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a.emre, If you download the decoders package, there's program called gribdump, converts the grib file to ascii. The package is located at: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/decoders One also needs to install packages Netcdf and Udunits before building the decoders package at: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/udunits Robb... On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, a.emre tekeli wrote: > Dear Robb, > > even a text file conversion should also fit me... > > ------------------- > > On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, a.emre tekeli wrote: > > > > > Dear Sirs, > > > > > > I have to convert a bunch of grib data of ecmwf data and export it > > > into arcview automatically. > > > > > > Do you know if there exists such as a program. Since I am not > computer > > > engineer based, it may be hard for you to explain it to me... > > > > Ahmet Emre, > > > > Currently I don't know of any program that converts grib into > arcview > > format. That's not to say that there isn't a converter out on the > net. > > Maybe someone on the list knows of such a program. There are > processes to > > create geoTIFF files that can be read by arcview but they require > the grib > > files to be converted to a gif, jpg, etc. Then converted to TIFF > format > > and then finally converted to geoTIFF by adding the georeferencing > > information. This requires the installation of GEMPAK and the > geoTIFF > > routines, plus some scripts to automate the process. > > > > Robb... > > > > > > Waiting to hear from you. > > > > > > Thanks and Best Regards > > > > > > Ahmet Emre TEKELI > > > METU > > > Civil Engineering Dept. > > > Water Resources Lab. > > > 06531 K4 Building > > > Ankara / TURKIYE > > > Voice:90-312-210 54 46 > > > Fax: 90-312-210 10 02 > > > > > > > > ====================================================================== > ========= > > Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center > > Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric > > Research > > address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ > > > ====================================================================== > ========= > > > Ahmet Emre TEKELI > METU > Civil Engineering Dept. > Water Resources Lab. > 06531 K4 Building > Ankara / TURKIYE > Voice:90-312-210 54 46 > Fax: 90-312-210 10 02 > =============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ===============================================================================