1999618: 19990528: BUFR decoder

Kevin,

cat NMCWPDERL.990503.142432 | dcprof -p $GEMTBL/pack/profiler.pack \
        -d - \
        -s $GEMTBL/profiler_fsl.stn \
        $GEMTBL/grid/tableb $GEMTBL/grid/tabled YYMMDD_pro.gem


I added the -d flag above to write any error messages back to the screen.
This may tell you why the file isn't created - for exmaple, if you
don't have the GEMTBL directory available etc.

Since your files aren't from the IDD, they may not have WMO headers- which could
be a problem also. If you still have problems, please send me a data file so I 
can
see how its compares to the BUFR files that are broadcast on FOS/NOAAport.
Alternatively, you may be able to get the NetCDF format files from the 
MCIDAS dta stream archive.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User SUpport




>From: "Kevin M. Lux" <address@hidden>
>Organization: .
>Keywords: 199906181857.MAA00887

>Okie-dokie, I've finally gotten to a point where I can play around with this B
> UF
>R data.  I made a stab at using that long "cat" command below, GEMPAK started 
> to
> do something, but nothing was ever produced.  I obviously did something wrong
> . 
> Nothing was destroyed, either, so that's good.  My files have funky names lik
> e 
>-- NMCWPDERL.990503.142432 --.  I'm doubtful that the 142432 is hh/mm/ss, but 
> I'
>m not sure.  How does this filename fit into that big command described in the
>  p
>revious message?  I'll definitely have to come up with a shell script to do th
> is
> because I'm not typing that 100 times! :)
>
>Kevin 
>
>On 28-May-99 Unidata Support wrote:
>>>From: "Kevin M. Lux" <address@hidden>
>>>Organization: .
>>>Keywords: 199905281819.MAA14427
>>
>>>I'm doing some research on the tornadoes in Oklahoma and I downloaded some
>>win
>>> d 
>>>profiler data.  Problem is that the data is in BUFR format.  Is there a
>>decode
>>> r 
>>>I can gain access to?
>>>
>>>Kevin
>>>
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>>>E-Mail: Kevin M. Lux <address@hidden>
>>>Date: 28-May-99
>>>Time: 14:02:30
>>>
>>>This brain has performed an illegal operation and must be shut down. 
>>>----------------------------------
>>>
>>
>>Gempak provides a BUFR profiler data decoder (since profiler data is
>>distributed on the IDD  HRS feed in BUFR format). The program
>>is called dcprof. 
>>
>>Typical invocation for the data on the HRS stream using the WMO headers
>>IUPT looks like:
>>
>>cat bufrfile | dcprof -p $GEMTBL/pack/profiler.pack \
>>        -s $GEMTBL/profiler_fsl.stn \
>>        $GEMTBL/grid/tableb $GEMTBL/grid/tabled YYMMDD_pro.gem
>>
>>The data tables (tableb and tabled) mentioned above define the bufr
>>parameters.
>>
>>iFYI...
>>I have also provided a netCDF format profiler decoder (dcncprof) for
>>6 minute profiler data from FSL (The BUFR data is hourly summaries).
>>
>>Steve Chiswell
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>E-Mail: Kevin M. Lux <address@hidden>
>Date: 18-Jun-99
>Time: 14:47:16
>
>This brain has performed an illegal operation and must be shut down. 
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>