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  • Subject: Re: New to this...
  • Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:27:42 -0600 (MDT)
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Wade Shumaker wrote:

> I'm brand new to all this....
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> I recently began working on 3d visualization at Penn State. I am trying
> to locate and download weather data to import into vGeo, a 3d vis
> application. I found the data, and I have the grib file.
>

Wade,

Welcome to the world of weather data.  Actually there is a quicker method
of obtaining a netCDF file then downloading the grib files and converting
them to netCDF.  There is a NetcdfServer that is available for most NCEP
Model Data plus other data. To obtain the data go to:

http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/catalog.html

click on: NCEP Model Data
select the desired Model entries until the data entries appear.
select a data entry

a THREDDS Data Server page with different Access options will be
shown. The bottom option is the NetcdfServer that permits one to select
the desired parameters and forecast times. After your selection is made
and submitted, a netCDF file can be saved to you disk. This process is
much easier then getting the raw grib and doing the conversion yourself.


Robb....


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> I need to convert grib to netcdf so I dl'ed and unzipped the
> decoders-4.1.0.tar.Z file. What do I do next? I see no .exe files so how
> do I use gribtonc?
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> Thanks for your patience in helping me get started in this new and
> exciting venture.
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> Wade Shumaker
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> The Pennsylvania State University
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> 332 Information Sciences and Technology Building
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> University Park, PA 16802-6823
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> 814-865-7398
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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
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