20000731: 20000727: Display of CIMSS sounder products in GEMPAK

Tom,

We better double check to make sure you are running the latest version
of Garp- at least through PL16 with all the Y2K stuff in it. That is Garp
2.1. If you want me to post a binary so that you can check out my running
copy, let me know.

Steve Chiswell



>From: Tom McDermott <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200007311733.e6VHXYT08532

>On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Steve Chiswell wrote:
>
>> Note that the satT template at the bottom of the Garp_defaults file
>> should match the naming convention you are using. If you are using 4 digit
>> YYYY naming for the CIMMS products, you will want to install the new
>> areainfo.tar.Z patch which provides YYYY naming for nsat_links.
>
>Steve,
>
>I installed the new areaInfo and it produces the correct 4-digit file
>names and the dates and times appear correctly in NSAT.  However, in Garp,
>in the "Available Times" Box in the "Image Product" menu, the CIMSS
>products appear correct but the satellite available times have a '20'
>prefixed to the correct date/time, so that they show up as, e.g.,
>
>       2020000731/1615
>
>This is the satT template I'm using:
>
>satT   : 
>$(SATDIR)/%(platform)/%(resolution)/%(product)/*_@(YYYYMMDD)_@(HHNN)
>
>Actually, I ran into this problem before when I attempted converting all
>of the $GEMDATA file names (except for the sat images because that
>required changes to areaInfo and I forgot I had source to that) to 4-digit
>format on 7/1/00.  Everything worked correctly except for the NIDS
>date/times which showed up like the sat ones are doing now (I had modified
>the nids_links script to produce 4-digit file names and the correct file
>names were being generated).  
>
>Offhand, I can't think of anywhere else GARP would be getting file info
>other than Garp_defaults.  Any ideas?
>
>Tom
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