20000321: question about sat data

>From: "J. Correia" <address@hidden>
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>Keywords: 200003211937.MAA27199

>in order to put satellite data into gempak, does the area data have to be
>modified in any way?
>thanks
>james correia jr
>
>
>

No, the McIDAS area files do not need to be modified to view them in GEMPAK.
You can use NSAT with the File->user_defined browser to open the file and view
the area files, or any of the text interface programs by setting the areafile 
name
in SATFIL and defining PROJ=sat.

In order for Garp, or the FILE->standard gui popup widgets to display the
file names and types, the area files need to be named something more
explanatory than "AREA0120". to do this, the $SAT environmental variable
points to the top of a directory tree with the area files renamed as 
described in:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/gempak/tutorial/nsat.html


Steve Chiswell