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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Unidata Support wrote: > > Robb, > > See second paragraph for request of pqact entries for NC decoders 4.0.0. > > ------- Forwarded Message > > >To: Unidata Support <address@hidden> > >From: Mark Seefeldt <address@hidden> > >Subject: NetCDF decoder pqact entries > >Organization: UCAR/Unidata > >Keywords: 200511172016.jAHKGG7s010277 > > I am currently running LDM 6.4.3. I have also intalled GEMPAK 5.8.3a. > I used the gen_pqact.csh script to create a pqact file to create the > GEMPAK files. All appears to be working very well with that. > > I have recently installed the NetCDF Decoders 4.0.0 (along with the > necessary netCDF, UDUNITS, and Perl-netCDF packages. I would now like > to create a pqact file/entries for the netCDF files. I have discovered > the file gribtonc.entries which appears to have the necessary entries > for the GRIB files. Is this correct? Other than making changes for the > local filesystem, is there anything else that I need to do to implement > these pqact entries? Are there any similar sample entries for the > non-GRIB products? Mark, the documentation was sent out with the release, maybe i should include it some where on the web page. i'll attach the list of pqact actions for both the text bulletions and the model files. robb... > > If there is a document already present to answer these questions, feel > free to point me that direction. I was not able to find any in my search. > > Thanks > > Mark > > -- > NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the > Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available > through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made > available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us. > > ------- 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/ ===============================================================================
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# surface data in netCDF format
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# metar decoder, creates NetCDF files formated Surface_METAR_yyyymmdd_hh00.nc
# All aviation reports including metar tests. old netcdf file format
DDS|IDS ^S(A....|P....|XUS8.) .... ([0-3][0-9])
PIPE decoders/metar2nc
etc/metar.cdl
data/pub/decoded/netcdf/surface/metarold
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# metar decoder, creates NetCDF files with new CDL format on a daily basis
# formated data/decoded/yyyymmdd_metar.nc
DDS|IDS ^S(A....|P....|XUS8.) .... ([0-3][0-9])
PIPE decoders/metar2nc.new1
etc/metar.cdl.new1
data/pub/decoded/netcdf/surface/metar
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# upper air perl decoder
DDS|IDS ^U[ABDEFGHIJKLMPQRSTXZ].... .... ([0-3][0-9])
PIPE decoders/ua2nc
etc/raob.cdl
data/pub/decoded/netcdf/upperair
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# buoy reports in yymmddhh_buoy.nc decoded into NetCDF format
DDS|IDS ^S[NS].... .... ([0-3][0-9])
PIPE decoders/buoy2nc
etc/buoy.cdl
data/pub/decoded/netcdf/surface/buoy
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# Synoptic reports in yymmddhh_syn.nc decoded into NetCDF format
DDS|IDS ^SM.... .... ([0-3][0-9])
PIPE decoders/syn2nc
etc/syn.cdl
data/pub/decoded/netcdf/surface/synoptic
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# grid data in netCDF format
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# GFS grid on Lambert conformal CONUS grid replacing avn-q
HRS ^Y.Q... KWB. (..)(..).*/m(AVN|SSIAVN|GFS|SSIGFS)
PIPE decoders/gribtonc
etc/gfs_211.cdl
data/pub/decoded/netcdf/grid/NCEP/GFS/CONUS_80km/GFS_CONUS_80km_(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1_\200.nc
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# GFS grid on thinned grids, interpolated to global 5.0 x 2.5 regular grid
HRS ^H.[I-P]... KWB. (..)(..).*/m(AVN|SSIAVN|GFS|SSIGFS)
PIPE decoders/gribtonc
-q "lin,dlat=2.5,dlon=5.0" etc/gfs_37-44.cdl
data/pub/decoded/netcdf/grid/NCEP/GFS/Global_5x2p5deg/GFS_Global_5x2p5deg_(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1_\200.nc
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# ECMWF grid on global 2.5 x 2.5 degree grid
HRS ^H.[A-L]... ECMF (..)(..)
PIPE decoders/gribtonc
etc/ecmwf_1-12.cdl
data/pub/decoded/netcdf/grid/ECMWF/Global_2p5/ECMWF_Global_2p5_(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1_\200.nc
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# ETA grid on Lambert conformal CONUS grid
HRS ^Y.Q... KWB. (..)(..).*/m(ETA|NAM)
PIPE decoders/gribtonc
etc/eta_211.cdl
data/pub/decoded/netcdf/grid/NCEP/NAM/CONUS_80km/NAM_CONUS_80km_(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1_\200.nc
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# GFS grid on global 5.0 x 5.0 degree grid
HRS ^H.[EF]... KWB. (..)(..)
PIPE decoders/gribtonc
etc/gfs_25-26.cdl
data/pub/decoded/netcdf/grid/NCEP/GFS/Extended_Global_5p0deg/GFS_Extended_Global_5p0deg_(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1_\200.nc
#
# NGM grid on Lambert conformal CONUS grid
#HRS ^Y.Q... KWB. (..)(..).*/mNGM
# PIPE decoders/gribtonc
# etc/ngm_211.cdl
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data/pub/decoded/netcdf/grid/NCEP/NGM/CONUS_80km/NGM_CONUS_80km_(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1_\200.nc
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# NOW and PWAV grids on global 5.0 x 2.5 degree grids
HRS ^H.[A-D]... .... (..)(..).*(/mNOW|/mPWAV)
PIPE decoders/gribtonc
etc/ocean_21-24.cdl
data/pub/decoded/netcdf/grid/NCEP/OCEAN/Global_5x2p5deg/OCEAN_Global_5x2p5deg_(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1_\200.nc
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# RUC grid on Lambert conformal CONUS grid
HRS ^[YZ].Q... KWB. (..)(..).*/mRUC
PIPE decoders/gribtonc
etc/ruc_211.cdl
data/pub/decoded/netcdf/grid/NCEP/RUC/CONUS_80km/RUC_CONUS_80km_(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1_\200.nc
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# RUC2 grid on Lambert conformal CONUS grid
HRS ^Y.W... KWB. (..)(..).*/mRUC2
PIPE decoders/gribtonc
etc/ruc2_236.cdl
data/pub/decoded/netcdf/grid/NCEP/RUC2/CONUS_40km/RUC2_CONUS_40km_(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1_\200.nc
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# SST grid on global 5.0 x 2.5 degree grids
HRS ^H.[A-D]... .... (..)(..).*/mSST
PIPE decoders/gribtonc
etc/sst_21-24.cdl
data/pub/decoded/netcdf/grid/NCEP/SST/Global_5x2p5deg/SST_Global_5x2p5deg_(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1_\200.nc
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# SST grid on global 2.0 x 2.0 degree grid
HRS ^H.[T-W]... .... (..)(..).*/mSST
PIPE decoders/gribtonc
etc/sst_61-64.cdl
data/pub/decoded/netcdf/grid/NCEP/SST/Global_2x2deg/SST_Global_2x2deg_(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1_\200.nc
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