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[netCDFDecoders #YSS-985400]: METAR decoder versions

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  • Subject: [netCDFDecoders #YSS-985400]: METAR decoder versions
  • Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:00:24 -0600
Hi Richard,

I reviewed your changes and incorporated them. The latest Metar specification 
from WMO Manual 306 on codes had a new section, Supplementary that starts with 
the RE identifier. This was the cause of many problems, so I refactor the 
decoder to split the report into three sections,  main, supplementary, and 
remarks. This fixed many of the problems, but it doesn't fix your comment: ### 
FIXME Misses SNPL, +DZRA, -RASN - assumes different phenom separated by space.
According to the specification these are not valid options, but I may 
incorporate them later.
Also a new metar.cdl.new1 was created with 5021 stations. 

Attached metar2nc.new1 and metar.cdl.new1

Robb...


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: YSS-985400
Department: Support netCDF Decoders
Priority: Critical
Status: Open

Attachment: metar.cdl.new1
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Attachment: metar2nc.new1
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