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20000815: Data feeds and config files (fwd)

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  • Subject: 20000815: Data feeds and config files (fwd)
  • Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:33:01 -0600
Pat,

The appropriate decoder for the FSL2 profiler data in NetCDF format
is dcncprof. The dcprof decoder only works with the BUFR format
files which don't have the 6 minute observations- and so I wouldn't
recommend using it at all.

The FSL2 decoder patterns shown at:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/gempak/tutorial/pqact/decoders.tbl

give the appropriate syntax for dcncprof. It appears you have changed
the dcncprof program to dcprof in your lines below.

Instructions for installing dcncprof and dcacars (which require the
netcdf library to be installed on your system before building those
gempak decoders) can be found at:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/glimpse/gempak/3642
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/glimpse/gempak/3678

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support





>From: Jeff Weber <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200008152223.e7FMNHK27120

>
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 17:05:01 -0500 (CDT)
>From: Local Data Manager <address@hidden>
>To: address@hidden
>Subject: Re: Data feeds and config files
>
>Jeff:
>
>Well, we seem to be getting profiler data, but our dcprof doesn't seem
>to be working properly.  dcprof.log contains:
>
>DCPROF[24197]: 000815/2147: Starting up.
>DCPROF[24197]: 000815/2147: Normal Termination.
>DCPROF[24197]: 000815/2147: Number of bulletins read and processed: 0
>DCPROF[24197]: 000815/2147: Shutting Down.
>DCPROF[24198]: 000815/2147: Starting up.
>DCPROF[24198]: 000815/2147: Normal Termination.
>DCPROF[24198]: 000815/2147: Number of bulletins read and processed: 0
>DCPROF[24198]: 000815/2147: Shutting Down.
>DCPROF[25506]: 000815/2153: Starting up.
>DCPROF[25506]: 000815/2153: Normal Termination.
>DCPROF[25506]: 000815/2153: Number of bulletins read and processed: 0
>DCPROF[25506]: 000815/2153: Shutting Down.
>DCPROF[25507]: 000815/2153: Starting up.
>DCPROF[25507]: 000815/2153: Normal Termination.
>DCPROF[25507]: 000815/2153: Number of bulletins read and processed: 0
>DCPROF[25507]: 000815/2153: Shutting Down.
>
>and our pqact.conf entries go as:
>
>#####
># FSL NetCDF Wind Profiler
>#
>#       1 hr data
>#
>FSL2    ^FSL\.NetCDF\.NOAAnet\.windprofiler\.(01hr)\.(.*)..*
>        PIPE    -close  /asp/met/nawips/bin/sol/dcprof -v
>        -e GEMTBL=/asp/met/nawips/gempak5.4/tables
>        /asp/met/data/ldm/gempak/profiler/YYMMDD_pro.gem
>#####
>#
>#       6 min data
>#
>FSL2    ^FSL\.NetCDF\.NOAAnet\.windprofiler\.(06min)\........(0[0-9]|1[01])..\
> ..*
>        PIPE    -close  /asp/met/nawips/bin/sol/dcprof -v
>        -e  GEMTBL=/asp/met/nawips/gempak5.4/tables
>        /asp/met/data/ldm/gempak/profiler/YYMMDD00_6min.gem
>
>#       6 min data
>#
>FSL2    ^FSL\.NetCDF\.NOAAnet\.windprofiler\.(06min)\........(1[2-9]|2[0-3])..
> \..*
>        PIPE    -close  /asp/met/nawips/bin/sol/dcprof -v
>        -e GEMTBL=/asp/met/nawips/gempak5.4/tables
>        /asp/met/data/ldm/gempak/profiler/YYMMDD12_6min.gem
>
>
>All of the paths exist, with dcprof in the specified spot.  
>
>My only though is that we aren't specifying the exact GEMTBL.  I got
>these entries from another pqact.conf of questionable age, and haven't
>been able to find anything (a brief search, I admit) in the e-mail
>archives about updates to this format...
>
>What do you suspect is wrong?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Pat
>