Re: 20000118: RMSL plotting in sfmap

Chiz,

I've always used SMSL in the past, too.  The only reason I got RMSL is
because I was showing someone how to restore the defaults.  The 
$GEMNTS/defaults/sfmap.nts (and snmap.nts) use RMSL.

Thanks,
Clint

>To: Clint Rowe <address@hidden>
>cc: address@hidden
>Subject: 20000118: RMSL plotting in sfmap 
>Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 13:41:18 -0700
>From: Unidata Support <address@hidden>
>
>
>Clint,
>
>In code within the sfmap program directory, issuing
>"make all" and "make install" there will build that program.
>The only other program that uses the sfmap.a library would be
>Garp, so you would want to relink that program to use your changes:
>
>cd $GARPHOME
>rm $NA_OS/garp   <-- need to remove the old binary if you haven't
>                     run "make clean" since you built Garp
>make all
>make install
>
>I've used SMSL in the past, but not RMSL so never looked at the
>formatting inssues on the display. Presumably SFLIST handles formatting
>in its own write statements.
>
>Steve Chiswell
>Unidata User Support
>
>
>
>>From: Clint Rowe <address@hidden>
>>Organization: .
>>Keywords: 200001181806.LAA07308
>
>>Chiz,
>>
>>I noticed (surprisingly, for the first time, never having paid much 
>>attention to it) that SFMAP plots fewer than three digits for RMSL when 
>>PMSL is between 1000.0 and 1009.9 mb.  In other words, the leading zero(s)
>>is(are) dropped.  Here's what I thought I'd add to sfmplt
>>
>>zephyr% diff sfmplt.f sfmplt_new.f
>>109a110,117
>>>                         IF ( prmlst (ip) .eq. 'RMSL' .or.
>>>      +                       prmlst (ip) .eq. 'RSLI' .or.
>>>      +                       prmlst (ip) .eq. 'RSLT' ) THEN
>>>                             DO WHILE ( isiz .lt. 3 )
>>>                                 chbuf = '0' // chbuf(1:isiz)
>>>                                 isiz = isiz + 1
>>>                             END DO
>>>                         ENDIF
>>zephyr%
>>
>>Does this make sense to you?  I'm assuming that isiz will be 1 when PMSL
>>is exactly 1000.0mb so that at least one zero would be plotted by the
>>current code.
>>
>>In order to apply this change, where do I have to issue makes?  Obviously
>>in $GEMPAKHOME/src/programs/sf/sfmap, but where else?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Clint
>>
>>
>>====================================================================
>>Clinton M. Rowe
>>Associate Professor 
>>Meteorology/Climatology Program                  phone:(402)472-1946
>>Department of Geosciences                          fax:(402)472-4917
>>University of Nebraska-Lincoln                  address@hidden
>>
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Clinton M. Rowe
Associate Professor 
Meteorology/Climatology Program                  phone:(402)472-1946
Department of Geosciences                          fax:(402)472-4917
University of Nebraska-Lincoln                  address@hidden