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20060110: 20060106: Question about GRIB decoding

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  • Subject: 20060110: 20060106: Question about GRIB decoding
  • Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 09:49:43 -0700
The gribtonc directory of the decoders package has a test directory which
may be of use.

For more information, you might consider the NWS pages:
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/wesley/wgrib.html
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/codes/GRIB1/

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support
address@hidden

>From: "Martin, Danny R." <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200601101642.k0AGg07s023526

>Hello Mr. Chiswell:
>   Do you have GRIB1 and GRIB2 "calibration" files?  We have been
>plotting some files---and sometimes we wonder if we have programmed our
>plots correctly.  It would be nice if we had a standard set of test
>files to make sure we haven't messed up our programs.
>Thanks,
>Dan 
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 12:41 PM
>To: Martin, Danny R.
>Cc: address@hidden; address@hidden
>Subject: 20060106: Question about GEMPAK or equivalent 
>
>
>Martin,
>
>GEMPAK has decoders for GRIB data (both version 1 and 2). Output is to a
>GEMPAK format.
>
>Unidata provides some general NetCDF decoders for generic output:
>http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/decoders/
>
>Steve Chiswell
>Unidata User Support
>
>
>
>
>
>>From: "Martin, Danny R." <address@hidden>
>>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>>Keywords: 200601062041.k06KfG7s003875
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>>Hello UCAR Support:
>>
>>     There is a weather project that I have been tasked with.  Some of 
>>the weather suppliers use a "GRIB 1" format, while others use a "GRIB
>2"
>>format.=20
>>     My question is does GEMPAK support the viewing of GRIB 1 data?
>>And, can you export the expanded GRIB data to other formats, such as 
>>excel or CSV, etc?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Dan
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