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On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Unidata Support wrote: > > ------- Forwarded Message > > >To: address@hidden > >From: "Wayne Gibson" <address@hidden> > >Subject: netCDF Decoders - Solaris 5.8 - metar2nc decoder > >Organization: UCAR/Unidata > >Keywords: 200301222216.h0MMGKU22967 > > Institution: Oregon State University, Oregon Climate Service > Package Version: decoders-2.4.0 > Operating System: Solaris 5.8 > Hardware Information: Sparc Sun-Blade-1000 > Inquiry: I was interested in using the "metar2nc" decoder. There is one > "Sensor Status Indicator" that I'm interested in having decoded. It is the > "PNO" indicator. It is present only when the tipping bucket rain gauge is > inoperative. I've looked at both the "cdl" file and the source code in the > decoders distribution and cannot find any indication of this flag value. > > You would think that if the "PNO" indicator were present, the maintenance > flag "$" would also be present, but inspection of some of the metar data for > this month shows that to not be the case. > > Can you verify that "PNO" is not decoded? If it isn't, could that be added > to the decoder? > > I work in a research group that models rainfall and temperature variables, so > reliable precipitation data is very important to us. Hi Wayne, Sure, I can add the "PNO" indicator to the decoder. Is there any other variables that are missing? I really haven't look at the Metar documentation for a long time, almost 5 years ago when I wrote the decoder. I'll make a alpha release so you can test it. It will probably be a couple of days before I can get to it. Also, do you have a list of stations using the PNO because most reports only have a limited subset of all the variables. Robb... > > Wayne Gibson > Oregon State University > address@hidden > voice: (541) 7525547 > > > > > ------- 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/ ===============================================================================