Re: 20020423: NOGAPS GRIB data CDL

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, FSU COAPS Unidata LDM wrote:

> Robb,
> 
> If you need, I can send you some data files. They are in standard
> GRIB (WMO, edition 1) format. 


Wendy,

If you put one file (largest one) on a ftp server then I could get it. It
would help a bunch.

Robb...


> 
> We also asked help from FNMOC, Navy and as they say, we need a bunch of
> stuffs (like grib library, locnet library...) and the configuration is
> also kind of complicated. So if you could generate the CDL file which
> could be used as parameter of gribtonc, it really saves us a lot of time.
> 
> Thank you very much!
> 
> --
> Wendy Shi
> Senior Computer Programmer-Analyst
> Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)
> Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
> http://www.coaps.fsu.edu
> 
> On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Robb Kambic wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, FSU COAPS Unidata LDM wrote:
> > 
> > > Are you sure you could make up that CDL file and I can use it with
> > > gribtonc to convert GRIB to NCDF?
> > > 
> > 
> > Wendy,
> > 
> > I haven't been able to capture the data file, so I don't know the answer.
> > If the file follows the standard GRIB format then I should be able to
> > create a cdl file for gribtonc. Will let you know when I get the raw grib
> > file.
> > 
> > Robb...
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Wendy Shi
> > > Senior Computer Programmer-Analyst
> > > Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)
> > > Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
> > > http://www.coaps.fsu.edu
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Robb Kambic wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Unidata Support wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > ------- Forwarded Message
> > > > > 
> > > > > >To: Unidata Support <address@hidden>
> > > > > >cc: address@hidden,
> > > > > >cc: address@hidden
> > > > > >From: Unidata LDM <address@hidden>
> > > > > >Subject: NOGAPS GRIB data decoder
> > > > > >Organization: UCAR/Unidata
> > > > > >Keywords: 200204231342.g3NDgna16641
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hi, there,
> > > > > 
> > > > > We're trying to convert MSL pressure data from NOGAPS of FNMOC to NCDF
> > > > > file. I wonder if anybody knows a decoder working for it. Seems like 
> > > > > the
> > > > > decoder on Unidata's webpage doesn't work for it. Thanks a lot!
> > > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > You are correct that there is no cdl for the MSL pressure data from
> > > > NOGAPS. Nobody has requested it before so it hasn't been considered. I
> > > > will obtain some NOGAPS data and take a look at it. I'll let you know 
> > > > the
> > > > results probably in a day.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > By the way, anybody knows "gribtocdl"? I found it on NoSerC's 
> > > > > webpage, but
> > > > > no link to this code. If it could generate CDL file then I guess I 
> > > > > could
> > > > > use gribtonc to generate the NCDF file.
> > > > > 
> > > > I haven't heard of gribtocdl program, sounds like a good idea.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Robb...
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Wendy Shi
> > > > > Senior Computer Programer-Analyst 
> > > > > Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) 
> > > > > Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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> > > > Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
> > > > Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric 
> > > > Research
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> > Robb Kambic                            Unidata Program Center
> > Software Engineer III                          Univ. Corp for Atmospheric 
> > Research
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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
address@hidden             WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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