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19990413: MDR colors
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- Subject: 19990413: MDR colors
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:20:00 -0600
Tom, You need to create the $GEMTBL/luts/mdr.tbl file with the lines I provided. This will define the 6 vip color levels for the image. $GEMTBL should be defined as $NAWIPS/gempak5.4/tables in your environment by the Gemenviron script. In the $GEMTBL directory are subdirectories sat, luts, color, grid, parms, etc. If you don't see these subdirectories, then you are in the wrong place- or are not looking at Gempak5.4. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Tom Priddy wrote: > From: Tom Priddy > > Steve....no $GEMTBL/luts/mdr.tbl file or subdirectory of luts....but found > a /table subdir....with a file: nawips.clr with the following info in it: > --- > > VANILLA VAN 255 228 220 bisque1 > RED RED 255 0 0 red > GREEN GRE 0 255 0 green > BLUE BLU 0 0 255 blue > YELLOW YEL 255 255 0 yellow > CYAN CYA 0 255 255 cyan > MAGENTA MAG 255 0 255 magenta > BROWN BRO 139 71 38 sienna3 > CORAL COR 255 130 71 sienna1 > APRICOT APR 255 165 79 tan1 > PINK PIN 255 174 185 LightPink1 > DKPINK DKP 255 106 106 IndianRed1 > MDVIOLET MDV 238 44 44 firebrick2 > MAROON MAR 139 0 0 red4 > FIREBRIC FIR 205 0 0 red3 > ORRED ORR 238 64 0 OrangeRed2 > ORANGE ORA 255 127 0 DarkOrange1 > DKORANGE DKO 205 133 0 orange3 > GOLD GOL 255 215 0 gold1 > DKYELLOW DKY 238 238 0 yellow2 > LWNGREEN LWN 127 255 0 chartreuse1 > MDGREEN MDG 0 205 0 green3 > DKGREEN DKG 0 139 0 green4 > GRPBLUE GRP 16 78 139 DodgerBlue4 > LTBLUE LTB 30 144 255 DodgerBlue1 > SKY SKY 0 178 238 DeepSkyBlue2 > MDCYAN MDC 0 238 238 cyan2 > VIOLET VIO 137 104 205 MediumPurple3 > PURPLE PUR 145 44 238 purple2 > PLUM PLU 139 0 139 magenta4 > WHITE WHI 255 255 255 white > BLACK BLA 0 0 0 black > (EOF): > > Will this work?/ktp > > > Steve Chiswell wrote: > > > 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 > > Steve Chiswell wrote: > > > 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: > > > > > > > > ------- Forwarded Message > > > > > > >To: Unidata Support <address@hidden> > > > >From: Tom Priddy <address@hidden> > > > >Subject: Re: 19990413: radar data/maps > > > >Organization: . > > > >Keywords: 199904141358.HAA19470 > > > > > > 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 > > > > >============================================================ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ============================================================ > > > 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 > > > ============================================================ > > > > > > > > > > > > ------- End of Forwarded Message > > > > > > > > -- > ============================================================ > 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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