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On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, FSU COAPS Unidata LDM wrote: > The files we retrieved are all in the same size. They are available are: > > ftp://ftp.coaps.fsu.edu/pub/ldm/. > Wendy, I got the files. I did a quick test of them using the gribdump program that comes with gribtonc and it decoded the files just fine. I believe if everything goes OK then I should have a cdl for you by tomorrow. 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 Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Robb Kambic wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------- End of Forwarded Message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > =============================================================================== > > > > > > Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center > > > > > > Software Engineer III Univ. 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