20000127: gprcm

Tim,

The gprcm source is available in our gbuddy ftp directory under:
~gbuddy/nawips-5.4/contrib/gprcm.tar.Z along with a README
file I made for the announcememt. If you don't know the login/password
for our ftp site, Bob Roxumalski can give it to you.

Note that the tarfile has an update to $GEMTBL/grid/grdnav.tbl
which defines 906 as the grid information
RCM  906 STR  90 -105   0  23.090 -119.036  45.619  -60.000 113  89 3.75 0

You might just want to past this line into your file rather than installing
my file if your distribution has local modifications to the table.

Asside from the README, here is my original announcement:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/glimpse/gembud-list/1295

The RCM data is part of the standard NOAAport data stream.

I've attatched my radarsummary script as I run it here for producing gifs
(the one on the www page is a little more generic):

#!/bin/csh -f

source /home/gempak/Gemenviron
setenv DISPLAY laraine:1

cd /home/chiz/web/tmp
set DATE=`date -u '+%y%m%d'`
set DATTIM=`date -u '+%y%m%d/%H%M'`

if(-e radar_sum.gif) rm radar_sum.gif

# list in reverse order so gprcm can skip
# duplicates faster
set RCM=`ls -r /data/ldm/rcm/*_rcm.dat | head -3`
set SATF=`ls $SAT/GINI-US/8km/IR/IR* | tail -1`
if($#RCM < 1) then
   echo "no radar data"
   exit
endif

set PROJ='STR/90.0;-105.0;0.0'
set SATF=" "
set DITHER=0

set RCM1=/tmp/tmprad.$$
cat $RCM > $RCM1
echo RCM file $RCM1 '[' $RCM ']'

gprcm << EOF_RCM
 MAP      = 2
 GAREA    = AFUS
 PROJ     = $PROJ
 SATFIL   = $SATF
 RADFIL   = 
 LATLON   = 0
 PANEL    = 0
 TITLE    = 1/0/Radar Summary ${DATTIM}
 TEXT     = .9/21/1/hw
 CLEAR    = YES
 DEVICE   = gf|radar_sum.gif
 RCMFIL   = $RCM1
 RADTIM   = current
 RADDUR   = 50
 DITHER   = $DITHER
 MESO     = 5/2/1/2/hw
 TVS      = 5/1/1/2/hw
 CNTR     = 1/.7/1
 MAXTOP   = 1
 RADINFO  = 1
 ECHO      = 1
 CLRBAR   = 1/h/cc/.45;.06
 r

 e
EOF_RCM

gpend
rm $RCM1

if(-e radar_sum.gif) mv radar_sum.gif /dist/htdocs/staff/chiz/gifs



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On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Tim Alberta wrote:

> Steve,
> 
> I'm Tim Alberta, working with Dave Himes over her at COMET.  We're going to 
> try
> and replace our datastreme radar product with the RCM product you mentioned
> (your examples look great!).  Is there any chance we could get a copy of your
> gprcm program to get us started?
> 
> I was also going to ask you about getting the RCM data stream, but it looks
> like it's coming in over our regular FOS - please correct me if I'm wrong.
> 
> Thanks alot for your time,
> 
> Tim
> 
> cc: Dave
> 
> Steve Chiswell wrote:
> 
> > Dave,
> >
> > Yes, it has stopped comming in here too.
> > We will notify SSEC as to the lack of the MDR product AREA020x
> > being injected into the MCIDAS idd datastream.
> >
> > FYI...,
> > I created a gempak program to plot the RCM (Radar Coded Message)
> > bulletins carried on NOAAport. Information on gprcm and current plots
> > are shown at:
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/gempak/examples/gprcm/
> >
> > The RCM message data have a better resolution than the MDR AREAfile product.
> > You can also overlay the data on satellite images (or annotate NIDS images).
> >
> > Steve Chiswell
> > Unidata User Support
> >
> > On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, David Himes wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Steve,
> > >
> > > We've been getting a radar data product from the MCIDAS LDM stream that
> > > has been used for the DataStreme stuff we do for the AMS.  It stopped
> > > coming in as of the 19'th and we're wondering if you knew anything
> > > about it or where we could find out some more information?
> > >
> > > We think it comes in as AREA0202  and then gets converted in our
> > > scripts something we file away MDRadar 5km.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> 
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