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>From: "Deborah Nykanen" <address@hidden> >Organization: University of Minnesota >Keywords: 199904271515.JAA16603 Deborah- >I am trying to work with some NIDS data I received through CODIAC. >Could you please tell me what I need to view/work with the data. >Is there a recommended software package or decoder? There wasn't a >README file on my tape and I am having trouble finding any helpful >information on the web about how to read NIDS data. I need to be >able to view and extract rainfall data from the NIDS data. Ultimately, >I need to extract gridded rainfall values (from 5 minute composite >reflectivity and 1 hour accumulated values) to use for statistical >analysis. > >I would greatly appreciate any suggestions or help you can give. I'm enclosing the link to a message from our support archives that was sent to Shuxia Zhang <address@hidden> who seemed to be trying to do the same thing you are attempting. The answer would still be the same for your case: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/glimpse/gempak/1767 You could contact Shuxia Zhang to see what path was taken. I hope this helps some. If you need more info, don't hesitate to contact us. Don