19990413: MDR colors

Tom,
Depending on when you ftp'd your GEMPAK distribution, you may 
already have this, but otherwise its really quick-

Save the folloing lines in a file $GEMTBL/luts/mdr.tbl

! mdr.tbl
!
! MDR table for Unidata/Wisconsin images AREA020x
!
!Color name    Abrev   Red  Green   Blue  X color name
                         0      0      0
                         0    255      0 
                         0    128      0
                         0    255    255
                       255    255      0
                       255      0      0
                       128      0      0
                       255    255    255


By default, when you open one of the MDR images, the colors will be gray,
but you can specify LUTFIL=mdr.tbl in the commandline gempak programs
to use the colors above.

If you use GARP, then you can add the mdr.tbl entry to the Garp
$GARPHOME/tables/sat_enhance.tbl file, and the MDR directory
entry to the "sat" key in $GARPHOME/config/Garp_defaults.

Again, I may alreay have this in your version of Gempak since
Maureen seemed to keep up with the patches I provided.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User SUpport

On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Unidata Support wrote:

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> >To: Unidata Support <address@hidden>
> >From: Tom Priddy <address@hidden>
> >Subject: Re: 19990413: radar data/maps
> >Organization: .
> >Keywords: 199904141358.HAA19470
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> From:  Tom Priddy
> 
> Thanks for the help, Steve.  Is the documentation about the color table
> in the gempak manual?  Do you need access to my unix machine?
> /ktp
> 
> Unidata Support wrote:
> 
> > Tom,
> >
> > Gempak and McIDAS can view the hourly composite MDR radar plot
> > in te Unidata/Wisconsin data stream. They are in the AREA020x files.
> > All you need to do is create a color table entry for the 6 vip levels-
> > I can help you get that set up. The MDR is 40km resolution.
> > Neither Gempak or McIDAS have the capability for using the 12km RCM messages
> > in the NOAAport data stream at this time.
> >
> > The WSI NIDS images are 1km for a single site, and a 2km nowrad
> > composite is also available (the pricing info for those services
> > is on our WWW page).
> >
> > Steve CHiswell
> > Unidata User SUpport
> >
> > >From: Tom Priddy <address@hidden>
> > >Organization: .
> > >Keywords: 199904132031.OAA20334
> >
> > >From:  Tom Priddy
> > >
> > >I've just recently lost my gempak person (Maureen Moore Ballard) to
> > >the Jackson NWS weather office.  I've signed up for the training this
> > >summer.  Maureen was not able to bring up the composite radar
> > >using gempak. I not paying any company for NIDS...but I see that we are
> > >getting radar files of data in every hour.  Is there a decoder available
> > >that
> > >would let me create hourly maps?  Or...do I need to subscribe to a
> > >service
> > >to first get NIDS data from one of the companies available?
> > >/ktp
> > >
> > >--
> > >============================================================
> > >Tom Priddy                                address@hidden
> > >Extension Ag. Meteorologist          ph:  606-257-3000ext245
> > >Ag. Weather Center                  fax:  606-257-5671
> > >243 Ag. Engineering Bldg
> > >Dept. of Biosystems and Ag. Engr.
> > >University of Kentucky
> > >Lexington, KY 40546-0276
> > >HOMEPAGE   http://wwwagwx.ca.uky.edu
> > >============================================================
> > >
> > >
> >
> 
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> Tom Priddy                                address@hidden
> Extension Ag. Meteorologist          ph:  606-257-3000ext245
> Ag. Weather Center                  fax:  606-257-5671
> 243 Ag. Engineering Bldg
> Dept. of Biosystems and Ag. Engr.
> University of Kentucky
> Lexington, KY 40546-0276
> HOMEPAGE   http://wwwagwx.ca.uky.edu
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