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19990617: stations file for model vertical profile in GARP

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  • Subject: 19990617: stations file for model vertical profile in GARP
  • Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 12:52:31 -0600
>From: weather <address@hidden>
>Organization: .
>Keywords: 199906171223.GAA18792

>What stations table does the model vertical profile use in Garp?
>I would like to be able to add some stations.
>
>Thanks
>Robert Mullenax
>

Robert,

When gdcross looks for station locations referenced in CXSTNS, 
it calls $GEMPAKHOME/src/gemlib/lcfloc.f which checks in order:

sfstns.tbl
snstns.tbl
snworld.tbl

since I maintain sfmetar_sa.tbl for the realtime metar decoding, 
and sfworld.tbl for the largest database, the best way to ensure
a station is found globally is probably to move sfstns.tbl out of the
way and create a link from sfworld.tbl to that, or create your own 
sfstns.tbl file in your home or work directory. Gempak searches
$GEMTBL/stns last.

Steve Chiswell