19990128: decoding GRIB files from NCEP FTP server, resend traceroute

Robert,

Do you have $GEMTBL defined? if not in your environment, then
dcgrib will need the "-g gemtbl_path" defined so that it can find
all the tables it needs. The small file created sounds like
it created the header but can't write any grids- typically
this is associated with missing tables. See what dcgrib is unhappy 
about by adding the "-d -" option to the command line.

Since you got the grid003 name from the file, it sounds like
dcgrib is correctly reading the file- so it is not corrupt.

Looks like Arizona has the best route. I'll send them a note.
Is wxmcidas your LDM host?

Steve Chiswell



>From: Robert Mullenax <address@hidden>
>Organization: NSBF
>Keywords: 199902040037.RAA27269

>I have made sure I have the correct files from ftp.ncep.noaa.gov.
>I have tried to decode the file gblav.... (22.5MB) and the avn...
>file(22.5MB) I mentioned previously.  Each time, the
>resulting grid file is YYMMDDHH_avn_grid003.gem and is only
>75677 bytes in size.  When I try to use GARP to look at the
>grid I get a core dump(segmentation fault).  I am trying to decode
>it using cat file | dcgrib PACK YYMMDDHH_avn_grid@@@.gem/
>What have I done wrong?
>
>Thanks,
>Robert
>
>Here are traceroutes to the sites you requested again as I may
>have cut off some of the lines last time.
>
> 1  nsi-nsbftx-gw.nsbf.nasa.gov (192.149.107.1)  3.332 ms  2.256 ms 
>3.533 ms
> 2  s-JSC1-NSBFTX.NSN.NASA.GOV (128.161.149.1)  14.424 ms  14.268 ms 
>14.157 ms
> 3  128.161.1.37 (128.161.1.37)  52.911 ms  52.764 ms  53.429 ms
> 4  128.161.93.2 (128.161.93.2)  116.715 ms  66.859 ms  67.943 ms
> 5  nsi-ua-gw.Telcom.Arizona.EDU (192.80.43.1)  66.426 ms  66.549 ms 
>78.231 ms
> 6  81-240-3cs1.Telcom.Arizona.EDU (150.135.112.138)  67.385 ms  67.130
>ms  67.255 ms
> 7  cyclone.atmo.arizona.edu (128.196.30.124)  67.257 ms  68.627 ms 
>66.596 ms
> 
> 
> 1  nsi-nsbftx-gw.nsbf.nasa.gov (192.149.107.1)  2.541 ms  2.247 ms 
>2.253 ms
> 2  s-JSC1-NSBFTX.NSN.NASA.GOV (128.161.149.1)  26.270 ms  16.026 ms 
>14.446 ms
> 3  128.161.1.41 (128.161.1.41)  55.541 ms  83.405 ms  84.565 ms
> 4  128.161.1.77 (128.161.1.77)  85.087 ms  95.300 ms  84.874 ms
> 5  vbns-nisn-aads.nsn.nasa.gov (128.161.252.2)  104.603 ms  99.194 ms 
>108.103 ms
> 6  cs-atm0-0-11.ncsa.vbns.net (204.147.129.245)  101.216 ms  104.021
>ms  103.688 ms
> 7  uiuc-vbns-net.gw.uiuc.edu (192.17.10.5)  109.412 ms  104.545 ms 
>103.846 ms
> 8  t-world.gw.uiuc.edu (128.174.0.253)  102.895 ms  154.056 ms  103.279
>ms
> 9  t-node1-12.gw.uiuc.edu (128.174.1.230)  104.951 ms  112.687 ms 
>100.626 ms 
> 10  data3.atmos.uiuc.edu (128.174.80.15)  106.747 ms  116.550 ms 
>107.872 ms
> 
> 
> 1  nsi-nsbftx-gw.nsbf.nasa.gov (192.149.107.1)  3.777 ms  2.228 ms 
>2.259 ms
> 2  s-JSC1-NSBFTX.NSN.NASA.GOV (128.161.149.1)  14.223 ms  14.094 ms 
>14.485 ms
> 3  128.161.1.41 (128.161.1.41)  114.343 ms  54.708 ms  55.583 ms
> 4  128.161.1.77 (128.161.1.77)  85.156 ms  95.223 ms  84.902 ms
> 5  vbns-nisn-aads.nsn.nasa.gov (128.161.252.2)  108.954 ms  116.213 ms 
>101.113 ms
> 6  vbns-dng-r-macc-a4-0-8.net.wisc.edu (144.92.233.174)  104.547 ms 
>118.842 ms  110.714 ms
> 7  ProfHorn.meteor.wisc.edu (144.92.131.143)  131.054 ms  106.973 ms 
>108.510 ms
>