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19990409: Re[6]: ACARS data
- Subject: 19990409: Re[6]: ACARS data
- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 12:40:56 -0600
Greg,
I have not put together a tarfile yet. I will let you know when I have
posted it.
Steve Chiswell
Unidata User SUpport
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Gregory Grosshans wrote:
> Steve,
>
> I requested access to the ACARS data from FSL via LDM and Bill Moniger
> replied saying that we will be able to access the data. However, Bill
> said that it would be about 6 weeks before they are ready to send the
> data via LDM. Apparently they will do this after they move to the new
> building.
>
> Can you let me know when and where I can grab the programs to decode
> and display the ACARS data?
>
> Thanks,
> Gregg
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> Subject: Re: Re[4]: ACARS data
> Author: Steve Chiswell <address@hidden> at NSSLGATE
> Date: 4/7/1999 1:26 PM
>
>
> Greg,
> they are moving to a new building at the moment.
> I assume that they will start feeding the data soon- but in
> the meantime I started grabbing the hourly files from their
> WWW site.
>
> I use the follwing script to grab data from their www page using the
> get_acars.pl script they provide on the WWW page, and the GET perl
> program.
>
> #!/bin/csh -f
>
> source /home/gempak/Gemenviron
>
>
> $ACARS/get_acars.pl | dcacars -v \
> -e GEMTBL=/home/gempak/NAWIPS-5.4/gempak5.4/tables -l acars.log \
> $GEMDATA/acars/YYMMDDHH_acars.gem
>
>
>
> With the above script, I just pipe the netcdf file from the perl download
> striaght to dcacars. When we start getting the CDF files via LDM, then
> I'll just PIPE the file to dcacars.
>
> When they start feeding via their LDM, then the data will be every 10
> minutes, rather than having to wait until each hour is completed on the
> www.
>
> I'll pass your message to Linda Miller to see if she has any more
> information on an LDM timetable.
>
> Steve Chiswell
> Unidata User Support
>
>