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Re: Metar/synopic

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  • Subject: Re: Metar/synopic
  • Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:06:29 -0700 (MST)
On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, Rich.Baldwin wrote:

> John or Robb,
>
> I want to use the Metar or Synopic IOSP code to start generating netcdf
> files from our historical hourly dataset.  Is this code available?  I
> wouldn't be reading the data from that same input stream, but I'd have a
> good start on what I need to change.

Rich,

Currently the Metar and Synoptic netCDF files are generated using a perl
decoder that is used by LDM. Also, the perl decoders can be used on the
command line to generate netCDF files. The decoder input is in the WMO
bulletin style text, that is the common NWS format. A command line would
look like:

% metar2nc metar.cdl <dir> <date in yyyymm> < <raw metar>

The decoders package with detail information is located at:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/decoders/


The current nj22 IOSP code takes these netCDF files as input. At some
time, i want to convert the perl decoders to Java but that's sometime in the
future.

Robb...

>
> Thanks, Rich Baldwin
>

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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
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