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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 >> > >**************************************************************************** < >Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program < >(303)497-8644 P.O. Box 3000 < >address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 < >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- < >Unidata WWW Service http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ < >**************************************************************************** < ==================================================================== 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