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On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM) wrote: > What are you hearing as far as a target date for the NWS starting regular > distribution of GRIB2? We heard a December of this year date, but there's > been no real word on whether GRIB will continue to be broadcast at that > time? Brian, The target date is the end of the year Nov/Dec time frame. I believe the NWS will have multiple feeds for awhile, the GRIB2 products will probably start on the new digit NOAAport feed. I haven't been keeping up with the details of the new feed so I don't know much about it. Robb... > > Thanks, > Brian > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robb Kambic [mailto:address@hidden] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 4:07 PM > > To: HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM) > > Cc: address@hidden; decoders; Tom Yoksas > > (address@hidden) > > Subject: RE: Decoders 3.0.2 > > > > > > On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM) wrote: > > > > > Robb: Will the next Decoders release support GRIB2? > > > > > > Brian, > > > > The current status: a grib2 (Dump program) has been written > > in Java. I haven't been able to work on it for 6 months, the > > plan is to add the netcdf API on top of the dump program. > > Hopefully I will be able to restart work on it soon. The NDFD > > grib2 files will be easy to create but some of the stitched > > grid models require more work. For sure a grib2 decoder will > > be available when the NWS starts regular distribution in grib2. > > > > Robb... > > > > > > > > > > Tom: Does Unidata still offer the gribdec.tar.Z package for > > > converting GRIB to McIDAS GRID? I don't see it in the downloads > > > section > > http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op= of > > > the my.unidata website? If the gribdec.tar.Z package IS still > > > available, are there plans for it to support GRIB2? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Brian Hoeth > > > Spaceflight Meteorology Group > > > Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX > > > Office: 281-483-3246 > > > Operations: 281-483-1051 > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: address@hidden > > > > [mailto:address@hidden] On Behalf Of Robb Kambic > > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 3:17 PM > > > > To: address@hidden > > > > Cc: decoders > > > > Subject: Decoders 3.0.2 > > > > > > > > > > > > Hiya, > > > > > > > > I'm pleased to announce the release of Decoders 3.0.2. > > > > > > > > The major feature of the release is that the data is stored > > > > monotonically in the netCDF model files. To accomplish > > this, the cdl > > > > valtime variable is initialized with the valid times so > > the gribtonc > > > > program knows where to enter the data into the netCDF > > file. If one > > > > gets messages in the log file similar > > > > to: "... new valoffset = 12.000000" the data has extra > > offsets that > > > > should be added to the cdl. In the cdl, the dimension > > valtime_offset > > > > should be incremented by one and the new value entered in > > the data > > > > section of the cdl. Included in the release is a new set of cdl > > > > files that have the valtime variables already initialized to the > > > > proper values. > > > > > > > > The cdl file names have changed to reflect the new model > > names, ie > > > > avn -> gfs and they also include the grid number of the model. > > > > Here's the conversion: > > > > > > > > avn-q -> gfs_211 > > > > avn-x -> gfs_37-44 > > > > ecmwf -> ecmwf_1-12 > > > > eta -> eta_211 > > > > mrf-a -> gfs_21-24 > > > > mrf-e -> gfs_25-26 > > > > ngm-q -> ngm_211 > > > > ocean -> ocean_21-24 > > > > ruc -> ruc_211 > > > > ruc2 -> ruc2_236 > > > > sst-a -> sst_21-24 > > > > sst-t -> sst_61-64 > > > > > > > > > > > > Another variable forecasttime was added similar to the datetime > > > > variable in previous cdl files. Using units: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ssZ > > > > > > > > To easy the transition to new pqact entries, the release > > includes a > > > > file gribtonc.entries with all the needed entries and > > it's located > > > > in the cdl directory or the etc directory. > > > > > > > > Because of larger GRID products, the maximum GRID size > > was increase > > > > from 100k to 200k. > > > > > > > > The metar2nc decoder was modified to make regular expression > > > > matching more robust. > > > > > > > > As always, if there are any question send them to > > > > address@hidden > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Robb... > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================== > > > > ================= > > > > Robb Kambic Unidata > > Program Center > > > > Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for > > > > Atmospheric Research > > > > address@hidden WWW: > > > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ > > > > > > > > ============================================================== > > > > ================= > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================== > > ================= > > Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center > > Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for > > Atmospheric Research > > address@hidden WWW: > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ > > > > ============================================================== > > ================= > > > =============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ===============================================================================