAVN|/mSSIAVN) > PIPE /usr/bin/gribtonc > -q "lin,dlat=1.25,dlon=1.25" > /usr/etc/avn-1.25x1.25.cdl > > /pub/suomirt/level1a/ancMet/ancMet_(\2:yyyy).(\2:ddd).\3.00.0360_nc Doug, I not sure if the problem is the request is too strict or there is a problem with gribtonc. First, I would suggest making the request more liberal and see if the fields are populated. If that doesn't help then I would have to check if the data is being processed correctly via gribtonc. Here's a more liberal request: HDS ^(H[HRT][I-P][C-Z]..) KWB. [C-Z] should give all the forecasts, some params are only on certain forecasts, etc. Here's the pqact entry from motherlode for the raw data: # Spectral grids - grids A,B,C,D Global grid Forecasts (wind & waves, temperature) ## HRS ^H[A-Z][ABCD][A-Z][0-9][0-9] KWB. ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9]).. FILE data/pub/raw/hrs/model/spectral/(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1\2_WAVE.wmo Robb... > > (Note the C instead of the A in the first part of the regular expression > on the first line). This seems to result in lots of empty netcdf > files--files with all headers and attributes but no data. How does one > get AVN forecast data via LDM? > > Thanks in advance for any hints, > > Doug Hunt > -- > address@hidden > Software Engineer III, Sometimes Sysadmin > UCAR - COSMIC, Tel. (303) 497-2611 > > > ------- End of Forwarded Message > > =============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ===============================================================================